Post by account_disabled on Feb 27, 2024 9:18:48 GMT
A diplomatic cable recently released by Wikileaks reveals how the US government spent $125,000 to train police officers in Ukraine to combat online piracy. Among other things, experts from the FBI and IFPI taught 30 cybercrime officers in Ukraine how to hack private torrent sites. Regardless of the investment, it is doubtful it will pay off because some police officers said they do not have Internet connections at their workplaces. The US government is committed to doing everything it can to reduce online piracy, and a message written by US Ambassador William Taylor from Ukraine shows that these efforts are not limited to the homeland. The message, dated December 17, 2008, was published this week by Wikileaks and provides details of an anti-piracy seminar organized by the US government in the country. In the message, Ambassador Taylor writes that the seminar was paid for by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, which allocated $125 thousand to train Ukrainian authorities to combat piracy.
About 30 local police officers with computer and Internet Costa Rica Mobile Number List experience took part. A topic on the agenda during the meeting was that many large torrent sites are hosted in Ukraine, and Matthew Lamberti of the Department of Justice cited the example of Demonoid, a large semi-private BitTorrent tracker that began renting servers in the country in early 2008. Lamberti noted that earlier this year one of the world's largest pirate sites moved to Ukraine and that the site's founder said he was looking for a "suitable location" after pressure to leave several other countries, including the Netherlands, Canada and Malaysia. Lamberti noted warned that Ukraine could become a haven for pirate sites s easier said than done, as Ukrainian authorities have no legal basis for doing so. “Representatives argue that Ukrainian law does not give law enforcement officials clear authority to shut down such sites, although providers can sometimes be persuaded to do so,” the ambassador notes. In addition to these warnings,
The seminar also explained how private BitTorrent trackers in the US and UK were effectively shut down. Kiffa Shirley of the FBI's Cybercrime Fraud Unit used the example of EliteTorrents, one of the largest BitTorrent communities, which was shut down during the summer of 2005. Please note - EliteTorrents is closed "Shirley gave a detailed briefing on the different types of sites that engage in Internet piracy and the technology they use. He also described the investigative efforts and how other FBI agents came to investigate elitetorrents.org, a US-based pirate site that was known for its extremely fast illegal downloads,” we read in the message. Mumith Ali of the music industry, which funds the anti-piracy group IFPI, explained how they seized the music-oriented BitTorrent tracker OiNK in 2007. "Ali provided participants with strategy and best practices based on his experience investigating some of the largest pirate sites in Europe, including a UK-based private piracy site of 180,000 members notorious for offering illegal downloads of pre-release music albums.
About 30 local police officers with computer and Internet Costa Rica Mobile Number List experience took part. A topic on the agenda during the meeting was that many large torrent sites are hosted in Ukraine, and Matthew Lamberti of the Department of Justice cited the example of Demonoid, a large semi-private BitTorrent tracker that began renting servers in the country in early 2008. Lamberti noted that earlier this year one of the world's largest pirate sites moved to Ukraine and that the site's founder said he was looking for a "suitable location" after pressure to leave several other countries, including the Netherlands, Canada and Malaysia. Lamberti noted warned that Ukraine could become a haven for pirate sites s easier said than done, as Ukrainian authorities have no legal basis for doing so. “Representatives argue that Ukrainian law does not give law enforcement officials clear authority to shut down such sites, although providers can sometimes be persuaded to do so,” the ambassador notes. In addition to these warnings,
The seminar also explained how private BitTorrent trackers in the US and UK were effectively shut down. Kiffa Shirley of the FBI's Cybercrime Fraud Unit used the example of EliteTorrents, one of the largest BitTorrent communities, which was shut down during the summer of 2005. Please note - EliteTorrents is closed "Shirley gave a detailed briefing on the different types of sites that engage in Internet piracy and the technology they use. He also described the investigative efforts and how other FBI agents came to investigate elitetorrents.org, a US-based pirate site that was known for its extremely fast illegal downloads,” we read in the message. Mumith Ali of the music industry, which funds the anti-piracy group IFPI, explained how they seized the music-oriented BitTorrent tracker OiNK in 2007. "Ali provided participants with strategy and best practices based on his experience investigating some of the largest pirate sites in Europe, including a UK-based private piracy site of 180,000 members notorious for offering illegal downloads of pre-release music albums.