Comments on: ‘No Evidence’ Anti-Piracy Group Hacked FTP Server

By: Dia

Dia — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:14:28 +0000

@5 thinks police can’t lie, lol.

By: Sanity_Vocal

Sanity_Vocal — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:33:39 +0000

Maybe someone should serv the anti-piracy group one of those Lawyer’s letters pertaining to infringement of copywrite etc for the illegal access to the private site, worded such that the onus to proof of innocence is on the group.

By: jorrrrrma

jorrrrrma — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:40:08 +0000

More than the hacking/illegal access to the FTP server, what I find more alarming is that they didn’t require any proof of anyone else accessing the server. How do they decide on the ruling if they don’t even know how large the userbase was or if there ever were any users at all?

By: Power2All

Power2All — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:43:49 +0000

Anyway, how open was the FTP access.
If it was publically known by the group, it’s obvious they could get in easly.
But if the FTP server was very private, and they logged user-activity in their logs that shouldn’t be there, it should be enough to win the case, since IP addresses are legally now in Sweden to use in a court, isn’t it ? xD

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 09:24:52 +0000

“how can someone have legal access to a illegal ftp server”

This FTP server is not illegal.

Since it is private and password protected accessing this server without authorization is illegal. Plain and simple.

By: Pirate Ponten

Pirate Ponten — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:10:31 +0000

Hahahahahaha.

IP-related evidence is only valid when we have the dirt on you, not the other way around!

By: LMAO

LMAO — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:07:07 +0000

to 38,

how can someone have legal access to a illegal ftp server, hence pay2leech site? ;)

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By: Whatever

Whatever — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 10:09:11 +0000

Even if someone who has legally access to the server gave them the username/password without pressure they would still be accessing the server illegally as they never got permission to access it from the owner.

Case in NL some time ago where someone was convicted for accessing a news agency server without permission (NOT hacking as the title seem to suggest):

http://tweakers.net/nieuws/56387/rechter-veroordeelt-hackers-van-gpd-computers.html

(strangely enough, in another case where BREIN got access to a website through an unsatisfied moderator didn’t get BREIN in trouble)