TorrentFreak

AUGUST 17, 2023

Publicly available information suggests that some of these apps and/or their developers may have links to full-blown pirate sites, so any information obtained here may prove useful in progressing investigations elsewhere.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Gutman created a Pinterest account in 2011 and an Instagram account in 2012, shortly after she began working for JLM. Over time, “Promotional posts were interspersed with more personal content, in a strategy that JLM referred to as the ‘personal glimpse,'” and other JLM employees helped manage the accounts.

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IP Law 360

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

A New York federal judge said "Say Yes To The Dress" designer Hayley Paige can't promote herself as an influencer and will have to split her Instagram account with her former employers at the bridal company JLM Couture but said JLM will have to hand her back the login for her TikTok.

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Plagiarism Today

JANUARY 24, 2022

The app, which was released in September 2021, allows users to link together their various frequent flyer accounts, including American Airlines AAdvantage program. According to American Airlines, this is a violation of their terms of service by encouraging users to hand over their login information to a third party.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

and use your regular login credentials,” the Z-Library team writes. “After logging into your account, you will be redirected to your personal domain. If users can’t access the universal login page, Z-Library says they can log in through TOR or I2P and get their personal clearnet domains there.

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

According to the report, “The socially engineered attack, which has targeted nearly 22,000 mailboxes, used the personalized handles of Instagram users in messages informing would-be victims that there was an ‘unusual login’ on their account.”

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Plagiarism Today

APRIL 11, 2022

Users login with their Etsy account and then first register their brand. Etsy has also clarified that, though an Etsy account is required, the service will be available to non-sellers. That way, if an account is knowingly filing false notices or are being reckless, they can stop that account. .

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TorrentFreak

JANUARY 9, 2022

In its latest transparency report, Cloudflare reveals how many accounts and domain names were impacted. A year earlier the company received 31 subpoenas, which targeted 548 accounts. To comply with the subpoenas, Cloudflare can share the IP-addresses that were used to access the site as well as the login times.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2023

HK built an Instagram account impersonating a teacher. He “made one innocuous post on the account.” ” He unwisely shared the login credentials with two classmates, KL and LF. monitored the account and viewed the posts himself. about the posts and the three accepted 18 requests to follow the account.”

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 22, 2024

Rewards for frequent logins, consecutive transactions, first time in-game spending, and other common revenue generating practices, would be prohibited. Lower revenue for online games could impact ancillary industries such as advertising (online games reportedly account for about 20% of the online ad industry’s revenue).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 22, 2024

Rewards for frequent logins, consecutive transactions, first time in-game spending, and other common revenue generating practices, would be prohibited. Lower revenue for online games could impact ancillary industries such as advertising (online games reportedly account for about 20% of the online ad industry’s revenue).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 18, 2024

Rewards for frequent logins, consecutive transactions, first time in-game spending, and other common revenue generating practices, would be prohibited. Lower revenue for online games could impact ancillary industries such as advertising (online games reportedly account for about 20% of the online ad industry’s revenue).

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TorrentFreak

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Efforts to reduce password sharing can include repeatedly requesting login information, strictly enforcing device limits (including deactivations/reactivations), aggressively enforcing concurrent connection limits, and multi-factor authentication. Account IQ – Sophisticated Machine Learning. But it needs to be executed with care.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 21, 2021

“Mega suspends the account of any user with three copyright takedown strikes within six months. In some cases, the account can be reinstated after it is proved to be the subject of invalid takedown notices, but most suspended accounts are terminated,” the company says.

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TorrentFreak

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The man countered these threats by obtaining streaming service login credentials himself via hacking, and by downloading lists of credentials offered by other hackers. When users deploy the same username/password combination across sites, all of their accounts face potential exposure.

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LexBlog IP

AUGUST 3, 2023

The ask you to verify your phone number, email address and login, Social Security number, and bank account number so they can send the tablet or printer. The scammer requests the email or bank account number “because there’s a problem with an order, or they want to refund them money from a canceled order.”

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 14, 2022

Prior to its seizure, RaidForums members used the platform to offer for sale hundreds of databases of stolen data containing more than 10 billion unique records for individuals residing in the United States and internationally.” ” RaidForums was also used for electronic harassment through raiding and swatting.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

However, the “sign-in” part of the “sign-in-wrap” phrasing refers to creating an account with login credentials, which this is not; this is ordering products without creating any account at all. A sign-in-wrap is a one-click formation process, like this is.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 7, 2022

Trustwave has reported a new scheme in which threat actors are using the popular Facebook Messenger platform to steal Facebook login credentials. Once the threat actors have those credentials, they are able to gain full access to the user’s account. It all looks legitimate because the threat actors have spoofed the Facebook logo.

