Neowin News Feed for: Kickasstorrents

KickassTorrents' alleged owner considering voluntary surrender to the US

Paul Hill — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 21:46:01 +0000

Artem Vaulin, the alleged founder of the very popular torrent website, KickassTorrents, is considering handing himself over to the US government voluntarily if the latter agrees to certain conditions. Read more...

KickassTorrents 'mirror' scams visitors, steals their personal information

Justin Luna — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 14:04:01 +0000

A mirror of KickassTorrents recently returned online, after it was seized because of copyright complains. However, the domain only scams users, attempting to steal personal details. Read more...

KickassTorrents domains shut down; alleged owner arrested

Justin Luna — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:10:02 +0000

Popular torrenting website KickassTorrents was recently seized, as part of an order by the US Department of Justice. Its alleged owner, Artem Vaulin, was also arrested in his hometown in Poland. Read more...

Three more torrent sites disappear from the UK radar

Paul Ferson — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:00:00 +0000

Three more torrent sites have disappeared in the United Kingdom, producing the same error message as The Pirate Bay and ensuring people don't even think about breaching copyright regulations. Read more...

Italy ISPs ordered to block access to KickAssTorrents

John Callaham — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:29:49 +0000

An Italian court has order that all of Italy's Internet Service Providers block access to the KickAssTorrents web site in that country, following similar moves on The Pirate Bay and BTjunkie. Read more...