wraggster
August 25th, 2012, 21:56
Web domains were seized after distributing dodgy apps.
It's probably unlikely RIM is a practitioner of the dark arts (given its own misfortune (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/rim-losses-worsen-slashes-5-000-jobs-delays-bb10-to-2013/018456)), but reports of illegal Android malware (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/android-malware-increases-by-300-per-cent/019071), hacks (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/arxan-all-of-the-top-100-premium-android-apps-have-been-hacked/019132) andviruses (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/zombie-virus-infects-chinese-android-app-store/019084) have rocketed ever since the BlackBerry maker called the Google OS a cesspool (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/rim-android-is-a-cesspool/017686).
So perhaps unsurprisingly, the US District of Justice has revealed the capture of three pirate Android app websites as part of an FBI, and international law enforcement operation with the French and the Dutch.
Applanet.net, appbucket.net and snappzmarket.com are all now in the hands of the government, while visitors will find the sites closed, decorated in a banner that warns against copyright fraud.
Breuer, assistant attorney general, said: "Cracking down on piracy of copyrighted works – including popular apps – is a top priority of the Criminal Division.
"Software apps have become an increasingly essential part of our nation’s economy and creative culture, and the Criminal Division is committed to working with our law enforcement partners to protect the creators of these apps and other forms of intellectual property from those who seek to steal it."
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/fbi-smashes-down-the-doors-of-three-pirate-android-operations/019149
It's probably unlikely RIM is a practitioner of the dark arts (given its own misfortune (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/rim-losses-worsen-slashes-5-000-jobs-delays-bb10-to-2013/018456)), but reports of illegal Android malware (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/android-malware-increases-by-300-per-cent/019071), hacks (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/arxan-all-of-the-top-100-premium-android-apps-have-been-hacked/019132) andviruses (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/zombie-virus-infects-chinese-android-app-store/019084) have rocketed ever since the BlackBerry maker called the Google OS a cesspool (http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/rim-android-is-a-cesspool/017686).
So perhaps unsurprisingly, the US District of Justice has revealed the capture of three pirate Android app websites as part of an FBI, and international law enforcement operation with the French and the Dutch.
Applanet.net, appbucket.net and snappzmarket.com are all now in the hands of the government, while visitors will find the sites closed, decorated in a banner that warns against copyright fraud.
Breuer, assistant attorney general, said: "Cracking down on piracy of copyrighted works – including popular apps – is a top priority of the Criminal Division.
"Software apps have become an increasingly essential part of our nation’s economy and creative culture, and the Criminal Division is committed to working with our law enforcement partners to protect the creators of these apps and other forms of intellectual property from those who seek to steal it."
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/fbi-smashes-down-the-doors-of-three-pirate-android-operations/019149