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MegaUpload Now Displays FBI Anti-Piracy Warning

Since the MegaUpload raid and arrests on Thursday the .com domain of the file-hoster wasn’t loading at all.

Those who tried to reach the site got a “connection error” instead.

This is no longer the case today, but the content that’s displayed now is not welcome news to visitors.

The MegaUpload.com domain is showing a FBI warning instead of the usual homepage.

The same warning was already in place on several of the other Mega domains right after the raids, but it took two more days for the .com to be added.

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