Attackers Can ‘Steal’ Bandwidth From BitTorrent Seeders, Research Finds
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New research reveals that #BitTorrent swarms can be slowed down significantly by malicious peers. Depending on the number of seeders and the clients they use, download times can be increased by 1000%. The attacks are possible through an exploit of the BitTorrent protocol for which the researchers present a fix.