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South Korean ISP Targeted Torrenting Customers With Malware (thecyberexpress.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Daryl76679@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The police believe that the motive behind this hacking was to reduce network-related costs, as torrent transfers can be costly for internet service providers. KT, however, claims that it was merely trying to manage traffic on its network to ensure a smooth user experience.

Sounds like they admit it but object to the negative tone lol

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

torrent transfers can be costly for internet service providers

If a worker said this they would be accused of being lazy.