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Corsearch

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This feature means that any user can opt into a paid subscription and immediately receive a blue checkmark – a badge that was previously associated with “legacy” verified accounts, resulting in countless high-profile cases of impersonation involving global brands.

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Patently-O

MARCH 13, 2022

Cases are more likely to proceed when the breach includes financial or account login information such as user_IDs and passwords. For the district court, this setup was enough to demonstrate standing. The decision here is on the cusp and other courts would have dismissed.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 4, 2024

Assessment of Revenue: The assessment of overall revenue is based on an accumulation basis of accounting unless a cash basis is utilized. Existing VAT or Excise Tax registrants may use their login details, while new registrants need to create credentials.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 16, 2022

The emails have contained examples of stolen data, such as social security numbers, payment accounts, and private company emails, as well as sensitive business data belonging to employees or clients.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 4, 2023

Old logins appear to work on the new domain and apart from a new color scheme, the design is very familiar indeed. “Everyone calm down, Zoro is acquired by a new dev team, they will now handle the whole website and social network accounts. is Dead, Aniwatch.to Takes Over Visitors to the Zoro.to Aniwatch.to is the new Zoro.to

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TorrentFreak

AUGUST 5, 2022

For more than two decades, copyright holders have sent takedown notices to ISPs to alert account holders that their connections are being used to pirate content. In AT&T’s case, the ISP launched a dedicated copyright portal and began terminating the accounts of subscribers repeatedly targeted with piracy allegations.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 7, 2024

Such consequences could significantly undermine the accountability and transparency of the Patent Office, particularly when considered alongside the recently amended Patent Rules. This analysis concerns modifications to Section 8 and its Rules, and their impact on the transparency and accountability of the patent office.

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Intepat

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

To initiate the copyright registration process, the applicant must first create a registered user account. Subsequently, the user is prompted to establish a unique User ID and Password, which will serve as their login credentials thereafter. The Copyright Registration application is accessible via the Copyright Office.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 9, 2021

to disclose the identities, including names, physical addresses, IP addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, payment information, account updates and account histories of the users operating iptvsubscription.org,” the application reads. . “The ACE Members (via the Motion Picture Association, Inc.)

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

“Phishing websites persuade you to reveal personal data such as login or credit card details, usually by pretending to be a legitimate source. Need a hacked Onlyfans account? We attempted to sign up but decided to abort the mission when our anti-virus software confirmed a phishing scam. Want to hack Instagram ?

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LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Use two-factor authentication for user login credentials, use authenticator apps rather than email as actors may be in control of victim email accounts, and do not click on unsolicited attachments or links in emails. Install and regularly update anti-virus or anti-malware software on all hosts.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 24, 2023

“The investigations revealed that the WeCast App is installed on the client’s mobile phone or digital television upon subscription to Lime Fiber internet, where login details are provided by the perpetrators.” ” What’s the WeCast App and What Does it Do?

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As a result, the now 42-year-old pleaded guilty to various offenses including making and supplying software to enable illegal access to subscription content, distributing infringing film content via a dedicated server he controlled, sharing login credentials for subscription streaming services, and illegally accessing content for his own use.

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TorrentFreak

JULY 12, 2023

A more recent accounting reveals that the company submitted 19,586 DMCA notices in an attempt to remove 116,757 infringements. . “[D]efendants systematically refuse to comply with proper and compliant DMCA takedown notices against their own terms and conditions and displayed instructions,” the company informed the court.

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TorrentFreak

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Finally, it appears the media companies will also be taking control of “login credentials, accounts, domains, subdomains and servers” in order to bring this years-long battle to a conclusion. ” The consent judgment can be found here (pdf).

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Corsearch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Once these bad actors take over the real site’s DNS, the attackers can direct users to an unauthorize site where they request login credentials or sensitive financial information. Enable multi-factor authentication in your account and require it to be used by all relevant users and subcontractors. Use a trusted DNS provider.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

” Specifically, Bumble showed: “plaintiff’s unique credentials, the same as those internally assigned when plaintiff first registered for a Bumble account, were used to identify plaintiff when he accessed the app on March 4, 2021.” ” Alkutkar claimed other people had access to his phone (really??),

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LexBlog IP

MAY 26, 2022

Bleeping Computer obtained research from Trustwave before publication which shows that threat actors are deploying phishing attacks “using automated chatbots to guide visitors through the process of handing over their login credentials to threat actors.”

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