- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 12th, 2016
Kickass Torrents Blocked in Chrome, Firefox & Safari Due to Phishing Site Error
KAT users are seeing the classic red warning landing page
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 10th, 2016
Kickass Torrents Becomes First Torrent Site to Provide Two-Factor Authentication
KAT improves login procedures with 2FA support
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 7th, 2016
Linking to Pirated Content Is Legal, Says EU Court Preliminary Ruling
Another landmark decision is about to clear the air regarding linking to pirated content, file lockers, and so on
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 4th, 2016
Kazakh Student Runs the Biggest Piracy Portal for Scientific Papers
Sci-Hub runs a database of 50 million research papers
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 3rd, 2016
Copyright Watchdog Wants to Lock Browsers for Online Pirates
Rightscorp is trying to convince ISPs to cooperate on a browser-based ransomware if you download pirated material
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- February 25th, 2016
DVD DRM Circumvention Firm Shuts Down Surrounded by Mystery
SlySoft website goes down as US intervenes in legal case
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- January 14th, 2016
Ten-Year Prison Sentences for Piracy? Public Says Definitely Not
98% of consultees tell the UK law makers to calm down
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- December 21st, 2015
1337x Admin Ignores Account Hijacking Issue, Staff Leaves Torrent Portal
Drama in the pirating community as mods leave popular 1337x torrent portal and create their own clone
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- September 5th, 2015
Resourceful Pirate Bay and KickAss Torrents Uploader Arrested in the UK
Police raid his home and seize several computers
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 23rd, 2015
Microsoft Wants to Block Pirated Content? Pirate Sites Ban Windows 10 Instead
iTS torrent tracker admins ban Windows 10 users, BB and FSC administrators thinking of doing the same
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- August 11th, 2015
A Quarter of Global Internet Bandwidth Is Consumed on Pirated Content
The number of pirated files has grown 22% compared to 2014
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 16th, 2015
FBI Helps Romanian Police Bring Down Website for Streaming Pirated TV Shows
A website for selling teleshopping goods was also taken down
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 22nd, 2015
TorrentTags Warns You About Dangerous Torrents
Upload a torrent and see if it's safe to download
- By Ionut Ilascu
- December 18th, 2014
“The Interview” Torrent Downloads Exist but They're Not What You'd Expect
Sony cancelling the release pushes users to piracy
- By Ionut Ilascu
- November 3rd, 2014
Adobe Digital Editions Uploads Info on DRM-Protected Books Only, EFF Says
Free content is no longer scanned by Digital Editions
- By Eduard Kovacs
- April 2nd, 2014
SellHack Deactivates Plugin After Cease and Desist Letter from LinkedIn
The tool’s creators want to build a new version that doesn’t violate LinkedIn’s ToS
- By Eduard Kovacs
- March 5th, 2014
46 Piracy Websites Will Be Blocked at ISP Level in Italy
This is an operation of the Italian police coordinated by the Public Prosecutor of Rome