In a long and sordid story, Ars Technica tells of a “P2P poisoning” company that had a large quantity of e-mails stolen by TorrentFreak. The e-mails reveal a secret government project, how it attempted to entrap users with a “video upload” site called MiiVi, and details of its contracts with music studios.
The cold war being waged between MediaDefender and P2P copyright infringers is rife with mutual deception, but one fact shines through all of the layers of obfuscation: MediaDefender consistently underestimates the ingenuity, resourcefulness, and dedication of its adversaries. In this case, it could cost the company everything.
The 700MB of internal company e-mail was obtained by compromising an employee’s Gmail account. The company specializes in disrupting peer-to-peer transactions so that users must buy legitimate copies.
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