ACS:Law in serious trouble
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So after the DDoS that occurred over the last week against the MPAA/RIAA/Aiplex/ACS:Law etc.
ACS:Law's boss Andrew Crossley thought it would be wise to mock the people DDoSing his website by saying "It was only down for a few hours. I have far more concern over the fact of my train turning up 10 minutes late or having to queue for a coffee than them wasting my time with this sort of rubbish,"
Sadly the people doing it took that as encouragement to try harder. Then due to the IT admins cockup, in an attempt to bring the site online they listed their entire webserver directory to the world. For some bizarre reason this is where the document containing names of people and the porn they had downloaded.
Unfortunately for Crossley, the Information Commissioner doesn't take very lightly to leaks like this and recently the fine for this has been raised to £500k. So not only are ACS:Law being investigated by the law society, they're now almost certainly going to get whacked with a massive fine to boot.
There's more on it in the register article here:
ACS:Law - The register
ACS:Law's boss Andrew Crossley thought it would be wise to mock the people DDoSing his website by saying "It was only down for a few hours. I have far more concern over the fact of my train turning up 10 minutes late or having to queue for a coffee than them wasting my time with this sort of rubbish,"
Sadly the people doing it took that as encouragement to try harder. Then due to the IT admins cockup, in an attempt to bring the site online they listed their entire webserver directory to the world. For some bizarre reason this is where the document containing names of people and the porn they had downloaded.
Unfortunately for Crossley, the Information Commissioner doesn't take very lightly to leaks like this and recently the fine for this has been raised to £500k. So not only are ACS:Law being investigated by the law society, they're now almost certainly going to get whacked with a massive fine to boot.
There's more on it in the register article here:
ACS:Law - The register
phil-sti said:
I downloaded the emails but can't find the list
Some of the emails are cringeworthy, utterly appaling for a so called "professional" company, including a lot of credit card details from their tragets/victims, as well as many passwords and user IDs for the employees. The excel database has been uploaded separately to a number of place (ahem...), so you do not have to torrent the full 345mb file of all the thousands of emails to find it. A lot of the "juicy snippets" are in the comments of this post - http://torrentfreak.com/acslaw-anti-piracy-law-fir...
Edited by Steve in Stoke on Wednesday 29th September 01:17
On the subject, I found this interesting:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11430299
I think her partner has been leaving the PC on overnight, and seems to have a thing for "Chubby Chasers"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11430299
BBC News said:
Claire says there is no way she or her partner downloaded pornography
How can you prove that you didn't do it?
"The time that I was accused of downloading the film I was in bed. It was very early morning - on a Tuesday."
"My partner had been made redundant and I know damn well that he was in bed and hadn't got up and started download pornography."
How can you prove that you didn't do it?
"The time that I was accused of downloading the film I was in bed. It was very early morning - on a Tuesday."
"My partner had been made redundant and I know damn well that he was in bed and hadn't got up and started download pornography."
I think her partner has been leaving the PC on overnight, and seems to have a thing for "Chubby Chasers"
Edited by Petrolhead_Rich on Wednesday 29th September 10:03
kers like this damage the reputation of the legal profession. Hope he ends up struck-off and bankrupt.
Soovy said:
This firm are a bunch of ambulance chasers. Shameful
Turn you down for an interview?Article said:
Crossley brags about his financial status:
"Spent much of the weekend looking for a new car. Finances are much better so can put £20-30k down. May go for a Lambo or Ferrari. I am so predictable!"
(later emails reveal he bought a Jeep Compass 2.4CVT)
"Spent much of the weekend looking for a new car. Finances are much better so can put £20-30k down. May go for a Lambo or Ferrari. I am so predictable!"
(later emails reveal he bought a Jeep Compass 2.4CVT)
Petrolhead_Rich said:
On the subject, I found this interesting:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11430299
I think her partner has been leaving the PC on overnight, and seems to have a thing for "Chubby Chasers"
Eh?http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11430299
BBC News said:
Claire says there is no way she or her partner downloaded pornography
How can you prove that you didn't do it?
"The time that I was accused of downloading the film I was in bed. It was very early morning - on a Tuesday."
"My partner had been made redundant and I know damn well that he was in bed and hadn't got up and started download pornography."
How can you prove that you didn't do it?
"The time that I was accused of downloading the film I was in bed. It was very early morning - on a Tuesday."
"My partner had been made redundant and I know damn well that he was in bed and hadn't got up and started download pornography."
I think her partner has been leaving the PC on overnight, and seems to have a thing for "Chubby Chasers"
Edited by Petrolhead_Rich on Wednesday 29th September 10:03
If I was a partner at Gallant Macmillan LLP I would start checking my IT security...
They're another firm who are carrying out essentially the same "scam", indeed we've had a letter from them recently.
My firm got DDOS'd when we were involved in the Man United takeover but we're much better placed to deal with that kind of crap.
They're another firm who are carrying out essentially the same "scam", indeed we've had a letter from them recently.
My firm got DDOS'd when we were involved in the Man United takeover but we're much better placed to deal with that kind of crap.
Would a lawyer really say:
"I have an idea. We should send a factsheet with all loc's answering all the usual questions and dispelling some common misapprehensions as I think it will better inform people and increase revenue. "
Along with accepting payments from people for part of the infringement and then dropping it
"I have an idea. We should send a factsheet with all loc's answering all the usual questions and dispelling some common misapprehensions as I think it will better inform people and increase revenue. "
Along with accepting payments from people for part of the infringement and then dropping it
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