09-17-2007, 09:55 PM
Written by Enigmax & Ernesto
When TorrentFreak reported that Media Defender (MD) was behind the video site MiiVi, they cast doubt on us. Now, in what is surely the biggest BitTorrent leak ever, nearly 700mb of MDââ¬â¢s emails have gone public. When MDââ¬â¢s Randy Saaf found out we rumbled MiiVi he said, ââ¬ÅThis is really fucked.ââ¬Â This is too, but much more so.
When we reported in July that an Anti-Piracy Gang Launches their own Video Download Site to Trap People and that the company was called Media Defender and, as anyone who aims to be a credible news resource would, we checked and double checked our sources. We said, with some confidence:
Media Defender, a notorious anti piracy gang working for the MPAA, RIAA and several independent media production companies, just launched their very own video upload service called ââ¬Åmiivi.comââ¬Â. The sole purpose of the site is to trap people into uploading copyrighted material, and bust them for doing so.
However, in comments made to Ars technica, Media Defenderââ¬â¢s Randy Saaf chose to rubbish our claims, calling it an ââ¬Ëaccidentally un-secured internal projectââ¬â¢.
From the emails we cannot be sure that itââ¬â¢s an entrapment site or that it is related to the MPAA (perhaps itââ¬â¢s a legit a P2P video client?), but it does look suspicious.
Unfortunately for Media Defender - a company dedicated to mitigating the effects of internet leaks - they can do nothing about being the subject of the biggest BitTorrent leak of all time. Over 700mb of their own internal emails, dating back over 6 months have been leaked to the internet in what will be a devastating blow to the company. Many are very recent, having September 2007 dates and the majority involve the most senior people in the company. Apparently this is not the first time that a MediaDefender email leaked onto the Internet.
According to the .nfo file posted with the Mbox file the emails were obtained by a group called ââ¬ÅMediaDefender-Defendersââ¬Â. It states: ââ¬ÅBy releasing these emails we hope to secure the privacy and personal integrity of all peer-to-peer users. The emails contains information about the various tactics and technical solutions for tracking p2p users, and disrupt p2p services,ââ¬Â and ââ¬ÅA special thanks to Jay Maris, for circumventing there entire email-security by forwarding all your emails to your gmail accountââ¬Â
Note: The mbox formatted file is circulating publicly on BitTorrent, completely unedited. However, for publication here we have removed the username and password logins for Media Defenderââ¬â¢s servers, and replaced them with asterisks and avoided publishing emails of a personal nature, e.g pay negotiations etc. We believe that the emails are the real deal and all the info posted here serves the public interest.
At first we couldnââ¬â¢t believe that it was real, but after we scanned through the e-mails it became clear that it was indeed the real deal. Hundreds of IPs and logins to their servers, lists of their decoy/entrapment trackers, decoy strategies, the effectiveness of their fake torrents (in many cases with a breakdown of success, title specific), high and low priority sites, .torrent watchlists, information on their monitoring of competitors, pictures of their weekend trips and even the anti-piracy strategy for dealing with The Simpsons Movie leak:
Read the rest here
http://torrentfreak.com/mediadefender-em...ed-070915/
When TorrentFreak reported that Media Defender (MD) was behind the video site MiiVi, they cast doubt on us. Now, in what is surely the biggest BitTorrent leak ever, nearly 700mb of MDââ¬â¢s emails have gone public. When MDââ¬â¢s Randy Saaf found out we rumbled MiiVi he said, ââ¬ÅThis is really fucked.ââ¬Â This is too, but much more so.
When we reported in July that an Anti-Piracy Gang Launches their own Video Download Site to Trap People and that the company was called Media Defender and, as anyone who aims to be a credible news resource would, we checked and double checked our sources. We said, with some confidence:
Media Defender, a notorious anti piracy gang working for the MPAA, RIAA and several independent media production companies, just launched their very own video upload service called ââ¬Åmiivi.comââ¬Â. The sole purpose of the site is to trap people into uploading copyrighted material, and bust them for doing so.
However, in comments made to Ars technica, Media Defenderââ¬â¢s Randy Saaf chose to rubbish our claims, calling it an ââ¬Ëaccidentally un-secured internal projectââ¬â¢.
From the emails we cannot be sure that itââ¬â¢s an entrapment site or that it is related to the MPAA (perhaps itââ¬â¢s a legit a P2P video client?), but it does look suspicious.
Unfortunately for Media Defender - a company dedicated to mitigating the effects of internet leaks - they can do nothing about being the subject of the biggest BitTorrent leak of all time. Over 700mb of their own internal emails, dating back over 6 months have been leaked to the internet in what will be a devastating blow to the company. Many are very recent, having September 2007 dates and the majority involve the most senior people in the company. Apparently this is not the first time that a MediaDefender email leaked onto the Internet.
According to the .nfo file posted with the Mbox file the emails were obtained by a group called ââ¬ÅMediaDefender-Defendersââ¬Â. It states: ââ¬ÅBy releasing these emails we hope to secure the privacy and personal integrity of all peer-to-peer users. The emails contains information about the various tactics and technical solutions for tracking p2p users, and disrupt p2p services,ââ¬Â and ââ¬ÅA special thanks to Jay Maris, for circumventing there entire email-security by forwarding all your emails to your gmail accountââ¬Â
Note: The mbox formatted file is circulating publicly on BitTorrent, completely unedited. However, for publication here we have removed the username and password logins for Media Defenderââ¬â¢s servers, and replaced them with asterisks and avoided publishing emails of a personal nature, e.g pay negotiations etc. We believe that the emails are the real deal and all the info posted here serves the public interest.
At first we couldnââ¬â¢t believe that it was real, but after we scanned through the e-mails it became clear that it was indeed the real deal. Hundreds of IPs and logins to their servers, lists of their decoy/entrapment trackers, decoy strategies, the effectiveness of their fake torrents (in many cases with a breakdown of success, title specific), high and low priority sites, .torrent watchlists, information on their monitoring of competitors, pictures of their weekend trips and even the anti-piracy strategy for dealing with The Simpsons Movie leak:
Read the rest here
http://torrentfreak.com/mediadefender-em...ed-070915/
