Friday, 30. May 2008
Topic: WEB - on May 30, 2008 at 12:05:21 PM CEST
MediaDefender's BitTorrent-Based DOS Takes Down Revision3
Over the long Memorial Day weekend, Revision3 was the target of a malicious Denial Of Service Attack which brought R3 to its knees. After investigating the matter, it was discovered that the source of the attacks came from MediaDefender, the famed company hired by the MPAA and RIAA to try and stop the spread of illegal file sharing. The kicker? Revision3 was taken down for running a bittorent tracker to distribute its own legal content.
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