Demonoid torrent tracker shut down by Ukrainian police

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Last week thousands of Demonoid users feared the worst when their beloved site disappeared from the Internet. Many thought that the site had been busted, but were eventually relieved to hear that it was ‘only’ a massive DDoS attack.

But today the roller-coaster ride plummeted to new depths, with confirmation coming out of Ukraine that the DDoS was just the beginning – the site has been busted by the authorities.

ColoCall is the largest datacenter in Ukraine and a place that has been Demonoid’s home in recent years. But in the middle of last week, in the wake of the DDoS attack, government investigators arrived at ColoCall to shut Demonoid down.

“Investigators have copied all the information from the servers Demonoid and sealed them,” an anonymous ColoCall source confirmed. “Some equipment was not seized, but now it does not work, and we were forced to terminate the agreement with the site.”

As reported on TorrentFreak following our discussions with Demonoid’s admin last week, there were suspicions that the site may have been subjected to some kind of exploit or hack in addition to the DDoS. That version of events is now confirmed by the ColoCall source.

“Shortly after [the DDoS] a hacker break-in occurred, and a few days later came the investigators,” the source added.

But aside from the busting of the site, which is the biggest BitTorrent-related raid in recent memory and one that has taken out the world’s largest torrent site/tracker combo, there is a rather large international sting in the tail.

Despite general opinion that Demonoid did not contravene Ukranian law, especially since it blocked all Ukranian IP addresses to avoid upsetting the locals, the site still attracted the attention of the authorities there. That, according to a source in the country’s government, is all down to the United States getting involved.

A source inside the Interior Ministry has informed Kommersant that the raid on Demonoid was timed to coincide with the very first trip of Deputy Prime Minister Valery Khoroshkovsky‘s trip to the United States. On the agenda: copyright infringement.

Ukraine had promised the United States that it would improve its attitude and efforts towards enforcing copyright and no doubt its Western partner will be very pleased indeed that Demonoid’s head has been presented on a platter.

But while Demonoid’s servers are in custody, the site’s admin does not appear to be. The ColoCall source would not say who is behind the site, only that its management is located in Mexico.

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Source: http://torrentfreak.com/demonoid-busted-as-a-gift-to-the-united-states-government-120806/

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HaloUKPosted:

GoldenDiamonds
Aced
Fanboyofsailing
GoldenDiamonds
Aced Theres many torrent sites out there guys,


Most of them are getting shut down atm :(


Not really here in the U.S.


Ive seen so many up. really


well, atm in the UK lots are getting shut down :(


Just like ThePirateBay being blocked :(

GoldenDiamondsPosted:

Aced
Fanboyofsailing
GoldenDiamonds
Aced Theres many torrent sites out there guys,


Most of them are getting shut down atm :(


Not really here in the U.S.


Ive seen so many up. really


well, atm in the UK lots are getting shut down :(

AcedPosted:

Fanboyofsailing
GoldenDiamonds
Aced Theres many torrent sites out there guys,


Most of them are getting shut down atm :(


Not really here in the U.S.


Ive seen so many up. really

RonPaulPosted:

GoldenDiamonds
Aced Theres many torrent sites out there guys,


Most of them are getting shut down atm :(


Not really here in the U.S.

RonPaulPosted:

There is more than just Demonoid for torrents.

GoldenDiamondsPosted:

Aced
GoldenDiamonds
Aced Dont worry, weve got plenty more torrent sites out there!


True, i never used this one anyways...


i Did, thats how i get my stuff


I use pirateproxy(.)net

AcedPosted:

GoldenDiamonds
Aced Dont worry, weve got plenty more torrent sites out there!


True, i never used this one anyways...


i Did, thats how i get my stuff

GoldenDiamondsPosted:

Aced Dont worry, weve got plenty more torrent sites out there!


True, i never used this one anyways...

AcedPosted:

Dont worry, weve got plenty more torrent sites out there!

GoldenDiamondsPosted:

pm9
GoldenDiamonds
They All of these torrent sites being shut down is making me mad. I have to find a new one every time.


go to pirateproxy(dot)net


The only time i use torrents is for the full album, but thanks for the new one


I download programs and films...