TorrentLeech is Down Due to DoS Attack
Written by Ernesto on March 11, 2008With over 150,000 users, TorrentLeech is without doubt one of the most popular private BitTorrent communities. Sadly, during the last few weeks the site suffered annoying setbacks in the form of hacking attempts, and most recently, a denial-of-service attack which has rendered the site unusable.
Getting access to private site TorrentLeech is difficult enough if you don’t have membership or don’t know a someone with invitations. Over the last few days, those difficulties in accessing the site have been extended to members too.
The current period of intermittent, but almost complete downtime has been going on for almost two days and is caused by a DoS attack, according to a message posted a few hours ago in the site’s news section.
“TorrentLeech is very slow and unresponsive during the last 30h, due to DoS attack to our webservers. Thank you for your patience, while we are trying to block this attack.”
At this point the source of the attacks is unclear, but they seem to be persistent and serious enough to completely degrade the usability of the site.
Things haven’t been going smoothly for the site recently. According to unconfirmed reports, the site was also the target of hacking attempts over the past few weeks.
Last week several TorrentLeech users received an email from a new tracker called ‘PowerScene’, asking them to join. Some users speculated that TorrentLeech may have been hacked and some email addresses leaked, or that someone from the inside leaked user information. However, none of these claims turned out to be true, as one of the admins said that TorrentLeech wasn’t hacked, but rather their sister site, PussyTorrents.
The admin wrote: “PowerScene, we believe, hacked our sister site PussyTorrents and obtained email addresses from the database there, this problem is being sorted out as we speak and admin/sysops are already working on upgrading security on both sites so no need for concern.”
To deal with the security vulnerabilities, members of the site were already prompted to update their passwords to more secure ones weeks ago, and since a few days ago they have also had to use a captcha to login.
TorrentLeech is coming back slowly, and both the tracker and the IRC channel seem to work fine. This isn’t the first time they have had to deal with a DoS attack, so they probably know how to deal with it quite effectively now.
Update: TorrentLeech moved to a new location and the site is back up.
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226 Responses
Maybe it’s just a anti-piracy company takeing advantage of the current situation, thus choosing a tactical attack vector/moment.
yeah, either the anti-piracy gangsters or some pissed of “hax0r” Neo-Wannabe whos throwing a tantrum for being banned. ^_^
This is pretty much gay..
I hope they recover soon.
Torrentleech is losing his Pride.
Glad bless TL.
Wow.. your site sucks so bad that you have to hack other websites to get members.. like thats a good idea..
grow up little kids.
Sons of bitches, them PowerScene.
Can’t beat ‘em? DoS ‘em.
Stupid wannabes.
150,000 members?!
Whoa .. maybe I shouldn’t have turned down that invite.
Oh well.
This is PowerScene, we hacked that website because we want more members for our site, if you dont join us we will DoS attack you.
I am also looking for gay men to have orgies with, if you dont have gay sex with me I will DoS attack you aswell.
mmmmmm pussytorrents!
Hope they sort it out soon even though I ain’t a member, Know one likes a torrent sight to go down (apart from a rival sight or the RIAA etc bastards)
PowerScene had nothing to do with the Ddos attacks, that are still continuing.
Check your sources you silly writers…check them before you post. Ask TL admins first, they will confirm that PowerScene arent the attackers.
I’ve found out that the reason TL hate PowerScene is because PowerScene is made up of ex TorrentLeech siteops and uploaders…
Grudge time.
CHECK YOUR SOURCES TORRENTFREAK
CHECK YOUR SOURCES TORRENTFREAK
CHECK YOUR SOURCES TORRENTFREAK
CHECK YOUR SOURCES TORRENTFREAK
CHECK YOUR SOURCES TORRENTFREAK
http://www.hackerscenter.com/index.php?/HSC-Guides/Ethical-Hacker/DoS.html
an article about the different forms of DoS
Hell, it’s not like Ellinas can’t afford a few new servers what with the amount he makes from those “VIP” idiots. S’probably merc taking another pot-shot at him.
LMAO bashing PowerScene XD
You can’t trust a bias source when there’s a well known grudge :P
Boo TorrentFreak ^^
Thanks for the update on TL though :)
Oh sure blame PsC, as long as it’s not TorrentLeech’s fault…
no offence to powerscene but from my experience I know they aren’t capable of this and I hope torrentleech gets back up soon.
noob powerscene didnt hack anything lol some people left tl and started that site so tl started rumors
Check your sources TF, you can’t just listen to the “victim” without proof :P
As a TL member i am curious what PowerScene is all about i’ve never even heard of them, anyone know where i can find out if they really are ex TL members?
Tracker doesn’t seem to be up for me :(
Could be down to the fact I screwed up my static ip though.
powerscene is a decent site, I joined there, got alot of seeders for just starting out. pretty nice size irc channel and staff are pretty cool, TL is kind of like a prison camp community, be kicked from their channel or banned on site pretty easily, probably why some of their staff decided to start something new
torrentleech deserve to be hacked or ddos’d if that is exactly what it is they’re doing….
they get ten’s of thousands of £££’s a month, and spend almost 10% on it, and keep the rest for the siteops…none go any of the uppers.
they both suck imo. s*t ftw
sct are also money whores
Why isn’t there a big organization fighting DDoS ? Why aren’t ISPs AND users sued all the time by DDoS?
FUCK!
DDoS is the worst shit ever. Many ISPs should be more worried about this then file sharing…
Sounds like the ancient battle of David Versus Goliath.
Everyone knows how that battle ended, yet it seems unclear who david is.
David is not Powerscene, it is something smaller, your all day user for example, yet sometimes there is more to a small user than meets the eye.
Bzt there is not just one David, there is a whole army of Davids.
Torrentleech seems to have made a few critical mistakes.
Pissing off people here and there, to their left and right, on top and bottom.
I guess the list of enemies is like endless.
Starting with the ” Scene ” and ending with the unfairly and harshly treated user.
In the middle are somewhere the ” Law dogs “.
But yes you are right, it has to be Powerscene, considering the enormous amount of irefutable evidence ( which mainly consists of the big egos and small -censored- of the TL staff ).
It is quite funny how such a big tracker seems to be so afraid and hateful towards such a, comparably, small tracker.
It is somewhat disgusting that everyone claims to have the higher goal of ” Sharing “, yet it seems the only thing some want to do is to stroke their egos and make profit.
Nontheless I hope that Torrentleech will be back up soonish, and that those silly accusations will stop.
Competition is there to have fun and to improve the services for the ” customers “.
meh as sites I guess all are good, sct/psc/tl I prefer small sites to big ones, liking powerscene, nice amount of packs
Just clicked into TorrentLeech, got this message:
Welcome to dragonara DDoS protection!
Is dragonara a group?
Maybe they deserve this one…they’re too selfish
Closing Link: [xx.xx.xxx.xx] Z:Lined (scripted / ban from joinlist by IP)
irc is borked
Seems a bit unfair to even MENTION powerscene in this article considering there is no link between them and the DDOS currently happening… Oh well, no publicity is bad publicity I guess…
Shame that even though the article says they’re not involved and speculates about their supposedly involvement in another hack it still comes of as if they’re the bad guys…
You sure it’s not bitter sceners who don’t like sharing?
same same.
Heil TL!
damn tl always down wtf??????????
@26 dragonara is just a dedicated server and it has DDoS Protection which is why you got that message..
torrentleech needs to be shut down so they can stop making thousands of dollars for their personal use, it’s absolutely ridiculous
Forbidden
You don’t have permission to access / on this server…..
odd
TL making money isn’t the problem, it’s some of their powertripping staff and egomaniacs
@34
Its not obligatory to donate.
Power users (nearly) get the same rights as a donator (V.I.P).
Cept at the moment only VIP’s getting invites sucks a bit.
Just logged into TL… 18:45 GMT
Funny how all the “Anonymous” posters are defending “PowerScene” :|
pussyscene sucks anywayz yo!
NOT-Anonymous stop being childish please…. and i think torrentleech is up now
TL Rules f.a.c.k PowerScene only Retards wannabes Bastards who only steals and hacks and ddos ppl NOOBS a say to them ugly small kids go Home Punks TL wannabes LOOOL
tracker is back up with minimal seeders/leechers connected
Ddos my friend… DDOS! DISTRIBUTED denial of service… dos != ddos!
noone at tl staff cares about powerscene LMAO.
I have never given a dime to TL, but have been a power user for over a year. For those people who have crap connections and want to save their account, VIP is the way to go, but for those who have decent up, why not just seed?
[quote comment="309268"]Maybe it’s just a anti-piracy company takeing advantage of the current situation, thus choosing a tactical attack vector/moment.[/quote]
[quote comment="309273"]yeah, either the anti-piracy gangsters or some pissed of “hax0r” Neo-Wannabe whos throwing a tantrum for being banned. ^_^[/quote]
Bravo comrades! Classic Ahmadinejad. To unify the masses and maintain the illusion of control and stability blame the Americans, or in our case the anti piracy zionist nazis.
Once enough comrades are converted to the new party doctrine, it becomes truth, like the scientific ‘consensus’ on global warming. Just remember Mahmoud’s simple formula: Numbers > Facts.
The all knowing Iranian president for life sends these fruit baskets and bath salts as a token of appreciation for your commitment to spreading the current truth.
Hillary akbar!
Your comrade,
Putin 08
RAKMEiSTER :the REAL1 :RMT THE ONE:
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39 Mar 11, 2008 at 19:52 by N0T-AnonymousQuote N0T-Anonymous
Funny how all the “Anonymous” posters are defending “PowerScene” :|
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41 Mar 11, 2008 at 20:08 by RAKMEISTERQuote RAKMEISTER
NOT-Anonymous stop being childish please…. and i think torrentleech is up now
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I know im famous but DO NOT USE My NICK FFS, and yes all the an Anonymous seem to be PS wankers, its a crapsite, not enough leechers, bad pr bad advertising(not lately though) and without FL they’re shit, and they didnt even bother to do a trace mail, for the emails, confirmed… as for TL yes its up again, and updated protection, as far as David vs Goliath, true ps is smaller as david, and the nr a leechers : as said many on torrents is plainy a lie….
mythology
@37
I know it isn’t obligatory to donate but when it comes to the “pay to leech” type of shit that only the shittiest of torrent sites use, they really just scam people.
[quote comment="309419"][quote comment="309268"]Maybe it’s just a anti-piracy company takeing advantage of the current situation, thus choosing a tactical attack vector/moment.[/quote]
[quote comment="309273"]yeah, either the anti-piracy gangsters or some pissed of “hax0r” Neo-Wannabe whos throwing a tantrum for being banned. ^_^[/quote]
P.S
Bravo comrades! Classic Ahmadinejad. To unify the masses and maintain the illusion of control and stability blame the Americans, or in our case the anti piracy zionist nazis.
Once enough comrades are converted to the new party doctrine, it becomes truth, like the scientific ‘consensus’ on global warming. Just remember Mahmoud’s simple formula: Numbers > Facts.
The all knowing Iranian president for life sends these fruit baskets and bath salts as a token of appreciation for your commitment to spreading the current truth.
