kgb used our newssubmit to tell us that there has been a major bust in the warez scene. The famous group DrinkOrDie was targeted and the FBI has seized computers in 27 cities in the US.
There have also been busts in Australia, Finland, England, Norway, and the FBI says they have leads in 20 other countries.
While no one has been arrested yet in the United States, officials said police in England have five people in custody. Some in the United States are cooperating with police, agents said. |
They include corporate executives, employees and students of major universities like Duke and Purdue, technology company employees and some government workers, the agents said. They alleged that some of the most critical members are insiders who steal products from their own companies and hand it over to the pirates.
``Our targets are not your stereotypical teenage hacker,'' Customs assistant commissioner John Varrone said. All will face federal copyright infringement charges, officials said. Investigators served 56 search warrants and expect to grab about 130 computers.
Customs agent Allan Doody said each computer has between one to two terabytes of stolen software. A terabyte is equal to a thousand gigabytes. A printed directory on just one computer would span 4,200 pages. The software industry says it loses an estimated $12 billion per year due to piracy
All of you that have been using pirated software for a long time will probably know the name DrinkOrDie, next time you use it and/or see their name, remember that there are people risking their future to deliver the software to you.
Source: Yahoo.com
