Police in Taiwan raided a pirate DVD and CD-R lab, arresting four people and seizing 250 optical disc burners, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) said Monday.The May 11 raid, backed in part by the MPA as part of its “Operation Red Card” anti-piracy program, seized more than 100,000 movie discs. The police operation was the second in a week in Taiwan, following arrests in Taipei on May 6 of two men, and the confiscation of 67 DVD-R burners.“Operation Red Card” refers to the red card issued by a referee to players ejected from a soccer match for unsportsmanlike conduct or repeated fouls.There has been a recent upsurge in anti-piracy activity in Taiwan. Earlier in this month, police arrested a man in Taoyuan, in northern Taiwan, on suspicion he was videotaping Mission Impossible III at a local cinema. Upon their release at cinemas in Asia and North America, newly released films are sometimes videotaped illegally, then burned onto DVDs and video CDs for sale as pirated discs. The discs can be mass-produced with multiple DVD and CD burners.For more coverage, read Taiwanese Pirate Busted Taping Mission Impossible III. Keep checking in at our Security Feed page, or subscribe via RSS, for updated news coverage.By Steven Schwankert, IDG News Service (Beijing Bureau) Related content news Gitlab fixes bug that exploited internal policies to trigger hostile pipelines It was possible for an attacker to run pipelines as an arbitrary user via scheduled security scan policies. By Shweta Sharma Sep 21, 2023 3 mins Vulnerabilities Security feature Key findings from the CISA 2022 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities report CISA’s recommendations for vendors, developers, and end-users promote a more secure software ecosystem. By Chris Hughes Sep 21, 2023 8 mins Zero Trust Threat and Vulnerability Management Security Practices news Insider risks are getting increasingly costly The cost of cybersecurity threats caused by organization insiders rose over the course of 2023, according to a new report from the Ponemon Institute and DTEX Systems. By Jon Gold Sep 20, 2023 3 mins Budget Data and Information Security news US cyber insurance claims spike amid ransomware, funds transfer fraud, BEC attacks Cyber insurance claims frequency increased by 12% in the first half of 2023 while claims severity increased by 42% with an average loss amount of more than $115,000. By Michael Hill Sep 20, 2023 3 mins Insurance Industry Risk Management Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe