Editing MediaDefender (section)

===Leaked e-mails===
On September 14, 2007, 6,621 of the company's internal [[e-mail]]s were leaked, containing information contradicting previous statements and details of strategies intended to deceive copyright infringers. The emails link MediaDefender to projects that management previously denied involvement in. The [[Associated Press]] and other media outlets suggest that the leak may confirm speculation that MiiVi.com was an anti-copyright infringement "[[Honeypot (computing)|honeypot]]" site.<ref name="AssociatedPress9-18-2007">Veiga, Alex (September 18, 2007). "[https://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/hacking/2007-09-18-mediadefender-leak_N.htm?csp=34 Hackers leak anti-piracy firm's e-mails]". [[Associated Press]]. Retrieved on September 19, 2007.</ref><ref name="SCMagazine">Carr, Jim (September 18, 2007). "[http://www.scmagazineus.com/Stolen-emails-reveal-anti-piracy-companys-honeypot-strategy/article/35701/ Stolen emails reveal anti-copyright infringement company's 'honeypot' strategy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016195004/http://www.scmagazineus.com/Stolen-emails-reveal-anti-piracy-companys-honeypot-strategy/article/35701/ |date=2007-10-16 }}". ''SC Magazine US''. Retrieved on September 19, 2007.</ref> One e-mail suggests using the [[MiiVi]] client program to turn users' PCs into drones for MediaDefender's [[eMule]] spoofing activities. The leaked e-mails discuss responses to unexpected and negative press, and expose upcoming projects, problems in and around the office, [[Domino's]] pizza orders, and other personal information about employees. Beyond strategic information, the leak also exposed login information for [[FTP]] and [[MySQL]] servers, making available a large library of [[MP3]] files likely including artists represented by MediaDefender's clients. The emails also revealed that MediaDefender probably was negotiating with the New York Attorney General's office to allow them access to information about users accessing pornographic material.<ref name="ArsTechnicaSep16" /> As of September 15, 2007, there had been no official response from the company.<ref name="TorrentFreak-TheBiggestEver"/> However, evidence exists that MediaDefender had been employing both legal and illegal actions to remove copies of the leaked emails from their respective hosting sites. In addition to the usual [[cease and desist|cease-and-desist letters]] from their legal department, IP addresses that are owned by MediaDefender were found to have been used in [[denial-of-service attack]]s against sites hosting the leaked emails.<ref>[https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070919-p2p-sites-ridicule-mediadefender-takedown-notices-in-wake-of-e-mail-leak.html P2P sites ridicule MediaDefender takedown notices in wake of e-mail leak] arstechnica.com</ref>

The e-mails also revealed direction by MediaDefender founder [[Randy Saaf]] to have developer Ben Ebert attempt to eliminate the information about MiiVi from MediaDefender's [[English Wikipedia]] entry.<ref name="ArsTechnicaSep16">[https://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070916-leaked-media-defender-e-mails-reveal-secret-government-project.html Leaked Media Defender e-mails reveal secret government project]</ref> Ebert responds in an email on the same day saying, "I will attempt to get all {{sic|References}} to miivi removed from wiki. I should easily be able to get It contested. We'll see if I can get rid of it."<ref name="MediaDefenderEmail">[http://www.mediadefender-defenders.com/msg03754.html Re: MiiVi got Dugg<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016200639/http://mediadefender-defenders.com/msg03754.html |date=2007-10-16 }}</ref>