Théière Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 The French battle against illegal file sharers suffers a setback as its surveillance agency TMG is hackedThe French government appears to have struck out with its approach to online copyright infringement following a security breach. The problem faced by the French should be a bellwether warning for the UK’s plans to introduce a similar illegal file sharing law under the Digital Economy Act.To implement its monitoring scheme, the French government appointed an independent company, Trident Media Guard (TMG), to collect the IP addresses of illegal file-sharers. Security researcher Olivier Laurelli reported that he had accessed an insecure TMG server and downloaded programs and scripts. This included a list of IP addresses gathered by the company. http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/french-anti-piracy-agency-hit-by-a-simple-hack-29557 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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