Amazon.com hit by hackers or hardware failure? by Zivka Deleva

A hacking or not – that is the most common question that since yesterday is been posed on the issue of the outage of the best internet retail company Amazon.com. For more than half an hour, the U.S. seller couldn’t work in few European countries like Britain, France, Germany and Spain. Knowing how paranoid today’s world is, it was pretty normal that that would be the question. Amazon.com had been among the first American companies that pulled the plug on WikiLeaks after the diplomatic confidential documents came at sight. Maybe that wouldn’t happen if the U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee didn’t go questioning the Amazon.com officials. ! But, unlike a lot of paranoid people that put oil in each meal, Amazon.com insiders don’t suspect that hacking is in question, but some hardware’s problem. And what happened? The thing is that some group of activists has created an online attack by making an extremely huge request for sale from customers. It is weird that only the European sites of the company were affected by the problem and maybe that gave bigger initiation for a suspect. The group hit the most on MasterCard and Visa orders, because they stopped giving donations to WikiLeaks. The giant e-store explained that the outage had happened because of the huge request right before the holidays, when it was normal for the sales to be bigger. The activist group named Anonymous also denies any relation to the situation. "After the attack was so advertised in the media, we felt that it would affect people such as consumers in a negative way and make them feel threatened by Anonymous. Simply put, attack! ing a major online retailer when people are buying presents fo! r their loved ones would be in bad taste," – states a group’s representative.

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Latest verdict in Pirate Bay file-sharing case by Zuzana Zelenakova

Pirate bay is called “the world´s most resilient bittorent site”, however, its future is hanging on a thread thanks to a verdict passed by the Swedish appeals court Friday. Last year four managers and founders of Pirate Bay were sentenced to one year in jail and a fine of $4.57 million or €3.45 million. The Friday verdict reduced the jail sentences to between 4 and 10 months, but at the same time raised the fine. "Most lawyers are not that surprised that they were convicted," said law professor at the University of Uppsala Marten Shultz. "What is maybe a bit surprising is that the amount of damages was so high. It's really incredibly high - a really! staggering amount," he commented on raising the fine to $6.5 million. On the other hand, Christian Engstrom, member of the European Parliament for the Pirate Party, said the actions taken by the court only prove how much influence the corporations have on Swedish courts. "It's very disappointing, because it proves that when it comes to corporate cases, you can't trust the Swedish legal system," he said. "The lawyers for the record companies are friends with the judges, both in the lower court and in the appeals court. They belong to the same societies for copyright, which is a lobby organization for copyright lawyers. This corruption unfortunately leads to the fact that you can't get a fair trial in copyright-related issues in Sweden today." The Pirate Bay first got tangled into the legal controversies back in 2008. It was sentenced for copyright infringement of protected content shared without authorization. The Pirate Bay defended themselves saying that the copyright da! ta was not uploaded directly and users shared files using Peer! -to-Peer technology. The company has about 23 million users including 5 million registered users.

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by Zuzana Zelenakova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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Latest verdict in Pirate Bay file-sharing case by Zuzana Zelenakova

Pirate bay is called “the world´s most resilient bittorent site”, however, its future is hanging on a thread thanks to a verdict passed by the Swedish appeals court Friday. Last year four managers and founders of Pirate Bay were sentenced to one year in jail and a fine of $4.57 million or €3.45 million. The Friday verdict reduced the jail sentences to between 4 and 10 months, but at the same time raised the fine. "Most lawyers are not that surprised that they were convicted," said law professor at the University of Uppsala Marten Shultz. "What is maybe a bit surprising is that the amount of damages was so high. It's really incredibly high - a really! staggering amount," he commented on raising the fine to $6.5 million. On the other hand, Christian Engstrom, member of the European Parliament for the Pirate Party, said the actions taken by the court only prove how much influence the corporations have on Swedish courts. "It's very disappointing, because it proves that when it comes to corporate cases, you can't trust the Swedish legal system," he said. "The lawyers for the record companies are friends with the judges, both in the lower court and in the appeals court. They belong to the same societies for copyright, which is a lobby organization for copyright lawyers. This corruption unfortunately leads to the fact that you can't get a fair trial in copyright-related issues in Sweden today." The Pirate Bay first got tangled into the legal controversies back in 2008. It was sentenced for copyright infringement of protected content shared without authorization. The Pirate Bay defended themselves saying that the copyright da! ta was not uploaded directly and users shared files using Peer! -to-Peer technology. The company has about 23 million users including 5 million registered users.

