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Title: Demonoid Busted As A Gift To The United States Government
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Torrent Freak
URL Source: http://torrentfreak.com/demonoid-bu ... ited-states-government-120806/
Published: Aug 6, 2012
Author: Unknown
Post Date: 2012-08-06 15:29:36 by innieway
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Views: 97
Comments: 2
The nightmare week for Demonoid has just reached a huge crescendo, with news coming out of Ukraine that following a massive DDoS attack the site has now been busted by local authorities. Those looking for a U.S. connection to the raid won’t be disappointed – a source in the country’s Interior Ministry says that the action was scheduled to coincide with Deputy Prime Minister Valery Khoroshkovsky’s trip to the United States. 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. The devil may yet be back…. TorrentFreak contacted the Demonoid admin for a comment but we have yet to hear back Poster Comment: I'll readily admit that it isn't right to obtain for free things which SHOULD be paid for. For those of you that use bit torrents, you know what I'm talking about. You can get almost anything you want for free, from the latest Rosetta Stone program (and any or all languages to go with it), to the latest version of Windows, Quick Books, full-blown Adobe CS6, etc. You can put together all the software needed including the operating system of your choice to build a fully functional PC for free (not only functional, but fully registered and/or activated! Yes, even activated Windows 7 ultimate). You can even go extravagant and load it with literally enough programs to make it worth over $10,000 - all for free! I'm NOT advocating that you do this, but it's possible. HOWEVER, the way I see it these companies are the proximate cause of their own injuries. For example, if you want Rosetta Stone to learn Greek they want $750! Dear God - you can take a language course at your local community college under continuing education for less than that! And that's nothing. PC Miler (a trucking program which is the "industry standard" costs $3500; Auto Cad weighs in at a whopping $6800!!! At prices like that, many people just simply can't afford it. But that doesn't mean they don't WANT it. And as long as people WANT it, there will be hackers that will do it. So here's a novel idea. Why doesn't Autodesk (the makers of Auto Cad) have a lease option, or a rent-to-own option, or simply a buy it on credit option? They could easily put into the program a way to shut it down if you miss a payment. It's worked for Ford and GM for years. OH, wait - this REALLY isn't about people getting freebies! It's about having an EXCUSE to censor the internet...... I mean Fords get stolen every day don't they. But we don't hear Ford crying about it! Just like using the Aurora CO incident as an excuse to try to put in gun control..... I recently met a guy who just got out of the Army. He was an Army Ranger. He told me that of all the countries he'd been to while in the Army, the US has the LEAST amount of freedom!!! Quite a statement huh. No wonder "they hate us" ROFLMFAO!!!!!
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#1. To: innieway (#0)
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Why doesn't Uncle Scam launch DDoS attacks on all the porn websites originating from Israel?? What's worse: downloading music or viewing degenerate porn from the Sons of Satan who, coincidentally, traffic in human flesh??
-Alex Kurtagic
#2. To: X-15 (#1)
HAHAHA It is incredible what we allow the inhabitants of that little piece of dirt to get away with isn't it.... What's worse: downloading music or viewing degenerate porn from the Sons of Satan HAHAHAHA again. I love it when people KNOW just who that bunch is! Define degenerate porn... Hell, I might be a degenerate LOL And depending on the music, there might not be much difference! Case in point (and a song I really love for some sick reason): Why doesn't Uncle Scam launch DDoS attacks on all the porn websites originating from Israel??
Behind every argument is someone`s ignorance
H. Jackson Brown
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