[pchelpers] News:TorrentSpy names hacker and details MPAA attack

Firm identified former associate who done them wrong
June 23, 2006  (IDG News Service) -- TorrentSpy named the hacker who it 
claims broke into its computer systems on behalf of the Motion Picture 
Association of America (MPAA), as part of a legal request that would 
force the MPAA to turn over documents stolen from the Internet 
file-searching company.

TorrentSpy accused the MPAA in May of paying a hacker $15,000 to steal 
confidential company information, including e-mails and passwords for 
accessing TorrentSpy's servers. The MPAA has called the charges baseless.

On Thursday, TorrentSpy asked the U.S. District Court, Central District 
of California, to require the MPAA to hand over any documents it 
acquired and reveal who has seen them. If the court grants the request, 
made as part of the discovery stage of the case, the MPAA will have 10 
days to comply.

TorrentSpy included with its court filing a declaration from Robert 
Anderson, the hacker allegedly hired by the MPAA, detailing his 
activities and his ties to TorrentSpy.

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