Friday, April 20, 2012

Kim Dotcom



Description: Technology businessman
Net Worth: 200 million
Noteworthy facts: German, As a teenager claimed to break corporate PBX systems (telephone switchboard) and started a career in data security, founded DataProtect, found guilty on multiple occasions of insider trading and embezzlement, "Before his arrest, Dotcom was the world's number one-ranked Modern Warfare 3 player."
Ventures:

DataProtect 1994-?
MegaUpload 2005-2012
-Hong Kong incorporated file sharing company
-50 million visitors/day accounted for more than 4% of all internet traffic
-Kim was arrested for MegaUpload by the US Department of Justice in New Zealand
-US had jurisdiction to shut Kim down due to MegaUpload servers that were found in Virginia
-Still in custody for MegaUpload charges (on probation in home in Germany)
Sources:
Wikipedia

MegaUpload Servers in Virginia

1 comment:

  1. Some users of MegaUpload claimed to use it for legitimate purposes.
    http://www.informationweek.com/news/cloud-computing/software/232500463

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