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by Zuzana Zelenakova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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Švédsky súd zamietol odvolanie v prípade spoločnosti Pirate Bay by Zuzana Zelenakova

Stránka Pirate Bay sa nazýva aj „najodolnejšia bittorent stránka na svete,“ no jej budúcnosť momentálne visí na vlásku a to v dôsledku piatkového rozhodnutia švédskeho súdu. Minulý rok boli štyria zakladatelia a prevádzkovatelia stránky Pirate Bay odsúdení na jeden rok väzenia a k tomu mali ešte zaplatiť spoločnú pokutu vo výške 4,57 miliónov dolárov, čo je 3,45 milióna eur. Piatkový rozsudok síce znížil tresty odňatia slobody, no na druhej strane navýšil pokutu. „V! 28;čšinu právnikov neprekvapuje, že boli usvedčení,“ povedal profesor práva Marten Shultz z Univerzity v Uppsale. „Čo je možno prekvapujúce, je výška finančnej pokuty. Je to naozaj zarážajúca obrovská suma,“ okomentoval výšku pokuty, ktorá už teraz predstavuje 6,5 miliónov dolárov. Christian Engstrom, člen Európskeho parlamentu za švédsku Pirátsku stranu hovorí, že postupovanie súdu len dokazuje, aké veľký vplyv majú korporácie na švédske súdnictvo. „Je to sklamanie, pretože to dokazuje, že čo sa týka korporačných prípadov, švédskemu právnemu systému sa nedá veriť,“ povedal. „Právnici nahrávacích spoločností sa poznajú a priatelia so sudcami či u&#! 382; z nižších alebo odvolacích súdov! . Nane&# 353;ťastie, dôsledkom toho je, že vo Švédsku sa vám dnes nedostane spravodlivého procesu v prípadoch týkajúcich sa autorských práv.“ Pirate Bay sa do sporov s právnym systémom zaplietla už v roku 2008, kedy bola súdená kvôli porušovaniu autorských práv chráneného obsahu, ktorý mal byť zdieľaný bez náležitého povolenia. Pirate Bay sa bránila tým, že dáta spadajúce pod autorské práva neboli uploadované priamo spoločnosťou, ale užívatelia zdieľali súbory využívajúc technológiu Peer-to-Peer. Pirate Bay má približne 23 miliónov užívateľov, z toho 5 miliónov je registrovaných.

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by Zuzana Zelenakova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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Web Britského námorníctva napadnutý hackermi! by Barbora Misakova

Hackeri budú pravdepodobne jednou z najväčších hrozieb spoločnosti, a to vo veľmi blízkej budúcnosti. Veď už teraz majú prsty takmer všade. Ich schopnosť dostať sa kamkoľvek a ukradnúť čokoľvek z našich osobných počítačov a rôznych sietí predstavuje v dnešnom pretechnizovanom a informáciami preplnenom svete viac ako len malé zlo. V roku 2005 našiel Eric McCarty, expert na vytváranie počítačových sietí a ich ochrany, chybu v jednom online systéme, čím získal prístup k ! akémukoľvek počítaču z celkového počtu 275,000 študentov, k ich aplikáciám vrátane čísiel ich sociálneho zabezpečenia. Hoci túto informáciu nezneužil, bol obvinený zo zločinu a po priznaní viny odsúdený na šesť mesiacov domáceho väzenia. Professor Pascal Meunier mal podobnú skúsenosť v roku 2006, kedy jeden z jeho študentov zistil, že jedna z webstránok je napadnuteľná. Hoci o celej veci profesor administratórov danej stránky informoval a chyba bola odstránená, po dvoch mesiacoch bola stránka hacknutá a polícia podozrievala práve profesora a jeho študenta. Prípadov týmto podobných je neskutočné množstvo, avšak mnohé končia oveľa horšie – zneužitím citlivých osobných údajov ! či „vybrakovaním“ osobných bankov&#! 253;ch & #250;čtov. Naposledy bola podobným spôsobom napadnutá webová stránka anglického námorníctva. Správa na stránke hovorila: „Bohužiaľ, stránka Britského námorníctva sa momentálne podrobuje dôležitej údržbe. Prosíme, skúste neskôr.“ Hoci „nevznikla vážnejšia škoda“ ako informoval hovorca, Britské Kráľovské Námorníctvo bolo nútené stránku okamžite stiahnuť a začať riešiť aktivizovanie programu národnej kybernetickej ochrany. Stránka bola napadnutá pár týždňov po tom, ako britské námorníctvo informovalo o zavedení ochranného programu za 650 miliónov libier (1,05 miliárd dolárov) a preto s najväčšou pravdepodobnosťou išlo len o hackerský &! #382;artík, ktorého cieľom bolo len zosmiešniť „nepreniknuteľnú“ kybernetickú ochranu, ktorá je platená z peňaženiek daňových poplatníkov. Ako sa zdá, Britské námorníctvo si to vysvetlilo inak. A tak nadišiel čas, aby sa o programe prestalo len hovoriť a začalo sa jeho aktívne využívanie. Koniec koncov, nie je cena, ktorá by bola príliš vysoká za bezpečnosť, či snáď áno?

