Spammers use anti-piracy law for extortion

Attackers use the anti-piracy rules of law to intimidate victims and stealing money.

In the UK, criminals began spam campaign, in which victims receive e-mails with a notice of violation of the norms of anti-piracy legislation.

Spam mailings began after the government's anti-piracy law «On the digital economy", which most people know only that Internet providers must send notice about the detection of illegal activities and the dissemination of infringing content. Despite the fact that the regulator in the telecommunications industry and the UK competition authority Ofcom announced the beginning of the mailing in 2014, hackers have relied on the fact that many users do not follow the latest news about the government.

Attackers have started sending emails to users who are accused of piracy and forced to pay a fine.
Notification sent to alleged antitrust agency has a number of spelling errors, as well as offering sacrifice to pay the fine, using the payment system online-Ukash, which is very popular among scammers.