UK Law firm aggressively pursued cases against illegal file sharing on behalf of the MPAA and RIAA. Firm was subject of distributed denial of service attacks by the online prank group 4chan last week. E-mail exposed personal correspondence, as well as personal details on UK residents who ACS was pursuing for illegal download activities. The amount of e-mail stolen ranges from a month to several months. Privacy rights group Privacy International says it notified the UK s Information Commissioner s Office (ICO) of a breach.
Source: https://threatpost.com/attacks-mpaas-uk-law-firm-lead-data-leaks-lawsuit-092710/74517/