Hillary akbar!
Your comrade,
Putin 08[/quote]
Hell i was just speculating but cheers for the giggle lol ..
p.s Your mom is a Zionist Nazi American Commie Transexual Monkey
Attack is neutralized and site is back in normal,fully functional :)
[quote comment="309424"]@37
I know it isn’t obligatory to donate but when it comes to the “pay to leech” type of shit that only the shittiest of torrent sites use, they really just scam people.[/quote]
Stalin forbid! What times are these when comrades have to pay for stolen goods?
Your comrade,
Putin 08
I betcha it was those Anonfags at 711chan.org/i/
They just post anonymous because they don’t want anyone to know the are also members of Free.The.Scene.
I completely agree to whoever said they had this coming.
I personally don’t see anything special in TL at all. Yes, they are money whores.. that’s obvious, but they also lack community and decent mods. Don’t get me wrong, everyone is entitled to choose their trackers, I just enjoy the smaller ones.
Besides, I’m going to predict that TL will be down within a year.
Why would they care about some other torrent site? Most likely they are from one of the sites mentioned in the article.
Idiotic peer2peer users. This shit just makes me laugh like a motherfucker.
@55 you’re gonna predict TL will be down within a year?? what are you?? Mystic Meg or something?? More like Septic Peg!!
I’m a loyal TL poweruser, I have a shitty upload speed, never donated, and just do my bit and seed my shit back to a minimum of 1.5. Never had a problem with any staff/mods etc, all friendly and helpful enough, also have a good laugh with other members in the forums/comments. You mugs are all jealous as ya can’t get in or have been banned. Stick to your 2-bob thousand member sites, and I’ll stick to my 2mb+ download speeds @ TL………ya stoopid Gimps!
[quote comment="torrentleech.org1"]2008-03-11 - SITE BACK TO NORMAL
Attack is neutralized and site is back in normal,fully functional :) Have fun
[/quote]
hellspawn= wannabe 1337 Tool!
[quote comment="309419"]
Bravo comrades! Classic Ahmadinejad …. zionist nazis …. Iranian president ….
Hillary akbar!
Your comrade,
Putin 08[/quote]
You’re mixing up your ethnopolitical caricatures to a point that defies comedy, dear.
Well… At least, *intentional* comedy.
I’d ask you to try again, but as you are about as clever as a pile of bird droppings, and half as erudite, your second attempt would inevitably be yet another shitstain on the face of satirical commentary.
TL is back up and yeah it was powerscene that ddosed them. TL rejects and wanna be’s lmao tis funny really when you think about it. i had a scout round powerscene couple of weeks ago they had about 500 torrents with hardly any seeds and about 5 uploaders and that was on a good day. the tl channel will tell you if you ask who is responsible ive seen em say 100s times today so annon is talking garbage about TL admin saying it wasnt powerscene. jelousy is a terrible thing
its not powerscene…ask the tl admins
ownd
I voluntarily handed in my membership of TL when I discovered that they merely wanted my cash money.
Goodbye & good riddance to all Pay-To-Leechers…
quote ” voluntarily handed in my membership of TL when I discovered that they merely wanted my cash money.” << lmao yeah ya did. another powerscene idiot
LOL @ posting with w00t’s nick you fewl. come and ask the admins =)
[quote comment="309480"]quote ” voluntarily handed in my membership of TL when I discovered that they merely wanted my cash money.” << lmao yeah ya did. another powerscene idiot[/quote]
Never heard of, let alone joined them, ya fuckheaded tool…
HTH
HAND
kthxbai
[quote comment="309466"][quote comment="309419"]
Bravo comrades! Classic Ahmadinejad …. zionist nazis …. Iranian president ….
Hillary akbar!
Your comrade,
Putin 08[/quote]
You’re mixing up your ethnopolitical caricatures to a point that defies comedy, dear.
Well… At least, *intentional* comedy.
I’d ask you to try again, but as you are about as clever as a pile of bird droppings, and half as erudite, your second attempt would inevitably be yet another shitstain on the face of satirical commentary.[/quote]
Thats because it isn’t comedy comrade. Now lay down your thesaurus and take a trip with me to an anti-war rally in San Francisco, February 16, 2003.
Behold YOUR democrat socialist brethren (I admit I do not have the intellectual capacity to produce this magnitude of propaganda):
http://www.zombietime.com/hall_of_shame/Zionist_Pigs_Jew_devil.jpg
(San Fransisco)
http://www.zombietime.com/stop_the_us_israeli_war_8_12_2006/IMG_7966.JPG
(Stop the U.S.-Israeli War” rally on August 12, 2006)
In the future consider google before posting (you don’t want to look like a less than equal in front of party elites, unless you enjoy Siberia).
P.S. Your response is awaiting moderation. Viva the free, uncensored internet eh comrades!
Your comrade,
Putin 08
For a start you cant hand back your membership tosser so now whos the “fuckhead” ;)
tl is back up, now powerscene is down?? anyone else verify?
wasnt me i swear :P
ddos http://www.flaming-phoenix.com!
“until you’re appointed to staff (which wont be in this lifetime) keep your opinions to yourself. This has already caused me enough problems and i’m telling you i’m ready to hit the ban button on some ppl.”
last i looked - takes members to make an admin.
[quote comment="309489"]For a start you cant hand back your membership tosser so now whos the “fuckhead” ;)[/quote]
Christ, you _are_ a dimbulb. How the fuck _else_ do people cancel their membership?
Care to elucidate on your lack of clue? What a compete dolt…
it is not PowerScene it is the RIAA/MPAA/IFPI association of gansters. These guys are really looking for trouble and they are going to get it.
They dont,thats my point. you can leave your account to go innactive but you cant cancel your membership numbnuts ive just read the faq so it would seem its not me that has a lack of “clue”. Dont ya just love it when someone thinks they put ya down but end up looking like a complete pratt :D
Ive been a member of torrentleech for a months, its full of queers and the admins are money grabbing thiefs.
Plus they sell on user detials to marketing companies and the anti-pep.
and the torrents suck ass, theres nothing there thats not found anywhere else
[quote comment="309519"]Ive been a member of torrentleech for a months, its full of queers and the admins are money grabbing thiefs.
Plus they sell on user detials to marketing companies and the anti-pep.
and the torrents suck ass, theres nothing there thats not found anywhere else[/quote]
hey there m8 im a member of tl and yeah im queer wanna meet?bit of cyber? call 911 big boy when ya ready ;)
its true alot of torrent internet kids are making up alot of lies and its the same on scene just not as lame. and yea im on staff and i know all details so FUCK YOU @ 76
[quote comment="309521"][quote comment="309519"]Ive been a member of torrentleech for a months, its full of queers and the admins are money grabbing thiefs.
Plus they sell on user detials to marketing companies and the anti-pep.
and the torrents suck ass, theres nothing there thats not found anywhere else[/quote]
hey there m8 im a member of tl and yeah im queer wanna meet?bit of cyber? call 911 big boy when ya ready ;)[/quote]
Sum1 mention cock? Oooh lorks, any spare going? xD
nah another tl member,torrentleech sucks sounds a whole hunk of man so ill pass and wait for him to call ;) no offence
We DO NOT sell our user details on whatsover so you’re full of shit.
We exchange them for reductions on S&M Dwarf Porn.
All you wannabe members are just idiots. You’re not a member so you just rant on like little fucktards.
Torrent Leech PWNS all other Torrent Sites, PROVE ME WRONG
TORRENTLEECH pwns all you little girly boys
w0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000t!!!!!
I’d like to thank the admin of Torrent Leech for giving us complete logs of all their members activties. You’re all our bitches now
LOL
I lied. We only sell the details of members who have not donated to us in at least 6 months. If you cannot be bothered to pay us for your warez, we’ll send your details to our chums at the MPAA/RIAA/IFPI/BPI/WebSheriff/Safenet/Viralg/SIIA/, and a few thousand Chinese Spammers and hackers. We used to send them to Media Defender, but their so lame now even we don’t trust them any more.
All your monies are belonging to TL.
Been a member of TorrentLeech for almost two years and for me its the best site on the net. Friendly staff, great content, and the help and advice beats any :P. I understand why other lesser sites feel the need to attack, it sucks being shit. TL is number one so why try harder :)
To be a voice of reason here, i am a member of Torrent Leech, and yes theres some great speeds to have. The staff aren no friendly and helpful than any other site, but the general populus do like to think theyre something special. It is an ok site but that Holier Than Yous attitude really is annoying.
I dont really understand why its like that, the torrents i find there are quite easily found at any other half decent torrent site, and the thing about the admins earning loads of money too.. well i dont know about that. Obviously if its true, the users dont care. The illusion of security a closed and private tracker site provides makes them happy enough.
Though anyone who knows anything knows how easy it is to access and logg ips from the outside - and the more “elite” a site acts and isolates it self from the rest of the p2p community draws more attention to it.. shame really cos then stuff like DOS attacks happening, hacking & monitoring etc
LOL i wonder why people compare TL with that small hobby tracker.
Powerscene sucks….their staff and owner suck…MIKISIW to be specifc :-D
81/87 doubt that was really the admin m8 lol
I am a member of TL and it is a good site, you never have problems keeping ratio since there are so many members. But I know from personal experience that “some” of the staff there are power hungry knobs. They enjoy thinking they are better than their users and being ignorant. What they apparently don’t realize is that the “USERS” make the site, NOT the staff, so maybe you need some new staff. Power Scene is just lame, they spam all other sites to get members, I’m sorry but that’s definitely not the best way to earn respect and start a new site. You also need new staff.
yeah thats the admin :-p dont try and cover up for him…he’s a POS
81/87 you’re 89 mister
i doubt if anyone has brain in their head if they believe that the admin of TL would even bother type in here
i wasnt speaking about admin of TL…TL is awesome place…Powerscene on the other hand…sucks balls
powerscene rulez…the ops are the nicest there is around and even though the leechers are not as numerous as on more popular trackers, the tracker is growing steadily. I hope for the sake of powerscene that they didn’t DDoS attack tl, and that the channel is growing because of this fake accusation. I have not heard one TL Op say that this was Powerscene that did this. So, me being a fan of both trackers will agree, that both trackers have gained from this, and move on knowing that both will be…. aight ;)
Was comment 96 written by none other than mikisiw him self, does make you wonder.
firstly let me just put few of you correct the DDos didnt come from powerscene so all u people making up shit can u plz stop unless u know the full facts,secondly they didnt steal the email db that was stolen by an ex tl admin mercury.who stole it when he left tl
of which it was later given out by other members of his staff who followed him.was confirmed to me the actual person who was DDos tl was a user who goes by the nick of Rad1tion so lets cut out the childishness and each get on with our own things i know the owner of powerscene well an have spoken to him personally an was cleared up that they was not involved thx
OMG what have you done!!!!
