MPAA Hacker Now Working with Torrentspy

Written by Ernesto on June 25, 2006 

A month ago Torrentspy sued the MPAA because an alleged hacker, hired by the MPAA, retrieved private information from the BitTorrent indexer. But according to Cnet Robert Anderson (the hacker) is now helping Torrentspy to fight the MPAA.

Among the claims by Valence Media (Torrentspy) is that as part of its attempt to gather information on [...]

A month ago Torrentspy sued the MPAA because an alleged hacker, hired by the MPAA, retrieved private information from the BitTorrent indexer. But according to Cnet Robert Anderson (the hacker) is now helping Torrentspy to fight the MPAA.

Among the claims by Valence Media (Torrentspy) 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. Valence Media obtained this information from Robert Anderson (alleged hacker), who for undisclosed reasons has agreed to help the company against the Hollywood industry group.

It’s unclear what prompted Anderson to cooperate with Torrentspy and risk possible criminal prosecution. “The only person that would know the precise answer to that is him,” Rothken (Torrentspy’s lawyer) said. “We believe that he broke the law in a serious manner…we’re encouraged that after making a big mistake he’s now mitigating his wrongdoing by providing information about things he did so we can take remedial action against the MPAA.”

A remarkable turn of events

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7 Responses

1 Jun 25, 2006 at 15:34 by strangeness

Strange…

2 Jun 26, 2006 at 15:58 by SiTRiC

hehe… is this an MPAA trap?

3 Jun 26, 2006 at 20:56 by Yatti420

was on Slyck awhile back..

4 Jun 26, 2006 at 21:05 by Ernesto

this story never appeared on slyck

it’s brand new

5 Dec 26, 2006 at 17:30 by niccolo

I began filesharing in the warez days. I also began hacking back then. In my day, it was about sharing free files, and helping the community. Perhaps he is the same way, and just fucked up by being on the wrong side for a while.

6 Nov 12, 2007 at 22:12 by netghost

Information seeks to be shared thus enlightening and enabling all…

7 Feb 26, 2008 at 17:07 by Oman

Can’t blame a guy for trying to make a living.

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