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The Pirate Bay gives thumbs-down on Anonymous DDoS attack on Virgin Media

by Lisa Vaas on May 11, 2012 | 4 Comments
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File-sharing site The Pirate Bay has denounced an Anonymous DDoS campaign that took down Virgin Media, calling it an "ugly" method that's no better than the UK court order for ISPs to block users from getting to The Pirate Bay.

#EPICFAIL Pirate Bay block backfires with work-around published online

by Carole Theriault on May 3, 2012 | 36 Comments
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UK Courts have forced big ISPs to block access to Pirate Bay, but the effort seems to have backfired spectacularly: the file-sharing site enjoyed "12 million more visitors than it has ever had" yesterday. Find out why...

Stopping the zombies: introducing the new FCC anti-botnet code

by Lachlan Urquhart on March 29, 2012 | 3 Comments
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A new voluntary code of conduct for ISPs in the US creates new measures for addressing botnets. Does it go far enough?

Activists creating decentralized mesh networks that can't be blocked, filtered or silenced

by Lisa Vaas on February 24, 2012 | 12 Comments
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In the face of an internet that can be controlled all too easily by corporations and regimes, activists are building alternative mesh networks that can never be blocked, filtered or shut down.