a global ban on all torrent sites has just been issued against all powerscene staff
lol thx i dont use any other torrent sites so i suppose the global ban is goona cripple me lol
lol and if yr goona pretend to be miki at least get it right seems as he doesnt go on forums lol
#100 please stfu. Its obviously not Steve20…
^_^
Ok here I am. LOL LOL. I want to thank all of you for spreading these rumours. I couldn’t have paid for this much advertising. Proof ppl Proof. Not one shred yet. Not one. LOL. I to can lay claims that attacks are being initiated by such as tl. But then I’d be lumped in with all liars wouldn’t I?
this thread is filled with 5 year olds lol
no hacking from tl, ask the owner yourself lol he’ll tell you the servers were changed, please people, feel stupid right about now lol you earned it
it was Al Gore and i can prove it. pay me 20$ via paypal.
from TL admin
bit of an update
the ddos on tl then they post peoples info lol an u guys trust these staff with ur personal info lol there actions spk for themselves
as jackzon stated bunch 5 yr olds
they said they routed the traffic over a ddos filtering service to bypass the heavy load and bring the site back up for the users. pussytorrents was hacked and the user email info was stolen, the only non-encrypted part of the userdb.. few days later they were spammed by fagscene.. you can find that on the forums. dont know who posted that but imho people have to take the risk of being exposed when they attack others, so other people know who not to trust. serves em right
steve20 actually did come to powerscene earlier today, and can confirm it was not powerscene.
ask in TL irc
x
losers.
eircom are jus random isp i believe
LOL @ 112
lol….god im enjoying reading this…….powerscene sucks…plain and simple…their owners…suck…plain and simple. for all you users using powerscene…leave now and go join a real site
get a life
Thank you one and all for all the advertising. You’ve done us a great service. I am one of the owners and you might note that I’ve not gotten involved in this childish name calling. My actions speak volumes about my character. So again Thank you. powerscene.org is one of the fastest growing sites on the net today amazing how many ppl actually seem to fear us. LOL. Oh well. Come and see what the fuss is all about. Judge for yourself. Don’t let others tell you what you should or shouldn’t do. No one likes the school yard bully.
Lmao @ 116
I think TorrentFreak needs to invest in an anti-spam, it looks like pre-pubescent spammers go on again…
115 Mar 12, 2008 at 03:33 by -.-Quote -.-
LOL @ 112
bwaahahahahahahhahahahahhaha
fools…nobody is scared of powerscene…we all think your a big joke :-D
I logged into TL IRC chat last week and Pm’d 1 person who was not staff. I politely asked if he figured there would be a public signup anytime in the near future. About 1 minute later I was kicked with the msg “go fuck yourself”.
Thats nice. I guess the elitist attitude is a bang-on statement for these guys. Ever heard that word of mouth travels fastest? I didn’t type a request for an invite into public chat or anything like that…. It’s like they have their members trained to forward any outside msg’s from non-members to admins for banning.
Now now kingy. Don’t go getting upset like that you know it makes you clench your lovely buns to tight for me. Here let me rub your back. There there. They don’t know you like I do. Kissy kissy.
pm’ing without permission is just a courtesy..dont think it should be enforced though
[quote comment="309700"]I logged into TL IRC chat last week and Pm’d 1 person who was not staff. I politely asked if he figured there would be a public signup anytime in the near future. About 1 minute later I was kicked with the msg “go fuck yourself”.
Thats nice. I guess the elitist attitude is a bang-on statement for these guys. Ever heard that word of mouth travels fastest? I didn’t type a request for an invite into public chat or anything like that…. It’s like they have their members trained to forward any outside msg’s from non-members to admins for banning.[/quote]
mabye u should have read then topic then, and not pmed users to ask when open reg was gonna happen. and i seriously doubt you were zlined for 1 pm.
their back
[quote comment="309696"]115 Mar 12, 2008 at 03:33 by -.-Quote -.-
LOL @ 112
bwaahahahahahahhahahahahhaha
fools…nobody is scared of powerscene…we all think your a big joke :-D[/quote]
which explains why your here talking about them I surpose :-/
keep running your mouths…
all is well again at TL!
they rock!!
w00t TL FTW
pay to leech ftw!!!!!
Yay people can start paying them to download illegally again…
Wait… Does that make sense?
Keep ‘em down. They make too much money from VIP.
i dont care if they ask for money…if people are dumb enough to donate…well thats their own fault…props to TL for taking advantage of idiots
Im happy for the TL admins to take home a profit from the site, im getting an amazing service for free. Afterall they are putting in alot of work. I do think uploaders should get a slice of the cake too.
TORRENTLEECH FTW
TL - Powerscene - Al Qaeda.
All seem to be run by power hungry idiots.
Who cares if W00t takes lots of money and doesn’t share it out with staff or user competitions. Who cares if Powerscene pretend to have lots of members and a right weirdo in charge.
They are a match made in heaven. Oh hang on thats becaue they have ’staff’ in common.
Powerscene suck my dick
[quote comment="309355"]You sure it’s not bitter sceners who don’t like sharing?[/quote]
salut
Torrent Leech:
I hope you guys get taken the fuck down again, your attitude stinks you big headed fuckwits.
We’re Coming For ya
The guys over at PowerScene should get their links straight, the _real_ shareaza isn’t located at shareaza.com anymore. The only legit site is hosted at sourceforge.
shareaza.sourceforge.net
I am Mikisiw. I say no more.
[quote comment="309918"]Torrent Leech:
I hope you guys get taken the fuck down again, your attitude stinks you big headed fuckwits.
