Servers of Trident Media Guard, a company hired by the French government to monitor and combat piracy on the interwebs in the country which was attacked and went off the air, reports the BBC.
Been active since 2009, the service is part of efforts by France to prevent its sailors to exchange copyrighted files. Known as the "Three Strikes Law, " the article provided a general monitoring of IP addresses and network users who were caught illegally downloading were subject to fines and received three warnings (by letter) before being banned by the web up to one year.
According to information, the attack was carried out by activists virtual break had access to "advice on how to avoid future detections. On his Twitter account the head of anti piracy in France, Eric Walter, said "the connections of Trident Media Guard were temporarily suspended. "
"Any company that is willing to undertake this type of service must be certain the strength of its security, " said analyst John Walker, professor in the School of the University of Nottingham Trent, the news network. "This was an accident that was waiting to happen. Nor can call it hack, but of mischief, "he adds.
Been active since 2009, the service is part of efforts by France to prevent its sailors to exchange copyrighted files. Known as the "Three Strikes Law, " the article provided a general monitoring of IP addresses and network users who were caught illegally downloading were subject to fines and received three warnings (by letter) before being banned by the web up to one year.
According to information, the attack was carried out by activists virtual break had access to "advice on how to avoid future detections. On his Twitter account the head of anti piracy in France, Eric Walter, said "the connections of Trident Media Guard were temporarily suspended. "
"Any company that is willing to undertake this type of service must be certain the strength of its security, " said analyst John Walker, professor in the School of the University of Nottingham Trent, the news network. "This was an accident that was waiting to happen. Nor can call it hack, but of mischief, "he adds.
