US officials arrested on July 20, Artem Vaulin, indicated as owner of one of the biggest torrent trackers (after the fall of The Pirate Bay), we talk about Kickass Torrents, which since 2009 has come a long way to become one of the largest torrent file sharing sites in the world.
The alleged perpetrator of the website is from Ukraine and has 30 years, was arrested in Poland on charges of copyright infringement and money laundering.
The documentation associated with the complaint made by the United States government indicates that some companies helped to discover the identity of the creator of the website:
- Go Daddy - Provided site records
- Apple is said to have collaborated with the investigations by providing Vaulin's personal information after the police matched an IP address on an iTunes account with an IP address used to log into Kickass Torrents' Facebook profile.
But the final card was given by the police who, during the investigation, used the disguise of advertisers for the site, which helped to reveal a bank account associated with the site.
But in order to ensure that the site does not return so quickly, in addition to arresting Artem Vaulin, the bank account associated with the Kickass Torrents and multiple site domains.
The numbers are impressive
- Kickass Torrents has millions of unique hits per day and has become the world's largest torrent sharing site.
- Website billing figures are around 16 million dollars per year.
The future of Kickass Torrent
With this strong case of North American justice, the site is totally out of breath. Of course the team should back up the content, however it takes a very courageous to come back for the website on the air, given the charges raised.
