Hacker swipes details of 4m Pirate Bay users

do they

do they even hold any user data? I thought it was an open website?

"Closing some holes in the system are you, boys?"

Clippety-clop, clippety-clop - hang on, is that stable door shut?

Ah, crap

A 'friend' might have to change some of 'his' passwords...

Stupid is as Stupid Does

Why would you create an unnecessary account at a place of questionable legality? Just so you could leave a bolder and brighter trail for the RIAA/MPAA to track down? This is like kids wearing a pot leaf shirt to school and then wondering why they got busted. Darwinism rules.

Registered users ...

... I *think* [1] that the main reason that people register, is so they can leave thanks and comments about torrents ... including the legal ones :-)

Though I'm not sure you can get a list of the pr0n torrents without being signed in ... but I'm not sure ...

[1] In general, I think people that leave comments here and elsewhere that are guessing at answers and what they think something *should* do, rather than what it does, are wasting everyone's valuable time and polluting the internet ... so consider this today's small bit of oil spill :-(

Ha!

Like I'd register with real info.

Registered users?

There are two types of registered users on TPB, same as there are two types of torrenter: seeds and peers (leeches). The former are those who put the torrents up there in the first place, provide initial seeds, get stuff out to people. Providers and suppliers. They need accounts in order to do so. The latter are the users that Chris O'Shea mentions, who want to leave comments on the torrents. The commentards probably don't mind if their details are lost (assuming they're not stupid enough to use the same details on all sites they use), but the seeders and uploaders are probably a bit miffed right now.

Rather Brave

Attacking a website full of finatical computer nerds with lots of time on their hands and no respect for the law.... One might even say "Suicidal".

Best. Subheading. Ever.

It's like every ounce of Ms Morrisette's moment of songwriting incompetence has been transmogrified into a great big delicious cherry. How.... Very.

Hacker ?

He is a script kiddie, not a hacker.

He got access to a mod account and used the account to get more access. You could only exploit the system with mod+ access, so if people (mods) just start using good/better passwords, then this would never happened.

hah

what idiot would put their real name/main email address up there anyway?

Who uses real details online?

Not me.

Sincerely

Adolf Zimmermann Flahtbender

Does anyone still use TPB these days?

I thought TPB had the Kazaa "kiss-of-death" about it. Last time I checked TPB, about 4 months ago, they had a DRM scanning thingy in place to block copyright infringing stuff.

I'd love to see the RIAA....

...try to prosecute someone with data obtained very publicly from an illegal source.

Should be a very short court case, even in 'merka!

"Annnd... item 1 - INADMISSIBLE evidence. Case dismissed!"

I Am Not A Laywer But Some Of Them Are Good Friends

'It's like quite a few more than 10,000 spoons'

This byline, is either a very sly alan-partridge style attempt to be ironic in the face of missing irony, whilst having a (slightly worn out) pop at an already rubbish popstar, which could if I was talking to you, be taken in the right way and possibly be on the mark and extraordinarily funny. Or it's rubbish.

However online. it's possibly the most stupid byline i've ever seen. I expect more.

Poetic Justice

There is no problem anyway as digital files are for sharing. Isn't that what TPB is all about? The hacker has a right to download usernames and addresses and not pay the price. He has not stolen anything because it is still there.

This article is just funny beyond belief.

SQL injection?

I'm astonished that there are still sites vulnerable to SQL injection.

Who maintains the code? The local schoolkids?

@Graham Bartlett shtop! this rant isn't ready yet!

Not all torrents are "stolen goods" you know.

And I think you'll find most people will actually generally fork out a bit of cash for those smaller creators who actually input some small amount of good into their industries.

By buying mass produced vegetables from a supermarket chain like Tescos you're depriving honest farmers of a proper income.

By buying a mis-shapen but wholesome tomato from your local market, you're putting something back into what you're taking.

How many theiving scallies do you see stealing from the farmers market? Compared with how many you see stealing their daily supply of white lightening from Sainsburys.

Btw, re some of the above posts, I think by registering with TPB you actually get a wider choice of torrents.

Why anyone would use real details is beyond me, the sites blatantly insecure anyway, and it's not like they check your email address.