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- chicaneuk, on 11/01/2007, -2/+299Mr Anderson. We're willing to wipe the slate clean, give you a fresh start and all that we're asking in return is your cooperation in bringing a known terrorist to justice.
:) - Tetraca, on 10/26/2007, -1/+282Then we shall share in the shade.
- duggtodeath, on 10/23/2007, -11/+227The same payment Judas took, right?
- luag, on 10/26/2007, -0/+178Hi, I'm an MPAA representative, and I would like to know whether you watched that movie legally or illegally.
Confess! Otherwise, our delusional hackers will blot out the sun! - johnny222, on 10/24/2007, -23/+197So now we're calling it hacking if some guy just provides information?
- pigfister, on 10/26/2007, -3/+123Isn't hacking illegal in the us? shouldn't the mpaa be investigated by the FBI, CIA ect for hacking now that hacking falls under terrorism laws?
- quomen, on 10/26/2007, -6/+112I don't know, I don't know the bible.
-_-
But is it kind of like in 300, where that ugly dude took the hott chicks and gold over being a honorable fellow?
If it's like that, then right, I know. :P - inactive, on 10/24/2007, -4/+103The hacker claims he had cracked TorrentSpy's servers by simply guessing an administrative password.
"I just kept changing the numbers until it fit," he says. "I guess you can call it luck. It took a little more than 30 tries."
Wow, so this is "hacking"? I am definitely in the wrong biz... - deftskier, on 10/23/2007, -3/+99Digg for Matrix reference... hacker named "Mr. Anderson."
- luag, on 10/24/2007, -2/+93Hollywood needs to make a movie about this!
- inactive, on 10/23/2007, -2/+86Great story. Hacker helps MPAA, gets used by MPAA who don't fall through on their promises of fame and fortune once they no longer need him, and he ends up helping the guys he tried to bring down. MPAA's secret torrent site never takes off like they wanted it to... Unforgivable what Anderson pulled, but at least he fell through in the end.
- billizm, on 10/26/2007, -0/+84FTA: "The MPAA obtains information from third parties only if it believes the evidence has been collected legally," says MPAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Kaltman.
That's like saying, "She said she was 18, your honor." - db113456, on 10/26/2007, -2/+64That was unexpectedly brilliant.
- edzieba, on 10/26/2007, -1/+62'Cracking' would be more accurate, but as for the common meaning of 'hacking', this counts. He guessed a password, and set up a mail forwarding system. Nobody said it had to be difficult.
- deviouskoopa, on 10/23/2007, -0/+51Yeah! I can't wait to download it...
- lukifer, on 10/26/2007, -1/+50Exclusive: I Was a Password Guesser for the MPAA.
- windmillninja, on 10/26/2007, -1/+45I wish I could dig this multiple times. I'll just click my mouse button reaaaally hard.
- inactive, on 10/26/2007, -0/+40The idiot should have negotiated a higher price.. 15k for information worth millions, not the smartest business man alive.. (the ethics behind it is an entirely different perspective though)
- leonhyral, on 10/23/2007, -1/+39Congratulations, that was the first comment to make me truly "laugh out loud".
- devoss, on 10/24/2007, -0/+36What?!? The MPAA using people and then throwing them away like so much trash? I refuse to believe it. /sarcasm
- thcobbs, on 10/26/2007, -0/+35He's a cracker?
- nazadus, on 10/26/2007, -1/+33If I'm reading the article right, the dude essentially rooted some SMTP boxen (or perhaps their own person computers, but this is usually much more difficult) and got their email. I would classify that as hacking. Perhaps not the most elaborate movie style, but I would say it is indeed hacking.
/at least he didn't use wall "hacks" :-P - polyphonic, on 10/22/2007, -0/+32i would pirate that ***** so fast...
- flashfox, on 10/26/2007, -3/+35@ tetraca you win the internet. ^.^
- Doktag, on 10/26/2007, -0/+31a slacker?
Wasting time with all the chatroom yakkers? ♫. - inactive, on 10/26/2007, -1/+31He ain't no hacker...
- crzdmn, on 10/22/2007, -0/+29FBI only, CIA can't investigate within US borders.
- subxero37, on 10/26/2007, -1/+30Of the pirate's what?