We’re Coming For ya[/quote]
not over
No, IM Mikisiw
mikisiw im going to kick your ass and your crappy torrent site
wtf steve20. You were one of the ones telling everyone that we in fact did nothing. As for comments about the owners, it’s true, I’m a nice guy, and ppl hate me for it. Again, anyone relying upon bitter, and sad, souls to decide where they can and can’t go, or join, needs to break free of the sand box bully. Thank you so much for all the publicity. BTW just for the record, I wouldn’t even know where to begin to initiate a ddos, and does anyone really think I care about other torrent sites? Enjoy them, see for yourselves what they’re like, then come to my site and also judge for yourself. I understand an appreciate that a unique site like mine where ppl can feel welcome and make friends is a strange concept. Come see for yourself.
i’m Mikisiw and so is my wife
The more a site is publicly discussed in places like this, the less the less interest I have in it. I had a TL account a year ago or more, and it was just another average site then and I had no particular reason to keep it active. Seems they’ve grown quite a bit, but then I suppose those Demonoid users had to go *somewhere*…
A lot of fighting goes on between sites, and it’s primarily egoism and other puerile shit, but when people’s livelihoods are at stake (make no mistake, TL is someone’s paycheck) it can get real nasty and imo the best policy is just to stay the hell out of it.
Want to know a good site? Ask your friends. Your friends don’t know any good sites? Get some better friends. Relying upon marketing and publicity to determine your community participation and loyalty seems awfully naive to me..
Three little maids from school are we
Pert as a school-girl well can be
Filled to the brim with girlish glee
Three little maids from school
Wait… Thats the Mikado. My bad.
lol that wasnt steve20 you dumbass. yall quit posting here. drama fags!
was not a member of pussytorrents only torrentleech.
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[9:18am] hello anon
[9:18am] people need to wake up
[9:18am] where did this site get my email address from
[9:18am] oh lord
[9:19am] I don’t kow
[9:19am] * +sexytkat throws kiss at Reeferman
[9:19am] * +sexytkat throws kiss at Affliction
[9:19am] DeeChief you still around
[9:19am] mzda
[9:19am] yes
[9:24am] so staff where did you get my email addy from
[9:25am] anon, can’t help you there i’m afraid
[9:26am] please stand up
[9:26am] why not
[9:26am] please stand up
[9:26am] <—–temporarily stopped to see if I can save addy in this player
[9:26am] :(
[9:26am] well we have no idea how people are recieving these emails
[9:26am] fooking bullshit and you know it
[9:26am] got it from FBI most wanted list
[9:27am] stop the fooking spam or i start glining from p2p <<< i giggled at that im not a ircop hehe but i am close friends to them
[9:27am] lol
[9:27am] ?
[9:27am] are you a member of tl
[9:27am] it be play’n though ;)
[9:27am] *Laughs* so youve stole they user list
[9:28am] no….
[9:28am] i ain’t saying that but they have been hacked
[9:33am] blinded by the light
[9:35am] email addys r public domain
[9:36am] if uve ever signed up for anything or any site on net
[9:36am] they goto public domain
[9:36am] yep they sure do
[9:36am] so anyone can go an get them
——————— pm ———————-
[9:28am] Hello
—I-n-v-i-s-i-o-n— Nick: Casper
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> Server: irc.powerscene.org, PowerScene Torrents
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[9:29am] hi
[9:29am] so you got an email
[9:29am] yes
[9:29am] you think we are spamming
[9:29am] yes
[9:29am] you dont like it?
[9:29am] obvisously
[9:29am] want us to stop?
[9:29am] yes
[9:29am] hehe
[9:30am] its not really spam if you think about it
[9:30am] its one email
[9:30am] you respond to it
[9:30am] or you dont
[9:30am] you sign up
[9:30am] or you dont
[9:30am] you like the site
[9:30am] or you dont
[9:30am] your choice
[9:30am] i dont give shit what you do to get users but dont email me
[9:30am] i see
[9:30am] im very sorry then
[9:30am] that fact that ive googled you means i wont be signing up
[9:31am] np
[9:31am] not a good way to start out
[9:31am] yeah
[9:31am] i guess
[9:32am] odd we got your email address
[9:32am] hm
[9:33am] you seem like the person that would keep your email safe
[9:33am] apparently has been comprimised
[9:33am] unlikely
[9:34am] how you think then
[9:34am] i dont know the source of emails
[9:34am] because i dont send them out
[9:34am] im sure you might know
[9:34am] where from
[9:34am] oh dont worry i have my sources :D
[9:34am] lol
[9:35am] yeah i think so too we starting out the wrong way
[9:35am] sending out those emails
[9:36am] at first thought it was good idea
[9:36am] but i see now its just causing trounle
[9:36am] trouble*
[9:37am] mmmh anymore and i’ll take it further im not a kiddie and i can get things done
[9:37am] hm
[9:37am] that a threat
[9:37am] no sweetie its a promise
[9:37am] in way does it affect you seriously
[9:38am] be realistic here
[9:38am] what stress does this cause you
[9:39am] you only come complain because we are a newish site
[9:39am] and you dont like this site
[9:39am] if you would of liked the site
[9:39am] you wouldnt have said nothig
[9:41am] i already apologized dont now what more i can say to you
[9:41am] and we will take your concern into
[9:41am] tell me no more will be sent and i will leave you well alone
[9:42am] no more will be sent no to that person
[9:43am] thank you
[9:43am] :)
[9:43am] * Disconnected
[quote comment="309513"]They dont,thats my point. you can leave your account to go innactive but you cant cancel your membership numbnuts ive just read the faq so it would seem its not me that has a lack of “clue”. Dont ya just love it when someone thinks they put ya down but end up looking like a complete pratt :D[/quote]
Split hairs, Twatty. The point is he rejected your after-skool club, and that’s all that matters. Perhaps while you’re at it, you can walk me through how to send emails and junk.
146.7.40.49 (CHEK210-18-UDP11783656UDS.MISSOURISTATE.EDU)
more from power scene
[quote comment="309488"]
Thats because it isn’t comedy comrade. Now lay down your thesaurus …. [/quote]
Three possibilities.
A) You’re too stupid to correctly use the term ‘thesaurus’
B) You’re particularly intimidated by a highschool level vocubulary
C) Maintaining your own personal status quo, you tried to be clever, and failed miserably
[quote comment="309488"]
and take a trip with me to an anti-war rally in San Francisco, February 16, 2003.[/quote]
Bonus! You’re a conspiracy-theorist crackpot. Remind me again how Hillary Clinton is in league with the Jew-hating Iranians? I bet the Reptilians are involved, too, somehow. Am I right, Tinfoil?
[quote comment="309488"]
I admit I do not have the intellectual capacity to produce this magnitude of propaganda[/quote]
The fact that you lack the intellectual capacity to realize you aren’t capable of producing *any* magnitude of *effective* propaganda is a testament to your mental ineptitude in and of itself. You really don’t need to elaborate.
[quote comment="309488"]
P.S. Your response is awaiting moderation. Viva the free, uncensored internet eh comrades![/quote]
Babbling about Torrent Freak censoring messages in your uncensored message on Torrent Freak? God damn, you suck. You suck hard.
I got the spam email from Powerscene and I have no pussytorrent account. I have however been a TL member for 2 years. How then did they get my email address ?
All you wannabe’s stop pretending to be me, for i am Mikisiw and all your torrents are belong to me
[quote comment="309461"]Idiotic peer2peer users. This shit just makes me laugh like a motherfucker.[/quote]
Yeah… because there’s totally not infighting between members of the scene.
/sacasm
You Punks get what you dserve stop priating stuff youall belong in jial
http://bigcountryhomepage.com/phpBB2/index.php
after a crash a few months ago the pussytorrents database was rebuilt with entries from TL, thats why all older members basically have a pussytorrents account too
i just wanna point out that writing under false nicks like steve20. w00t etc is extremely low and pathetic
lol, jackass.
TL tracker = Good
TL Site = Still can’t axx
WTF?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3×7pUhf__Pg
[quote comment="309513"]They dont,thats my point. you can leave your account to go innactive but you cant cancel your membership numbnuts ive just read the faq so it would seem its not me that has a lack of “clue”. Dont ya just love it when someone thinks they put ya down but end up looking like a complete pratt :D[/quote]
You dolt.
I couldn’t give a rat’s ass what’s written in the FAQ. I PMed the mod who invited me (in IRC) & told him that I was no longer interested. My account was then INSTANTLY closed.
No waiting for closure through inactivity.
I thought it was a physical impossibilty, but it seems you actually DO know less than nothing.
HTH
HAND
kthxbai
TL = Total Loser
i suck goats udders
guten abend ich bin w00t.
Donaten alles your monies und I can go on holiday looking for ladyboyen fur mein arsch
Couldn’t happen to a nicer service!
http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com
pathetic lmao
168 comments 38 diggs :/
@TorrentLeach fix your iptables conntrack settings
Update: TorrentLeech moved to a new location and the site is back up.
Does that mean a different URL?
Because i still get “page cannot be displayed” message?
Thanks.
hmmmmmm…..what shall happen next O:-)
MY name is spooky lady i suck giant cock i like to lick clits and suck and yeast infections i am ircop i wil glline all of you people in p2p i am a stupid fuck that likes to lick balls
Give me a name and i kill him/the gay fucks
who’s name you need Sniper? ;-)
it was spookylady that attacked TL ask around in p2pnetwork youll find him/her he has made threats to TL
i hacked the site , me you hear IT WAS ME - STEVE20
steve20 is stealing my thunder. it was me, the real slim shady.
your mom is the slim shady and i am mikisiw
My Heroes^^
i would bow to your genius but i dont recommend anyone bow down when you guys are around
everyone is underarrest ! DONT MOVE HAHAHAHA
Boohoo private tracker whiners yet again making a habit of pissing each other off. Most of the time its the admins/moderators that have the brains, and the userbase majority are 14 year old turd burglers with fuck all better to do with their freetime than fap and ddos with their efriends. Mommy should take away your internet machine till your balls drop at least, and till you figure out what girls are all about. Hopefully by that time you’ll all realise how fucking petty and childish you all are.
Remember, fapping will make you blind.
@LIES - Jealousy isnt good for the soul.
Pussytorrent what an amazing name.
Did i hear someone bashing scientology?
EVERYONE IUS UNDERARESTIES NOW PUT YOUR HANDS UP I WANING YOU
Get back in the closet, Tom Cruise…!
TL is loosing his pride? please, that site never had any pride
[quote comment="309527"]We DO NOT sell our user details on whatsover so you’re full of shit.
We exchange them for reductions on S&M Dwarf Porn.
All you wannabe members are just idiots. You’re not a member so you just rant on like little fucktards.
Torrent Leech PWNS all other Torrent Sites, PROVE ME WRONG[/quote]
All you gotta do is join ScT. Or any other larger tracker. TL blows.
http://www.torrentleech.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41201
You know what is funny?
pussytorrents got hacked/lost db whatever
and they used the TORRENTLEECH database so basically if you were on torrenleech months ago you are now on pussytorrents to
as the databases are one in the same at that time,
That is how i was “signed up” on pussytorrents
long ago they had a announcement about the joining of the sites and that “the same login would work,just activate it”
TorrentLeech is starting to loose pace on other trackers. I can’t help thinking it is the beginning of the end. This year they will most likely be busted and the admins put up in court.
