WTF?! A Korean ISP is reported to have intentionally installed malware on subscribers’ computers. The move was designed to interfere with and block torrent traffic, which is believed to have been placing financial pressure on the company.
An investigative report from Korean outlet JBTC states that Internet Service Provider KT, formerly known as Korea Telecom, took extreme measures in the fight against torrenting.
As explained by TorrentFreak, filesharing doesn’t make up as much internet traffic as it did years ago, but the practice is still very popular in South Korea. An especially popular element is Web Hard Drive, or Webhard, services. These also offer dedicated web seeds to ensure that files remain available.
Webhard services rely on the BitTorrent-enabled ‘Grid System,’ which became popular enough to draw the attention of ISPs due to the costly high amounts of bandwidth being used by these torrent transfers.
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