Administrator DKT27 Posted August 6, 2012 Administrator Share Posted August 6, 2012 Demonoid Busted As A Gift To The United States Government 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 View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalaffa Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 "Investigators have copied all the information from the servers and sealed them"Should we be worried about having an account there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 6, 2012 Author Administrator Share Posted August 6, 2012 Yes. We should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyko666 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Lesson 1 Never use open trackers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 6, 2012 Author Administrator Share Posted August 6, 2012 Lesson 1 Never use open trackers... Demonoid was open? Nah. It was semi-private tracker, which, had more quality stuff compared to TPB. Infact, you are more safe on TPB than many private tracers out there. When they bust servers, TPB doesn't have any ratio proof or what you downloaded. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiLmEgZ Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 "Investigators have copied all the information from the servers and sealed them"Oh boy... that def means theyll come after all of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesiPirate Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I hope the Devil comes online soon. Long live the Devil. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastershake Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 why i dont use torrents unless totally private and even then i try not to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digimon Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Lesson 1 Never use open trackers... Demonoid was open? Nah. It was semi-private tracker, which, had more quality stuff compared to TPB. Infact, you are more safe on TPB than many private tracers out there. When they bust servers, TPB doesn't have any ratio proof or what you downloaded. :Pits uploading that gets you in most truble unrelated note i suspect that most of demonoids user data is encypted so that should help some id be suprised if it didnt have such encyption givin its history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 6, 2012 Author Administrator Share Posted August 6, 2012 its uploading that gets you in most truble unrelated note i suspect that most of demonoids user data is encypted so that should help some id be suprised if it didnt have such encyption givin its history Indeed (uploading part). I dunno. Admin seems ok. But encrypting user data like torrents, etc. is not possible. Only passwords and IPs would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digimon Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 its uploading that gets you in most truble unrelated note i suspect that most of demonoids user data is encypted so that should help some id be suprised if it didnt have such encyption givin its history Indeed (uploading part). I dunno. Admin seems ok. But encrypting user data like torrents, etc. is not possible. Only passwords and IPs would be.never uploaded torrent to site and i dont think it keeps track of what files you upload/download for very long probably only a day or so and mainly keeps track of how much you downloaded/uploaded not what it was also there is issue weather the sezuire can be enforced in ukraine anyway also i wonder if ukraine is mearly jumping onbord the ddos or if the goverment was the one who lucnhed it to begin with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonar Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I guess i will get my 5% fame on some tv show if they come after me :Donly ever used tpb and demo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digimon Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I guess i will get my 5% fame on some tv show if they come after me :D only ever used tpb and demoyour just be another user theres countless users they can/could go after and the site probably has millions of users probably the most popular semiprivite tracker ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Well shit...good things always come to a crashing end especially in these dark days we now live in. I hope nsanedown NEVER gets yanked out of the way and taken down...please make backups and secondary websites if you have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ck_kent Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Come and get me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojootti Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Lesson 1 Never use open trackers... Demonoid was open? Nah. It was semi-private tracker, which, had more quality stuff compared to TPB. Infact, you are more safe on TPB than many private tracers out there. When they bust servers, TPB doesn't have any ratio proof or what you downloaded. :P It wasn't a private tracker... Anyone could browse+download any torrents there without registering. You would only need an account to upload there... That site was so unsecure for years.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 7, 2012 Author Administrator Share Posted August 7, 2012 It wasn't a private tracker... Anyone could browse+download any torrents there without registering. You would only need an account to upload there... That site was so unsecure for years.. There was a time no one was allowed to browse without registering either. Not so long ago (a year or two I guess) they changed it to make it more open. But last time I checked by signing out, it required me to login to navigate. So yea, sort of on/off switch. But, lets bring the age old debate here. Open or private. How the hell did they think torrents are illegal? They aren't pirated files, simple. Infact, if I want, I can put copyright claim on the torrents I've created myself (only one on demonoid), because they are just simple files, and then sue Ukraine and US for deleting my copyrighted stuff. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeMasteR Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 please make backups and secondary websites if you have to. That is why Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy has. :naughty: :lmao: But anyway, busted doesn't mean, that they never wanna come back, just saying. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 7, 2012 Author Administrator Share Posted August 7, 2012 But anyway, busted doesn't mean, that they never wanna come back, just saying. B) That's true. But my guess is that within 24 hours to 1 week, they are getting the admin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myidisbb Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 so the usa government was behind an illegal DOS attack. and you all want another 4 years of obama? it is only a matter of time they go after newsleecher and the newsgroup servers. its coming too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 7, 2012 Author Administrator Share Posted August 7, 2012 and you all want another 4 years of obama? I didn't want him the first four years, forget about the upcoming four. But yea, non-americans are not allowed. Say, why aren't we allowed to vote on USA prez elections if US Govt. is allowed to police us? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grouchysmurf Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 and you all want another 4 years of obama? I didn't want him the first four years, forget about the upcoming four. But yea, non-americans are not allowed. Say, why aren't we allowed to vote on USA prez elections if US Govt. is allowed to police us? :PLet's not forget just who is behind this crap. $$$$$$$ <-------Do you recognize these people? It is ok if you do not, they make up less than 1% of the total population, but control 99% of our lives. I am not a socialist mind you, but even I know that is just wrong. Do you honestly believe for one damn minute that USA's current president, or any of the former ones, has enuf brains to carry out a worldwide attack on internet privacy? C'mon...really? Like ALL other "leaders", ours is just a figure head who does what he is told to do by people that actually own...umm...EVERYTHING. And as far as voting is concerned, if you want to pay my damn taxes...you can vote as many times as you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picollo Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 oh man not demonoid, that tracker has so many rare stuff. for me it's one of the besthope they made a backup of the site like the tpb did before them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digimon Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 oh man not demonoid, that tracker has so many rare stuff. for me it's one of the best hope they made a backup of the site like the tpb did before themsupposedly they did but since site was hacked before hand no gurrentee there is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylemessiah Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I havent been on since they made it more open, but im not worried anyways.Pity its down, for all the press TPB got, Demonoid, when it was restricted to good users, was far better and had better quality torrents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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