Demonoid Domain Names Up For Grabs

hypnosec writes "One of the most famous Torrent tracking sites, Demonoid, which was shut down recently by Ukrainian authorities, is on the receiving end of one more blow, as the domain names for the site are up for grabs. As it stands, three Demonoid domains: Demonoid.me, Demonoid.com and Demonoid.ph are up for sale on Sedo. The time is ripe as of now for the sale of the domain names as it has caught the attention of many on and off the web. The traffic that Demonoid used to attract was huge, and internet marketers would definitely want to bank on this. Initially thought of as being under a series of DDoS attacks, the torrent tracking site was out for a prolonged duration, following which it started serving malware-laden ads."

Textbooks

[cffrost]

This is very disappointing. Demonoid had the largest selection of textbooks that I was aware of. Does anyone know another good source with a comparable or next-best selection of textbooks?

wtf

[shentino]

So they get hacked, start serving malware, and the ukraine computer police bust THEM for the malware and let the hacker get off scot free?

Methinks the so called "hacker" was an inside job done by a mole of the copyright interests just to give the authorities an excuse to shut them down.

Re:sad to see

[Anonymous Coward]

Nice segue into your own, personal gripe-session.

Bottom line is that the methods employed to bring Demonoid down were underhanded at best; potentially illegal at worst. DDoS attack that everyone knows was state-sponsored; inter-governmental collusion to smear, raid, confiscate, and transport data; questionable legal justification for property seizure; no charges filed and no avenue for appeal; etc. The most powerful government in the world just strong-armed a former Soviet republic into bending and/or breaking local and international laws at the behest of a conglomerate of private interests... but you're okay with that because the victim was turning a blind eye to Bad Things (TM).

You're a terrible person.