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FBI Shuts Down Sites Distributing Pirated Nintendo and PlayStation Games
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The Entire Internet has Turned on Pirate Software - Best Streamers Videos and Highlights
Link to Petition: https://www.stopkillinggames.com Link to UK petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702074/ Video Links below for all creators mentioned: Ross's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCJ6KZTTnkE-s2XFJJmoTAkw The Act Man: https://youtu.be/voRUgM-RGeA?si=syvOh-3DLdKABvU2 Soggy Cereal: https://youtu.be/R-RaQZPzhqU?si=Pr3BZqlNhZAT1hko Mutahar: https://youtu.be/YmU5gcttf1c?si=eQIjNplFM2S-rUio Jacksepticeye: https://youtu.be…
Last March, Nintendo folded the DStorage host, who had the 1-fichier platform, which stored (among other things) pirated games for the Japanese giant's consoles. A few months earlier, Nintendo had wiped out Yuzu's emulator.
FBI Shuts Down Sites Distributing Pirated Nintendo and PlayStation Games
The FBI has taken down seven websites, including nsw2u.com and nswdl.com, known for distributing pirated video games, particularly Nintendo Switch titles. On Thursday, the agency announced the seizure as users noticed the affected sites displaying the federal seizure banner. The FBI described these sites as “online criminal marketplaces” supplying unauthorized copies of popular video games. Other seized domains include game-2u.com, bigngame.com,…
Scott Schober: Video Game Pirate Turned Cybersecurity Expert, Invetor, and Author
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Jul. 16, 2025 – Watch the YouTube video Scott Schober, cybersecurity expert, inventor, and author of the popular book “Hacked Again”, joined Cybercrime Magazine Podcast hosts Paul John Spaulding, Kyle Haglund, and Sam White, to discuss his past growing up as a video game pirate, and how it led to a long and rewarding career as one of the top people in our ind…
According to Statista, 3 percent of men consume at least one pirate product. In a video a Dr. Simi was shown in his pirate edition that, beyond causing joy, gave fear. It is estimated a market of 464 billion dollars in the imitation industry. In a video circulating on social networks, it was shown the moment when a Dr. Simi caught attention because of its peculiar form, since it was an edition never seen, which caused a wave of terror signs for …
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