MediaDefender Phone Call and Gnutella Tracking Database Leaked
The leak of MediaDefender’s emails caused quite some controversy, Ironically, in a recently leaked phone call, a New York attorney and MediaDefender discuss the security of their email-server. Whilst there is some initial confusion as to where the leak may have originated, they eventually write it off as some technical problem.
The leaked phone call shows that they are unsure about their network protection, their IDS etc. One of the parties is on a VOIP connection which may explain how the leak was obtained.
Similar to the e-mail leak, a group called “MediaDefender-Defenders” released the file, and in the .nfo file we read:
MediaDefender-Defenders proudly presents some more internal MediaDefender stuff… more will follow when time is ready. MediaDefender thinks they’ve shut out their internals from us. Thats what they think.
The subject of the call is rather serious. MediaDefender is apparently involved in an ongoing Child Porn investigation. Their job is to identify child-porn images and report the IPs of the offending computers back to the government. A tricky project since it would mean that they actually have to download and rate the illegal content.
This wont be the end of the leaks according to the “MediaDefender-Defenders”, they claim that more will follow when time is ready.
In addition the the phone call, a huge MySQL database dump from a MediaDefender server was leaked on BitTorrent as well. The database shows tracking and decoy file information for the Gnutella network which is used by P2P clients such as LimeWire.
All this leaked information is a huge blow for MediaDefender, and it will undoubtedly cost them a lot of time and money to clean this up. Interestingly, no evidence can be found that MediaDefender is actually involved in prosecuting or gathering evidence against filesharers (as we reported earlier). Their core business is releasing fake files and polluting the filesharing networks.
source: Ernesto, torrentfreak.com (keep up the good work!) – Mr. X and the rlslog staff
Release name: MediaDefender.Phonecall-MDD
Size/Specs: 22.89 MiB (24002253 Bytes), 128K, CBR, MP3, 25m:03s
Genre: comedy
Protection: media-defenderezrom
File names: mediadefender.phonecall-mdd
Torrent: TPB
Comments(19)
the full trans-scrip can be viewed here, for those not to familiar to english ppl talking on the phone
http://pastebin.com/f5ae055cf
wow, this is old news
(sorry couldn’t resist)
btw.: also some source-code from their fake-file spreading software has been leaked not long ago.
If that source-code is complete and real it probably means MD is dead.
check digg for up to date news:
http://www.digg.com/search?s=mediadefender&sort=new
and this is an excellent article about the MD’s ineffectiveness IMHO: http://www.news.com/Leaked-e-mails-reveal-MediaDefenders-antipiracy-woes/2100-1027_3-6209084.html
i should probably read the rest of rlslog first before adding a comment
For f#cks sake, if there shutting down child porn, then leave them alone..
MediaDefender is not shutting down child porn, it is GOVERNMENT.
If MD goes away, then the government can hire a more competent company to handle child porn.
MD does not care for child porn or porn in general (they spread those as fakes). They are doing it for the money, not because they care.
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MD – OK, so we can do that, we can change the login, obviously the password, you know, if you guys need to know what password we’re using we could just
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communicate that by phone, and I think the email isn’t really an issue as long as we don’t really say anything particulary sensitivy in the emails.
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AT – Right.
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MD – You know, and, we’re pretty available by phone, so, if guys are comfortable with just communicating with us by phone and anything that’s really really
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sensitive we could just communicate in this fashion. I know it’s a little bit cumbersome…”
hehe
Oh please don’t shut down child porn site…How will the fucking US government keep up with their broken economy..US makes billion from illegal activities..
“A tricky project since it would mean that they actually have to download and rate the illegal content.”
Which is a felony. Even if they’re investigating it, it’s still a felony.
#6 “MD does not care for child porn or porn in general (they spread those as fakes). ”
I would be curious to know if that is true. Creating fakes that cause hits in a search are only going to indicate that real child pornography could be out there to those who search for the first time. If you google it and get a load of hits then you will be back to surf more with the idea that it is possible to obtain such garbage.
Not right if you ask me. I say eliminate the capability of using the words together in a search string, dont tease the borderline sick into becoming pedophiles.
Assholes.
#8 “US makes billion from illegal activities..”
You are on my idiot list.
Real, just got it.
@11 Real already downloaded it.
does transformers have AC3 audio or mp3?
AUDIO: AC3 5.1 – 448Kbps – 48Khz
What do you think? Wait for the “official” entry here.
Interesting option for legal attack against MediaDefender from one of their e-mails:
“the best argument against miivi is one for invasion of privacy and trespass to chattels (doing stuff intentionally to another’s property). that would be based on the rumor that we scanner people’s harddrives. ”
however they say:
“entrapment isn’t possible, as we’re not a law enforcement agency or working as agents for a law enforcement agency.”
e-mails dated; 10/07/2007
This phone call is pretty funny for both says that is the other ones fault ending up at the fact that the “link” between them was hacked.
Genre: comedy
Skip ahead to Transformers, that’s actually interesting. Not like this ‘news’.
you could have at least reworded Ernesto’s article & provided a link to the full article.
This just seems like your ripping his whole article
even if you state “source: Ernesto, torrentfreak.com”
I wouldn’t have sais anything but I’ve heard you go round other sites & complain about how they apparently “lift content”
Touche