UK Government scans all web servers hosted in the UK for vulnerabilities

Re:UK Government scans all web servers hosted in the UK for ... by Consultant32452 on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:40PM (#33470755)

Way back in the early 2000s the FBI contacted a company I was working for to inform us that someone was hosting Disney movies on our servers. So something like this is at least sort of happening.

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Re:UK Government scans all web servers hosted in the UK for ... by l33t233372 on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:54PM (#33471025)

I don’t know if copy right protection is the same as penetration testing.

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Re:UK Government scans all web servers hosted in the UK for ... by fragmede on Friday November 04, 2022 @02:36PM (#33471633)

no, but takedowns for copyright protection is the same thing as censorship and goes against free speech. we're all just too blinded by capitalism to see it that way.

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Re:UK Government scans all web servers hosted in the UK for ... by bobsmith432 on Friday November 04, 2022 @03:35PM (#33472541)

So nobody should pay for anything? I pirate tons of stuff and still pay for things that I think are worthy of my payment

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Re:UK Government scans all web servers hosted in the UK for ... by woodruffw on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:56PM (#33471071)

I would be surprised if this was the result of active scanning. It's more likely the FBI received a report from someone, and just forwarded it along.

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Re:UK Government scans all web servers hosted in the UK for ... by 0xbadcafebee on Friday November 04, 2022 @02:44PM (#33471738)

Disney: "Hey FBI, this server is pirating us, plz 2 takedown tyvm"

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