KickassTorrents as we all know it is one of the top illegal file-sharing website that was shut down recently and the owner arrested by the U.S!
It turns out that Apple an Facebook were among the few companies that helped bring down the mastermind behind KickassTorrents. They handed over data to the U.S. in its investigation of 30-year-old Artem Vaulin that happens to be the alleged owner of KickassTorrents service website that happens to be the most popular illegal file sharing.
Vaulin was arrested on Wednesday in Poland and the U.S. has seized seven of its website domains which of all them happens to be down at the moment. He was accused of enabling digital piracy for years and investigators said it was the 69th most visited website on the internet. Some of the files you can find there are Movies, Musics, Computer games, and many more.
The U.S Homeland Security Department initially uncovered information by tracing Vaulin's IP address used to host KickassTorrents domains, according to a 48-page Criminal Complaint. This led to a Canadian ISP that turned server data that reveals numerous files, including users and emails information about KickassTorrents' operators.
Vaulin’s Apple email account contained dozens of messages mentioning the file-sharing site, including about its operations and maintenance. At a time, investigators noticed that Vaulin had been using an Apple email account. The account was used to make iTunes purchases from two IP addresses, in which both also accessed a Facebook account promoting KickassTorrents portal.
According to the complaint, KickassTorrents was generating quite a bit of revenue from online advertising. One bank account it used to accept advertising fees that is receiving $31 million in deposits for over 6 month period.
Now to secretly run KickassTorrents, Vaulin had to establish a front company in Ukraine called Cryptoneat. Employees that worked there also operated the file-sharing site, the complaint alleges.
It turns out that Apple an Facebook were among the few companies that helped bring down the mastermind behind KickassTorrents. They handed over data to the U.S. in its investigation of 30-year-old Artem Vaulin that happens to be the alleged owner of KickassTorrents service website that happens to be the most popular illegal file sharing.
Vaulin was arrested on Wednesday in Poland and the U.S. has seized seven of its website domains which of all them happens to be down at the moment. He was accused of enabling digital piracy for years and investigators said it was the 69th most visited website on the internet. Some of the files you can find there are Movies, Musics, Computer games, and many more.
The U.S Homeland Security Department initially uncovered information by tracing Vaulin's IP address used to host KickassTorrents domains, according to a 48-page Criminal Complaint. This led to a Canadian ISP that turned server data that reveals numerous files, including users and emails information about KickassTorrents' operators.
Vaulin’s Apple email account contained dozens of messages mentioning the file-sharing site, including about its operations and maintenance. At a time, investigators noticed that Vaulin had been using an Apple email account. The account was used to make iTunes purchases from two IP addresses, in which both also accessed a Facebook account promoting KickassTorrents portal.
According to the complaint, KickassTorrents was generating quite a bit of revenue from online advertising. One bank account it used to accept advertising fees that is receiving $31 million in deposits for over 6 month period.
Now to secretly run KickassTorrents, Vaulin had to establish a front company in Ukraine called Cryptoneat. Employees that worked there also operated the file-sharing site, the complaint alleges.
Neither KickassTorrents or Cryptoneat have responded to requests for comment. But in the meantime, a clone of the file-sharing site has already appeared and is calling for Vaulin to be released.
The clone site links to a petition on Change.org, which claims that the arrest of Vaulin is an attack on users’ Internet rights. “Our freedom to share is the human right which Artem Vaulin has been providing to millions of users,”
At the mean time, the petition so far has 812 supporters.
Although investigators tracked Vaulin to addresses in Ukraine, the complaint doesn’t mention how they finally apprehended him. He was arrested in Poland, and its unclear why Vaulin was there.
The question in every KickassTorrents users'mind is Can KickassTorrents Make a Comeback???
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