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Torrentspy names alleged MPAA hacker files suit
Posted by Dan Bell on 26 June 2006 - 14:32 - Source: C|Net
Both 8mh andGristyMcFisty used our news submit to tell us about this story they have spotted, concerning a recent hacking of a small companies network for the MPAA. Apparently, the MPAA had paid $15,000 for the services of a Canadian hacker. His object was to infiltrate the Torrentspy.com network and executives, in order to find incriminating evidence. Now, we have word that the previously unnamed individual, in this story from C|Net, has been identified. Valence Media, Torrentspy's parent company affected by these actions, has also filed suit with the U.S. District Court in California in Los Angeles.
"I contacted (the MPAA) and offered to provide it information regarding (Torrentspy.com founder) Justin Bunnell and Torrentspy," according to a signed statement by Robert Anderson, the man identified elsewhere in the filing as a "hacker."
Among the claims by Valence Media is that as part of its attempt to gather information on Torrentspy, the MPAA hired private investigators to comb the trash cans of Torrentspy executives.
