More than 4700 people who illegally downloaded a Hollywood blockbuster have won a reprieve from the Federal Court of Australia. Here’s why. Source: Dallas Buyers >>>

At the DEF CON hacker conference, Kustodian CEO Chris Rock demonstrated how fraudsters could artificially ‘kill’ someone for a profit or prank due to vulnerabilities >>>

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Warnings from the EFF this week that Hollywood is making renewed efforts to obtain SOPA-like powers over Internet companies has touched a nerve, with filmmakers >>>

Microsoft is using a Torrent-like setup to help alleviate the load on its servers by allowing users to get updates from other users’ computers, using >>>

Leaked emails between Italian spyware vendor Hacking Team and Boeing subsidiary Insitu revealed that drones carrying malware to infect targeted computers via Wi-Fi by flying >>>

News: Cablevision is being sued by a man who claims the company’s decision to turn his home gateway into a publicly-available hotspot violates the Computer >>>

The FCC’s action follows a lawsuit filed last year by the FTC about AT&T’s unlimited data throttling. Source: FCC Fining AT&T $100 Million for Misleading >>>

Twitter moves non-US accounts to Ireland away from the NSA.

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