21-yr-old YouTube-trained hacker ran piracy syndicate; $100K crypto seized
A 21-year-old Patna college dropout, Ashwani Kumar, emerged as a central figure in India's movie piracy network. Using self-taught hacking skills, he breached digital cinema distributors, downloading over 120 unreleased films. Telangana police arrested him, seizing HD prints and freezing $100,000 in crypto. His sophisticated operation, learned from YouTube, exposed major industry cybersecurity flaws, serving as a critical wake-up call.
A 21-year-old Patna college dropout, Ashwani Kumar, emerged as a central figure in India's movie piracy network. Using self-taught hacking skills, he breached digital cinema distributors, downloading over 120 unreleased films. Telangana police arrested him, seizing HD prints and freezing $100,000 in crypto. His sophisticated operation, learned from YouTube, exposed major industry cybersecurity flaws, serving as a critical wake-up call.