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by Barbora Misakova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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UK Navy's website hacked! by Barbora Misakova

Hacker will be probably one of the most feared personas in the close future. Hackers’ ability to get anywhere and steal anything from personal computers is in this informative era the biggest threat. In 2005, when networking and security expert Eric McCarty found a flaw in the online system and was able to access any of the more than 275,000 student applications on the system, including Social Security numbers. Even though he didn’t abuse it, he was prosecuted and after he pleaded guilty he received a sentence of six months of home detention. Professor Pascal Meunier had similar experience in 2006, when his student reported that a physics website had a vulnerabi! lity. Even though he informed the site and its administrators to fix it, two months later it was hacked and police security turned to the professor and his student. There is innumerable quantity of cases like these, but many of them ended up even worse. While hackers are chased around the world, pages are still hacked. Last time it was UK navy’s website. Message on this website reads: “Unfortunately the Royal Navy website is currently undergoing essential maintenance. Please visit again soon.” Even though “there has been no malicious damage” as Royal Navy spokesman said, Britain’s Royal Navy was forced to take its website down immediately and start national cyber security program. The website was hacked just weeks after the government announced a 650 million pound ($1.05 billion). As it seems, the time for it has already come. After all there is no price that would be too high for security.

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Hacker z Arménska chytený! by Barbora Misakova

Počítač – náš najlepší priateľ! To by malo byť pravdepodobne heslo 21. storočia. Väčšina z nás pracuje s počítačom denne a mnohí ho používajú i doma. Počítače a internet nás nielen, že spájajú s priateľmi a blízkymi, ale aj nepriateľmi. Počítače nám pomáhajú aj s množstvom nevyhnutných záležitostí, akými sú napríklad bankové prevody či iné spravovanie finančných zdrojov – a práve táto oblasť ná! 53;ho života láka rozličných podvodníkov. Predstavte si, že všetky vaše peniaze môžu byť preč v priebehu jedinej sekundy. Predstavte si, že celkom cudzia osoba sa dostane k vaším tajným heslám a zneužije ich na vlastné obohatenie sa. A teraz s pravdou von – toto všetko nie je len predstava, ale skutočnosť. Takíto ľudia totiž naozaj existujú. Jedným z nich je napríklad aj 27-ročný Armén, ktorý patrí ku skupine využívajúcej počítačové servery v Holandsku na nainfikovanie počítačov ostatných užívateľov. V tomto konkrétnom prípade bolo nainfikovaných minimálne 30 miliónov počítačov po celom svete, a to vírusom, ktorý dokáže získať také informácie, ako naprík! lad heslo k bankovému účtu. Armén, ktor! 53; bol zatknutý na medzinárodnom letisku v Jemene, je s najväčšou pravdepodobnosťou mozgom celej kriminálnej skupiny notoricky známej ako Bredolab. Ako informovala AFP, táto sieť bola schopná nainfikovať 3 milióny počítačov za mesiac a rozposlať okolo 3.6 miliardy zavírených e-mailov denne!!! Ako informovala žalujúca strana, celkový počet 143 počítačových serverov v Holandsku muselo byť v pondelok odpojených. Wim de Bruin, hovorca obžaloby povedal, že Holandsko rokuje s arménskou vládou o možnosti stíhania a výkonu súdneho procesu s Arménom v Holandsku. Či rokovania vyjdú a aký bude pre tohto muža konečný trest je však zatiaľ neznáme.

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