Received from VIP {noformat}Hi Mervin, We received the attached DMCA takedown notice on January 26, 2026 at 06:16:02 UTC from steventhomas3827@gmail.com relating to content posted on your site, www.vice.com. To Whom It May Concern, This letter serves as a formal notification pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512) regarding unauthorized use of copyrighted material owned by or exclusively licensed to us. Copyrighted Work: Original article published at: https://hackenproof.com/blog/for-business/users-lost-more-than-2-million-in-qanon-crypto-trading-scam Infringing Material: URL containing infringing content: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanon-crypto-scam-whiplash347/ Title of infringing article: “Users lost more than $2 million in QAnon crypto trading scam” The above-referenced infringing URL reproduces and/or substantially copies protected content from our original work without authorization, license, or consent. This use constitutes copyright infringement under applicable law. We hereby demand that you immediately remove or disable access to the infringing material identified above. Continued publication or distribution of this content constitutes willful infringement and may expose you to liability for statutory damages, injunctive relief, and attorneys’ fees. We affirm the following, as required under 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3): 1. We have a good faith belief that the use of the material described above is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. 2. The information contained in this notice is accurate. 3. Under penalty of perjury, we state that we are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner. Please confirm in writing that the infringing material has been removed or disabled promptly. Failure to comply may result in further legal action without additional notice. Sincerely, Steven Thomas For reference, this is the same URL (https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanon-crypto-scam-whiplash347/)for which we forwarded a DMCA request to you in ticket #220254, but this is from a different user. Please review and respond to this notice within 48 hours and confirm to us when you’ve taken action or copy us on your response. As always, please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks, Max | WordPress VIP{noformat}

DSAR Request #3 ======================================== Basic Information —————– Name: Yonatan Kurland Email: ykurland@gmail.com Phone: 5202227004 Country: United States – Other State IP Address: 2a09:bac2:6066:27e1::3f9:28 Request Type ———— Primary Request: Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing/Targeted Advertising (US Laws) Additional Details —————— (none provided) Account Info ———— (none provided) Timestamps ———- Submitted On: 2026-02-07 01:31:34 Last Updated: 2026-02-07 01:43:51

Hi Mervin,   We received the attached DMCA takedown notice on January 26, 2026 at 06:16:02 UTC from {{georgewashingtonn091@gmail.com}} relating to content posted on your site, [+vice.com+|http://vice.com/].   {noformat}To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to formally demand the immediate removal of the following article published and hosted on your platform: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qanon-crypto-scam-whiplash347/ This content contains damaging, misleading, and harmful personal information that directly violates your platform’s community guidelines, content policies, and applicable data protection and defamation laws. The article unlawfully associates identifiable individuals with alleged criminal or fraudulent activity without verified evidence or due legal process, causing severe reputational damage, emotional distress, and ongoing personal and professional harm. The publication and continued hosting of this material constitutes: • Defamation • Invasion of privacy • Dissemination of unverified and misleading allegations • Violation of personal data protection principles Furthermore, the content fails to meet basic standards of accuracy, fairness, and responsible journalism, and its continued availability exposes your organization and hosting providers to legal liability. We hereby request that this article be removed immediately or access to it be disabled without delay. If this request is ignored or unreasonably delayed, we reserve the right to pursue formal legal remedies, including complaints to hosting providers, search engines, regulatory bodies, and initiation of legal proceedings where applicable. This request is made in good faith and with the expectation of prompt cooperation. Please confirm removal in writing at your earliest convenience. Sincerely, George {noformat}   Please review and respond to this notice within 48 hours and confirm to us when you’ve taken action or copy us on your response.   As always, please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.   Thanks! Rani Vang | WordPress VIP

{noformat}Dear Madam/Sir, We MarkScan, represent Sony Interactive Entertainment, 10 Great Marlborough Street W1F 7LP (hereinafter referred as "Our Client") which is amongst the world's most diverse media companies, who have authorised us to issue this notice to you under the provisions the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, and the provisions of Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act (OCILLA), a part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998 (DMCA) whereunder the service providers are to be held strictly liable for the acts of their users are required to cease access to the copyright material, immediately upon being put to notice of the infringement. Our client is the owner of the following copyright work(s), hereinafter referred to as "copyright content" and has the exclusive digital rights including the right to broadcast, telecast and/or communicate to the public the copyright content on various digital platforms. Marathon(Games) Documentary proof to show that the copyright work(s) belong(s) to our client can be accessed on: https://www.playstation.com/en-in/games/marathon/. No person is entitled to upload, stream (live, delayed, repeat etc.), make available for download, broadcast and/or communicate to the public, the copyright content listed above, in any manner whatsoever, through any transmission platform, including the internet, for viewing on devices such as computers, laptops, mobile phones, tablet computers, etc. without express authorization from our client. This is to bring to your attention that we have found copyright infringements on websites who are using your hosting services and are indulging in the act of digital piracy by making available the copyright content of our client. With reference to the above, wherever the contact details were available, we had notified the owners of infringing websites; however, in the absence of any contact details of the owner(s) or no response from the owner(s), the pirated content continues to be active resulting in monetary and user base losses to our client. We are, therefore, escalating the matter with you as the domains in question are hosted under you and are seeking your intervention to get the below-mentioned pirated content removed. We also request permanent suspension of the reported domain(s) in order to avoid further involvement by these domain(s) in such activities of digital piracy. Domain IP Address for Your Reference:- 192.0.66.177 Below are the details of the pirated URL(s) – https://www.vice.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/marathon-deluxe-edition-leaked.jpg https://www.vice.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/marathon-bungie-release-date-leaked.jpg We understand in good faith & belief that the use of the copyright work(s) described above in the infringing material(s) of which the URL(s) have been provided above, is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. We, under penalty of perjury, state that the information in this Notice is accurate, and state that we are authorized to act on behalf of our client who is the exclusive owner of the copyright that is being infringed. We further declare that the information in this is correct to the best of our belief. DIGITAL SIGNATURE FOR COPYRIGHT CLAIM Ishita Singh MarkScan Email: dmca.enforcement@markscan.in E-14C, 1st Floor, Sector-8,NOIDA, U.P. -201301, INDIA. Website: https://markscan.co.in/ COPYRIGHT OWNERS: Sony Interactive Entertainment, 10 Great Marlborough Street W1F 7LP Regards, MarkScan Internet Enforcement Team Disclaimer: This e-mail and any documents, files, or previous email messages appended or attached to it may contain confidential and/or privileged information If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure, or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden.{noformat}

Implementation on FanBuzz —- h1. Checklist * -PROVISION New ConsentManager-net Account 2026-01-06 06:44:53 (US-CT) Done by Mervin- * COPY-IN settings from Rare (separate account) * INJECT into WordPress

Upon affirming that ConsentManager-net is the CMP that Savage will leverage into the future, then step into a validation exercise to prove to legal that end-user CMP preferences are indeed being observed from a technical perspective. —- h1. Checklist * -RECEIVE Details from ConsentManager on how they debugged UK/EU issue with Kargo (Nov 2025) 2025-11-19 05:10:07 (US-CT) Received answer 2025-11-18 11:47:26 (US-CT) [Mervin – requested|https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQcqtXwDfZHCrwzxPGGzwQtQQrS] via related ticket [https://wingmanwp.atlassian.net/browse/SAVSUP-560|https://wingmanwp.atlassian.net/browse/SAVSUP-560|smart-link] – * … tbd ….WRITE Validation Exercise Tests * Test #1 – Validate that CMP Preference of “opt-in” allows all scripts/tags * Test #2 – Validate that CMP Preferences of “opt-out” restrict certain scripts and data capture