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M4T VW
27-09-10, 22:59
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11418962


The personal details of thousands of Sky broadband customers have been leaked on to the internet, alongside a list of pornographic movies they are alleged to have shared online.

:chairfall: Busted!
Pancake
27-09-10, 23:05
Hahahah, FAIL
Zaim
27-09-10, 23:30
Glad i don't have sky broadband.

"The personal details of thousands of Sky broadband customers have been leaked on to the internet"

not good.
KarlHungus
27-09-10, 23:37
Total breach of the data protection act. Quite funny though :lol:
Alexceptional
27-09-10, 23:56
Well that what happens when people try and stop piracy.
coiler
28-09-10, 09:48
is this related to the 4chan story? or another anti pirate FAIL?
KarlHungus
28-09-10, 10:35
is this related to the 4chan story? or another anti pirate FAIL?

It seems to all revolve around this acs:law company.
wonderlust
28-09-10, 10:37
is this related to the 4chan story? or another anti pirate FAIL?

Yes it all results from the 4chan actions
jbromley
28-09-10, 10:45
Ooops!
sneeker
30-09-10, 00:38
Ho hum.. the data's escaped, all of it :D And is now free to download.
Best of all, Ive read its perfectly legal to have the data, as it wasn't acquired unlawfully? Which makes it even better,
alprimmer
18-11-10, 10:09
acs law are just a company trying to rip people off aint they
HecklerUK
18-11-10, 12:34
ACS are being investigated by the law society over their actions... the company was set up after people left another Solicitors Davidsons to focus on these types of things.

If anyone gets one of these letters, simply ignore it or send it back with a simple statement... 'See you in court'.

They have never taken anyone to court and they never will because they have no evidence to prove it... all they have is a claim of an IP address (that can be faked as a lot of places insert spoof IP information for this very reason). The would have to prove that this particular download was in fact downloaded (which is a civil offence not a criminal one) and if it was uploaded for others (this is a criminal act but it's hard to prove guilt unless there was a financial benefit).

I don't download porn, so I'm not worried about my details being on the list... but ACS are now wide open to fines of upto half a million for the data protection breach and also class action lawsuits from those who's details have been leaked.

It could see the end of ACS law as it gets a taste of it's own medicine.

That'll teach them to mock 4chan... only made them a bigger and more attractive target.