EFF Gets DirecTV To Stop Extortion Program

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DirecTV Extortion Program stopped by EFF

DirecTV Extortion Program stopped by EFF 06/15/2004 11:32 AM

Court Tells DirecTV To Stop Extortion
Plan One Day Later

Court Tells DirecTV To Stop Extortion
Plan One Day Later 06/15/2004 09:08 PM
It's beginning to sound like it wasn't so much the EFF's persuasive words that convinc ed DirecTV to stop suing people just for owning smartcard equipment. Just one day after that announcement was made, a judge has told the satellite TV company that they can no longer sue just for possession if they have no proof that the person actually did anything wrong with the equipment. It certainly took the courts long enough to come to that conclusion, causing problems for plenty of people who were wrongfully sued. In the meantime, this ruling makes you think that DirecTV already knew it was coming when they made their little "promise" to the EFF yesterday.

Former DirecTV Bag Man Discusses
Extortion Campaign

Former DirecTV Bag Man Discusses
Extortion Campaign 04/16/2004 08:58 PM
As DirecTV continues their campaign to threate n anyone who bought a smart card reader, even if they did so for completely legitimate reasons, it looks like some more evidence is coming out against them. A former employee working in their anti-piracy division is now suing the company suggesting they forced him to do illegal and unethical things in forcing innocent people to pay up. He says he felt like "a bag man for the mob" and talks about how the anti-piracy operation "was an elaborate extortion racket," that rewarded employees based on how much settlement revenue they brought in. He points out that this encouraged them to work as hard as possible to make everyone pay up, whether or not they had done anything illegal.

The Last Stop-Smoking Program You Will
Ever Need

The Last Stop-Smoking Program You Will
Ever Need 05/28/2004 04:50 PM
Ad - http://www.finalsmoke.com May 28 2004 9:50PM GMT

L.A., Houston top list of worst
stop-go-stop-go traffic (USATODAY.com)

L.A., Houston top list of worst
stop-go-stop-go traffic (USATODAY.com) 02/19/2004 08:10 AM
USATODAY.com - Traffic bottlenecks across the nation have increased by 40% since 1999, a new report shows. Despite that, delays are being reduced at some of the nation's most infamous chokepoints such as Albuquerque's "Big I" and Chicago's "Hillside Strangler."

Ad-Blocker Agrees To Stop Storming Popup
Ads D Squared Solutions has agreed to
stop smothering computer users

Ad-Blocker Agrees To Stop Storming Popup
Ads D Squared Solutions has agreed to
stop smothering computer users 07/30/2004 07:13 PM
AVN Online Jul 30 2004 10:51PM GMT

Hacker Extortion

Hacker Extortion 12/29/2003 11:46 PM

Cyber Blackmail Wave Targets Office Workers: Nice.

Cyber blackmail artists are shaking down office workers, threatening to delete computer files or install pornographic images on their work PCs unless they pay a ransom, police and security experts said.

The extortion scam, which is believed to have surfaced one year ago, indiscriminately targets anyone on the corporate ladder with a PC connected to the Internet.

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Legalized extortion by any other name

Legalized extortion by any other name 09/27/2004 06:35 AM
CNET News.com's Washington watcher, Declan McCullagh, gets behind the Senate Commerce Committee's approval of an controversial bill.

A How-Not-To Guide to Cyber-Extortion

A How-Not-To Guide to Cyber-Extortion 06/27/2004 11:35 AM

FBI Investigating Cyber-extortion

FBI Investigating Cyber-extortion 05/13/2004 12:42 PM

Online extortion on the rise

Online extortion on the rise 12/19/2004 03:45 PM
In the "New Economy," extortionists don't threaten to trash the premises and shoot the owner; instead, they threaten to DDoS the server. Thankfully, "extortion" already has an "e" at the beginning, sparing us the otherwise inevitable neologism.

Two remanded on extortion charges

Two remanded on extortion charges 03/26/2005 09:31 AM
Two Belfast men are remanded in custody charged with a number of offences including extortion.

FTC Shuts Down Pop-Up Extortion Firm

FTC Shuts Down Pop-Up Extortion Firm 11/06/2003 05:04 PM

Fighting Online Extortion

Fighting Online Extortion 09/19/2004 11:24 AM

Stop SQL Injection Attacks Before They
Stop You

Stop SQL Injection Attacks Before They
Stop You 09/12/2004 11:33 PM
Armed with advanced server-side technologies like ASP.NET and powerful database servers such as Microsoft® SQL Server™, developers are able to create dynamic, data-driven Web sites with incredible ease. But the power of ASP.NET and SQL can easily be used against you by hackers mounting an all-too-common class of attack—the SQL injection attack. The basic idea behind a SQL injection attack is this: you create a Web page that allows the user to enter text into a textbox that will be used to execute a query against a database. A hacker enters a malformed SQL statement into the textbox that changes the nature of the query so that it can be used to break into, alter, or damage the back-end database. How is this possible? Let me illustrate with an example.

