Demonoid torrent tracker shut down by Ukrainian police
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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Blitz_GifterPosted:
Fernando-TorresBlitz_GifterSmurfsKexxbox48hrs wow never heard of it
Same here lol, wonder what it was like.
Yeah me too. Does anyone here know?
Permanent and a few other people said it was a pretty good site
It was really good man
like better than pirate bay?
Fernando-TorresPosted:
Blitz_GifterSmurfsKexxbox48hrs wow never heard of it
Same here lol, wonder what it was like.
Yeah me too. Does anyone here know?
Permanent and a few other people said it was a pretty good site
It was really good man
Fernando-TorresPosted:
ScantyFitnessAAW shouldnt go using torrents :L
Haha I know , should just use the proper versions
But who want's to spend $1000 on something they can get for free? :p
Yeah seriously :P
Fernando-TorresPosted:
iiTzxFrosty Demonoid was the best torrent website in my opinion. There was only certain times where users could register, and this wasn't that common. If it wasn't the special time where registrations were open then you had to get an invite code form somebody that actually had an account. This just made for a better community, where if your download/sharing ration was negative, you were dislike. There was never a virus of any kind, and that's why they were the best.
Yeah i agree man
iiTzxFrostyPosted:
Demonoid was the best torrent website in my opinion. There was only certain times where users could register, and this wasn't that common. If it wasn't the special time where registrations were open then you had to get an invite code form somebody that actually had an account. This just made for a better community, where if your download/sharing ration was negative, you were dislike. There was never a virus of any kind, and that's why they were the best.
yayPosted:
FitnessAAW shouldnt go using torrents :L
Haha I know , should just use the proper versions
But who want's to spend $1000 on something they can get for free? :p
Blitz_GifterPosted:
SmurfsKexxbox48hrs wow never heard of it
Same here lol, wonder what it was like.
Yeah me too. Does anyone here know?
Permanent and a few other people said it was a pretty good site
-Jaffa-Posted:
MoDOT I have NEVER used it or heard of it. Does anyone know if it was good or not?
I have used this site before and I have to tell you, it was great! They have their own tracker which means faster download times without waiting. In order to even access the site, you had register. Its not like here where you can sign up whenever you want, there you could only sign up during very brief periods. I managed to get an account, but by the time I actually started using it, it was shut down. :(
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