Archive for the 'Cross Days' Category

Police Probe Pair Over Phony Pirate Porn Privacy Plunder

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Earlier this year, malware which purported to be an erotic PC game punished file-sharers who believed they were downloading the real thing. Instead of endless hours of digital titillation, unlucky pirates had their personal details published on the Internet and had to pay a fee to have them removed. Now police have arrested two men in connection with this unusual fraud.

Fake Game Installer Punishes Pirates Via Epic Privacy Breach

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Over the years would-be game pirates have been targeted in a number of ways such as through draconian DRM schemes and even viruses. Now it appears that file-sharers who thought they were going to download a high-profile interactive erotic novel have been instead treated to a security and privacy breach of epic proportions.