U.S. Cellular Begins Phone Reuse and
Recycling Program - Program Benefits
Environment, Proceeds Go to Charity

U.S. Cellular Begins Phone Reuse and
Recycling Program - Program Benefits
Environment, Proceeds Go to Charity 07/25/2004 02:14 AM
U.S. Cellular has taken the lead in protecting the environment by teaming up with RMS Communications to collect unused wireless phones to safely dispose of them and protect the environment and public health from hazardous waste. [PRWEB Jul 25, 2004]

HotFix Watch: The primary advertised
program does not run when it depends on
another program

HotFix Watch: The primary advertised
program does not run when it depends on
another program 08/18/2004 08:36 PM

Bookies extortion gang caught

Bookies extortion gang caught 07/21/2004 01:08 PM
Police arrest three Russian members of a global gang which sought to extort money from British bookmakers by sabotaging websites.

Feds Thwart Extortion Plot Against Best
Buy

Feds Thwart Extortion Plot Against Best
Buy 01/07/2004 02:38 PM
hiero writes "From an article in the Star Tribune: 'Federal authorities said Tuesday they thwarted an extortion plot against Best Buy Co. Inc. by a man who ...

Acacia Excited About Yet Another Patent
Extortion Win

Acacia Excited About Yet Another Patent
Extortion Win 07/06/2004 03:00 PM
Acacia, the company that goes around threatening just about everyone with patent infringement is now all excited that they've convinced one smaller cable company to pay up, rather than face an extended lawsuit fighting Acacia's bogus patents. It sure is getting repetitive, but once again, can someone explain what Acacia has done to benefit innovation?

One companies response to a SCO
extortion letter!

One companies response to a SCO
extortion letter! 01/23/2004 03:54 AM
It is important to stand shoulder to shoulder and let SCO know that they cannot play the heavy handed extortion...

Compensation for Bandwidth Costs is
Extortion?

Compensation for Bandwidth Costs is
Extortion? 03/06/2004 02:04 AM
Slashdot Mar 5 2004 9:05PM GMT

Internet Extortion Ring Smashed

Internet Extortion Ring Smashed 07/23/2004 02:47 PM

Wi-fi hopper guilty of cyber-extortion

Wi-fi hopper guilty of cyber-extortion 06/26/2004 06:00 AM
The Register Jun 26 2004 10:09AM GMT

Sundance Joins The MathWorks Connections
Program Program

Sundance Joins The MathWorks Connections
Program Program 12/17/2004 06:31 PM
Sundance reconfigurable computing platforms extend Model-Based Design for DSP/FPGA systems using MATLAB and Simulink [PRWEB Dec 17, 2004]

The end of DIRECTV piracy?

The end of DIRECTV piracy? 04/15/2004 09:03 AM
The sky is falling! [some links require reg] The years of hacking DIRECTV's signal and pirating its program offerings seem to be coming to an end.

Cybercops seize Russian extortion
masterminds

Cybercops seize Russian extortion
masterminds 07/21/2004 11:23 AM
Three online blackmail suspects cuffed

Internet gambling extortion racket
broken up

Internet gambling extortion racket
broken up 07/21/2004 09:43 PM
News.ft.com - Wed Jul 21, 09:24 pm GMT

Police Smash Internet Extortion Racket

Police Smash Internet Extortion Racket 07/24/2004 02:57 AM
MosNews.com Jul 24 2004 7:28AM GMT

Wi-fi hopper guilty of cyber-extortion
| The Register

Wi-fi hopper guilty of cyber-extortion
| The Register 06/28/2004 03:11 AM
Wi-fi hopper guilty of cyber-extortion The Register .. guilty plea to a charge of attempted extortion

theregister.co.uk/2004/06/26/wifi_hopper_extortion
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Russia Tracks Down Internet Extortion
Group

Russia Tracks Down Internet Extortion
Group 07/28/2004 09:55 PM
Red Nova Jul 29 2004 1:42AM GMT

Online Extortion Ring Broken Up (PC
World)

Online Extortion Ring Broken Up (PC
World) 07/21/2004 11:07 AM
PC World - Three men are suspected of pressuring gambling sites into paying protection money.

E-business sites hit with attacks,
extortion threats

E-business sites hit with attacks,
extortion threats 09/24/2004 05:58 PM
A distributed denial-of-service attack that disrupted Web-based systems at credit card payment processing firm Authorize.Net earlier this week is indicative of a sharp increase in the number of cyberattacks being targeted at specific companies and driven by profit motives on the part of the hackers who launch them.

Russian extortion gang faces 15 years

Russian extortion gang faces 15 years 07/29/2004 01:34 PM
DOS villainy hit UK bookies for millions before net closed

Russian Cyber-extortion Gang Arrested

Russian Cyber-extortion Gang Arrested 07/30/2004 05:44 PM
theWHIR Jul 30 2004 9:35PM GMT

Grand National extortion attacks
'unlikely'

Grand National extortion attacks
'unlikely' 04/08/2005 10:52 PM
ZDNet UK Apr 9 2005 3:06AM GMT

E-Biz sites hit with targeted attacks,
extortion threats

E-Biz sites hit with targeted attacks,
extortion threats 09/24/2004 06:24 PM
IT security vendors and analysts reported an increase in the number of cyberattacks being targeted at specific companies doing business online. An ongoing denial-of-service attack against payment processor Authorize.Net is a prime example.

Russian internet extortion gang cracked

Russian internet extortion gang cracked 07/22/2004 06:47 PM
New Scientist Jul 22 2004 11:39PM GMT

Extradition ruled out in bookie
extortion case

Extradition ruled out in bookie
extortion case 08/04/2004 11:46 AM
Leave it the Russians, say UK cybercops
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