KickAssTorrents is BACK, and its creators think it's better than EVER before
KICKASS TORRENTS has resurfaced online, with its immense repository of pirated movies, songs, and software intact – as well as a few new features – just a few days after US law enforcement shut it down.
Days after US police shutdown the world's most popular movie sharing site, it has returned
Law enforcement's ongoing game of whack-a-mole with large-scale online piracy continues.
Just days after US police shutdown the world's most popular movie sharing site, it has returned.
And those responsible for its return claim the new version is even better than before.
In a statement sent to technology blog The Verge, the creators of the new domain claimed the site was "hosted on multiple cloud servers to prevent blockade, and the hosting information is well hidden behind Cloudflare."
In a final kick in the teeth for the authorities, the contact, who was kept anonymous, said the new owners of KickAssTorrents had improved on the original site by including a mobile version.
KickassTorrent had become so popular in recent years it's thought to be worth more than $54 million
The source also noted that the site "has the complete torrent database of KAT, including the comments, user information intact."
Express.co.uk has verified the existence of the new website, but will not publish the new domain name.
With over one million visitors every day, KickassTorrents is comfortably the world's most popular file sharing site.
US law enforcement last week arrested the man believed to be the founder and operator of KickassTorrents, Ukrainian Artem Vaulin.
The 30-year-old was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, two counts of criminal copyright infringement and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
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All of the KickassTorrents domains were seized, too.
KickassTorrent had become so popular in recent years it's thought to be worth more than $54 million, with estimated annual advertising revenue in the range of $12.5 million to $22.3 million.
This latest file sharing news comes just weeks after a prolific uploader of content to torrent sites was hit with a massive fine.
The unnamed uploader has agreed to pay a cash settlement to Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN.
The fine is thought to be in the region of €7,500 (£6,000) which is a hefty sum for using the popular site.
In a statement BREIN said: “The uploader posted frequent torrents for illegal English subtitled movies and TV series on illegal websites such as The Pirate Bay and KickassTorrents,”
“After the other members were identified, the uploader in question stopped uploading and hoped in vain that he would be spared. He was still identified by BREIN.”