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一月份 第 13 课

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  • U.S. Investigating Online Attacks on FBI, Justice Dept.
  • 美国调查联邦调查局和司法部网站遭袭
  •   The FBI says it is investigating why the websites for the FBI, the Department of Justice, and several entertainment industry sites all went down Thursday after the government shut down one of the world's largest file-sharing sites.
  • 美国联邦调查局说,正在调查联邦调查局、美国司法部和一些娱乐业的网站星期四突然瘫痪的原因;此前,美国政府关闭了世界上最大的一家文件分享网站。

  •   The hackers' group calling itself "Anonymous" claimed credit for the attacks, which kept the sites offline for several hours late Thursday.
  • 一个自称為 “匿名者” 的骇客组织声称发动袭击,这次袭击让有关网站星期四晚间当机了几个小时。

  •   By Friday, most had been restored to service, including the federal agencies.
  • 截至星期五,包括联邦政府网站在内的多数网站已经恢復运作。

  •   Earlier Thursday, U.S. federal authorities shut down the file-sharing site known as Megaupload and charged its founder and six others with violating piracy laws.
  • 星期四早些时候,美国联邦政府关闭了全球最大的文件共用网站之一 MU 网盘(Megaupload),该网站的创始人和另外六人受到触犯盗版法的指控。

  •   Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom ((aka Kim Schmitz)) was arrested in New Zealand Thursday along with three other top executives at the request of U.S. authorities.
  • 在美国政府的要求下,MU 网盘(Megaupload)公司创始人金道康(金史密茨)和另外叁名高层主管 1 月 19 日星期四在纽西兰被逮捕。

  •   Three others facing charges remain at large.
  • 其他叁名受到指控的人还没有被缉拿归案。

  •   A statement by the U.S. Justice Department and FBI said the action is "among the largest criminal copyright cases" ever brought by the United States.
  • 美国司法部和联邦调查局发表的一份声明说,这是美国政府有史以来 “针对版权犯罪行為的最大案例之一”。

  •   If found guilty, the suspects face up to 20 years in prison.
  • 嫌疑人如果被判有罪,将面临最高為 20 年的监禁。

  •   Authorities say Megaupload cost copyright holders more than $500 million.
  • 当局说,MU 网盘导致版权所有者损失了超过 5 亿美元。

  •   Megaupload allowed users to upload and transfer very large files.
  • MU 网盘允许使用者上载和传输容量很大的文件。

  •   Federal officials say the website used this ability to make copyrighted material, like Hollywood movies, available for free, often before the film was even released in theaters.
  • 联邦官员说,这个网站让好莱坞影片等受到版权保护的内容可以免费获得,而且经常是在影片在电影院公映之前。

  •   But the company, and many celebrity supporters, say the site was mainly used for legitimate file transfers.
  • 但是,这家公司以及许多支援它的社会名人说,这个网站主要用於合法文件的传输。

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  • North Korea Releases 2 Detained Japanese Workers
  • 朝鲜释放两名被关押的日本工人
  •   North Korea has released two Japanese workers who had been detained for almost a year on suspicion of criminal activity.
  • 朝鲜释放了两名日本工人,他们因被怀疑从事犯罪活动而被关押了将近一年的时间。

  •   The men were charged with drug smuggling and counterfitting while visiting a North Korean border town last March.
  • 这两名日本人被控去年 3 月在朝鲜一座边界城镇观光时走私毒品和假冒商品。

  •   Japanese officials said Friday the men were returned by way of China earlier this week, but declined to say why they were released.
  • 日本官员星期五表示,两名日本人已经於本星期早些时候经中国返回日本,但拒绝说他们為什麼获释。

  •   Japan's National Public Safety Commission chief Jin Matsubara said the release "can be taken as a positive message" and that it could indicate a policy shift under the new leadership of Kim Jong Un.
  • 日本全国公共安全委员会主席松原仁表示,朝鲜释放日本人的举动 “可以被视為是一个积极的资讯” 而且可能表明在金正恩的新领导下的政策转移。

  •   Relations between Japan and North Korea have long been strained by Tokyo's claims that Pyongyang had been kidnapping Japanese nationals, mostly in the Cold War era.
  • 日本和朝鲜之间的关係由於日本声称平壤绑架日本公民而长期处於紧张之中;据称大部分的日本人是在冷战时期被绑架的。

  •   Many contend that Pyongyang kidnapped the Japanese citizens in order to force them to teach the Japanese language and culture to North Korean spies.
  • 很多人认為,平壤绑架日本公民的目的是强迫他们教导朝鲜间谍日语和日本文化。

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