- zengonzo, on 10/22/2007, -0/+27Usually it's the birthday of the bad guy's dead wife, or his cat's name, or the catch phrase he keeps repeating aloud to everyone.
Otherwise it's 'god'. - Tokkii, on 10/24/2007, -0/+26You mean he didn't navigate through a field of neon color, with mathematical figures flying back and forth, and a robotic female voice who says access granted in a sensual fashion?!
Hollywood, you have deceived me again! CURSE YOU! - HueytheFreeman, on 10/26/2007, -0/+24Dugg for ♫. ♪♫♪
- WilliamDavis, on 10/24/2007, -0/+24"Unforgivable what Anderson pulled, but at least he fell through in the end."
FTA: "Hollywood's cold shoulder put Anderson's allegiance back up for grabs"
lol. Why would anyone want it now? I'm not a giant defender of file sharing, but this guy sounds like a real douche. - windmillninja, on 10/26/2007, -1/+24It's all about the Pentiums, baby.
- manitoba98xp, on 10/26/2007, -2/+24No, but we do call it hacking if he illegitimately connects to the TorrentSpy mail server and forwards all traffic to himself. Read the article.
- Tokkii, on 10/26/2007, -1/+22As a general rule, 300 jokes are just not funny anymore because people have not only beaten that dead horse, they flayed it and ate parts at a BBQ. This is an exception.
- pigfister, on 10/24/2007, -1/+21they will try to cover it up and will defiantly employ a 0 news coverage blanket! i'm surprised they haven't placed a gag order on this dude
- inactive, on 10/26/2007, -5/+24So this guy tried to screw all of us? Benedict Arnold of the Pirate's!
- crzdmn, on 10/23/2007, -0/+19Conspiracy Theory:
This was a setup from the get go. Anyone else think it's strange that an organization like TorrentSpy.com would have low security admin passwords?
He isn't getting sued, but not MPAA can't do jack to TorrentSpy.com because the data was obtained illegally and the case was brought to court. Once this gets dropped MPAA can't touch them, brilliant in my opinion.
Wouldn't we all be lucky if the MPAA launched its own Torrent site :) Suddenly they just endorsed Torrent sharing and made their lawsuits obsolete. How fun would that be! :) - edzieba, on 10/22/2007, -2/+20I'm hoping Robert Anderson is just an unimaginative pseudonym.
- nubnub, on 10/26/2007, -6/+24Should have said ***** you and your money.
- crzdmn, on 10/26/2007, -1/+17LOL!!! For the info they wanted I would be asking more like 1.5 million.
- smacksaw, on 10/23/2007, -1/+17crzdmn said close to what I was thinking - imagine if TPB or someone else actually planted a mole in the RIAA/MPAA and did illegal things to entrap them? They'd take that bait. They're greedy.
- inactive, on 10/24/2007, -1/+17As usual Ethics, morality, brothers, sisters goes out the window for a few lousy dollars.........People, money is not the objective! Happiness, peace and walking tall is! Money don't get chicks, only whores! The latter gets you everything!
Life lesson #1 - billizm, on 10/23/2007, -0/+15FTA: "I just kept changing the numbers until it fit," he says. "I guess you can call it luck. It took a little more than 30 tries."
What? TorrentSpy of all places does not have a brute force detection mechanism in place on their servers? - zushiba, on 10/23/2007, -2/+16Since when was "I didn't know it was stolen" a valid defense for buying stolen goods? Wish I was the MPAA so I could walk around in broad day light looting & fondling people and not be sanctioned for it. When anyone asks what I'm doing I would just say "I AM THE LAW"
- worthone, on 10/22/2007, -0/+14Funny, I was going for swordfish.
- republikdh, on 10/23/2007, -0/+13So wait..... They promised him a hollywood lifestyle full with cars, homes and prestige, and then they paid him a whopping $15,000?
- zengonzo, on 10/22/2007, -1/+14You're just pissed that I guessed your password.
- dacheetah, on 10/22/2007, -5/+18The definition of hacking (in a non-axe-swinging manner) is pretty much the gaining unauthorised access to or information from another computer through an exploit.
Sounds like pretty much what he did. Anything done to cause damage would be "cracking". - DaffyDuck, on 10/22/2007, -0/+12Is eating pie all you do?
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