Stealing and selling unreleased music products, young hackers face jail time

A young English hacker (19) has just been arrested on charges of unauthorized access to cloud accounts and the website of many award-winning music recording artists without authorization. More seriously, this teen hacker hacked unreleased songs and sold them publicly on dark web markets in exchange for cryptocurrency.

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Stealing and selling unreleased music products, young hackers face jail time Picture 1 The teenage hacker stole unreleased songs and sold them in exchange for cryptocurrency

Of course, the youngster's illegal behavior in the town of Ipswich, UK, has not been able to bypass experienced cyber security investigators. After a series of intense searches conducted by the High-tech Crime Prevention Unit of the London City Police Department (PIPCU) - a national police unit specialized in investigating cases. cyber intellectual property infringement - tracked down the hacker 's identity, and the search warrant for residences and detention was immediately issued by London law enforcement.

Prior to the investigation campaign, PIPCU received information regarding 'intellectual property assets related to music products of the Federation of International Recording Industry Federation (IFPI) North Branch. London was illegally violated by crooks and stole many unreleased records. It is known that IFPI is a large-scale organization representing the recording industry worldwide.

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Stealing and selling unreleased music products, young hackers face jail time Picture 2 Young men were arrested by the London City Police Department

The investigation that led to the arrest of a 19-year-old hacker was proposed by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, New York to the London City Police Department, "after receiving a report from the agency of many IFPI recording artists.

The reason for this 'overlap' by New York is always known as one of the "creative capital" in the world. The city has very strict laws, dedicated to protecting artists and their intellectual property, while helping to ensure that thieves are subject to very heavy penalties. IFPI is an international organization, which has the right to ask any government agency to assist and protect their legal rights, in this case the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in New York City. In addition, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office also has an official partnership with the London City Police Department.

'Our office has the expertise, resources and partnerships needed to help victims of any cybercrime activity involving intellectual property globally recover their claims. fair and forcing crooks to be responsible before the law. Please report it to us at (212) 335-9600 if you encounter any problems with intellectual property copyright ', Cyrus R. Vance Jr, head of the Attorney's Office Manhattan county said in a personal blog post.

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Stealing and selling unreleased music products, young hackers face jail time Picture 3 Violations related to intellectual property such as movies and music are in serious trouble

The partnership of the two law enforcement agencies began to be established five years ago, in 2014, and both have settled more than 10 major cases related to property frauds. , which includes numerous indictments related to cybercrime, securities fraud, and artistic creation theft schemes.

Back to the 19-year-old British hacker incident. London City Police Commissioner Ian Dyson, who received the investigation request from the Manhattan District Attorney's office, stated: "This decision marks a significant milestone in our investigative activities regarding with instances of intellectual property theft, the most common of which is music, and illegal sale on illegal online sites around the world - a phenomenon not uncommon worldwide. today ', said the London Police Department representative.

Infringements related to intellectual property, such as movies and music, are one of the most painful problems in the internet world today, and tend to be more complicated. with the popularity of the internet as well as handheld devices. This type of crime causes significant financial losses for people working in the field of artistic creation. They have to invest a lot of gray matter and effort to launch quality products for fans, but the copyright infringement makes these people suffer heavy damage both physically and mentally.

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Stealing and selling unreleased music products, young hackers face jail time Picture 4 Copyright infringement causes the author to suffer heavy damage both physically and mentally.

Details of world famous recording artists having stolen music works in this incident have not been officially announced. However, the amount of damage can reach the 6-digit mark (in US dollars), and the sentence for this young hacker is probably no less than 3 years in prison.

This is also a warning to individuals who have the idea of ​​'getting rich' on the efforts and brainpower of others.