It’s common knowledge that TorrentLeech is a pay to leech scum site making thousands of £££’s every month. I mean what n00b really believes they need over 6000 euros/per month to keep it running?
I used to go to TorrentLeech for most files I needed but now I prefer to go to smaller more secure sites. Their pre time is also getting worse.
They have built up too many enemies over the year’s they have been running. Mark my words it’s just a matter of time before they are taken down for good.
Gotta love online media :P just as bad as those current affairs shows on tv,
Over exaggurate and what not..
Anyways, i did some digging around..
Im amazed the writer here didnt do his homework before posting this, running off rumours and one sided information, without actually searching for the truth..
I had a chat with some users from TL and it seems that the only people who got the email were users who have been on TL over a year and a bit, any new users since didnt get one.. ??Coincidence?? (read on)
Some of you may have heard though, about Mercury.. EX TL Staff, made off with the TL database after an altercation with staff a little over a year ago *GASP*.. i really wonder if it was a hacking attempt ;)
or just smoke screen to shift the blame for this insecurity..
I honestly dont believe they got hacked but i believe they used a copy of the db mercury stole before he left :P how it got in to PS’ hands i dont know ..
ask around though, you’ll see that new sign ups within this year on either site, TL or PT.. didnt get spammed.. why? coz it was an old database that was stolen and passed around..
Heh TL wont confirm this .. after all, “We need our escape goat”
Hopefully people will actually step back and look for the facts instead of reading something and assuming its true..
Agreed.
the above is a lie…I’ve been a TL member well over 120 weeks and I got no email..whatever
Classic example of miss reading :P ^^
My point was, Users who signed up within the last year.. didnt get an email..
because they wernt in the database that was used, as the database was over a year old.
Please learn to read.
LOL The old Mercury rumour again.
I think TL need to look at someone else who was there at the time ;)
They also need to look at who was there more recently ;);)
phenom, you are making the assumptions here arent you? if it was the old tl db, why are pussytorrents users getting emails then? lol.. think before you post. i love it when people are making up a truth and have no clue about what was going on nor know any details. and @190 show me one better tracker lmao. haters… and show me one big tracker with so many servers, expensive services like ddos protection, 160 thousand users etc that runs without donations.. its the same shit on scene show me a topsite without payers or supporters.. thank you. now get back under your stone
lol TL owns. the numbers are growing like crazy. and LOL at shutting down.. its hosted private and where the owners live its legal too. hahaha. dont need/want any others
tl is having 502 bad gateway errors now and is loading very slow.
DdOS again…
lol
[quote comment="312107"]DdOS again…[quote comment="312109"]lol[/quote]
[/quote]
[quote comment="312104"]tl is having 502 bad gateway errors now and is loading very slow.[/quote]
lo
Hope this helps
http://www.riorey.com/?_kk=ddos%20attack&_kt=8d563b5c-91b3-4d52-9c70-a8d81a752518&gclid=CPGQ0ImDkJICFQcKGgod3kpo_A
http://www.riorey.com/advantage.php
Jesus christ.
Came here first and yes you just confirmed it.
Is there another domain TL have to announce news when the main domain is down?
And whats the IRC channel?
TorrentLeech is starting to loose pace on other trackers. I can’t help thinking it is the beginning of the end. This year they will most likely be busted and the admins put up in court.
It’s common knowledge that TorrentLeech is a pay to leech scum site making thousands of £££’s every month. I mean what n00b really believes they need over 6000 euros/per month to keep it running?
I used to go to TorrentLeech for most files I needed but now I prefer to go to smaller more secure sites. Their pre time is also getting worse.
They have built up too many enemies over the year’s they have been running. Mark my words it’s just a matter of time before they are taken down for good.
I’m spartacus
TL rocks!!! TL or Bust… Bitches!!!
[quote comment="311602"]Heh TL wont confirm this .. after all, “We need our escape goat”
Hopefully people will actually step back and look for the facts instead of reading something and assuming its true..[/quote]
Yah, I found this wierd aswell, as I have an TL account since forever and got the mail aswell. I do NOT however have an account at pussytorrents. So how come the mail got to me?
Odd…
I have an account at both and didn’t get any mail - weird
couldntsaiditbetter, you obviously don’t know wtf you’re talking about…bake a cake or something..pwned 133tsauce
WTF are you doing Mikifakisaki, come home right now. You need a right good old spanking!!! BAD BOI !!
FUCKING SCUM DEMOND YOU DISGUSTING FUCKING ANIMAL.
/SPIT
YOUL GET DDOSD AGAIN DONT YOU WORRY LOSE THE GOD COMPLEX.
Does somebody want a demonoid account, i will give you a invatation code, if you give me one of torrentleech.
1year ago i was a normal member there, had a nice ratio and never posteded any (stupid) comments.
Is there somebody who want to give me a invatation code of torrentleecht?????
well I have just had a warning off a n00b moderator at TL.
He is talking bollocks and won’t answer the polite PM I sent him
Typical torrentleech - if you query things too much you’re likely to get banned. What a bunch of tools.
Alot of smaller sites beat them on times too.
I am from PowerScene. We have had nothing to do with attacks to the site. As we are getting attacked at the moment our selves. We do know who it is with our site and I am starting to wonder if this is just a stupid kiddy who doesn’t have good access so he’s trying to be cool. If any TL siteop/admin would like more data on our attack logs, feel free to message me on irc.powerscene.org.
I’ll be glad to co-operate with you fully.
Powerscene has never enghaged in any DOS attacks or hacking of anyone’s database. There is no need for such juvenile activities. We have made no mass mailings to anyone for any reason. Up until this articlwe was written our membership was closed. Only in the past week did we open up membership to invitations and 5 days of open registration.