Organisation
organisation:mediadefender
Also: MDefender
A media-protection company that used fake torrents, collected downloader IP addresses, sent infringement demands, and was accused of attacking The Pirate Bay.
A media-protection company that used fake torrents, collected downloader IP addresses, sent infringement demands, and was accused of attacking The Pirate Bay.
“MediaDefender was this really – it was – I think it’s a spin-off from Universal”
“they were uploading a fake Spider-Man torrent”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | fake torrent poisoning | Explicit | 92 |
| outgoing | USES | IP address collection | Explicit | 92 |
| outgoing | USES | denial-of-service attack | Explicit | 92 |
| incoming | COMPROMISES | MediaDefender network compromise | Explicit | 92 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | MediaDefender network compromise | Derived | 92 |
MediaDefender USES fake torrent poisoning
MediaDefender uploaded fake torrents, such as a dummy Spider-Man torrent, to identify and pursue downloaders.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi EP 92 Details
“They would upload a fake Spider-Man torrent”
MediaDefender USES IP address collection
MediaDefender collected downloaders' IP addresses from fake torrents and used them to seek customer information from ISPs.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi EP 92 Details
“when people start downloading it, they would take the IP address and then go to the internet provider”
MediaDefender USES denial-of-service attack
Peter says MediaDefender conducted denial-of-service attacks against The Pirate Bay.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi EP 92 Details
“they did quite a lot of those”
MediaDefender network compromise COMPROMISES MediaDefender
An acquaintance of the Pirate Bay group hacked MediaDefender and obtained access to its email boxes, internal network, and voice-over-IP system.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi EP 92 Details
“actually hacked them and got full access to their e-mail boxes and their internal network and their voiceover IP system”
MediaDefender network compromise INVOLVES MediaDefender
The MediaDefender network compromise involved the company whose internal communications and systems were accessed.
Derived Confidence 95% · Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi EP 92 Details
“we got full access to their e-mail boxes and their internal network”