YggTorrent Shuts Down After Hack, Leak and Stolen Crypto

YggTorrent, the largest francophone torrent community, has shut down permanently following a devastating hack. The cyberattack compromised YggTorrent's infrastructure, wiped key information, and drained the site's crypto wallets. The hacker publicly published the site's data online in a massive 11+ GB archive, noting that this could be of interest to law enforcement.

Piracy

Anna’s Archive Loses .LI Domain As Legal Pressure Mounts

Anna’s Archive lost its .li domain a few hours ago, likely due to legal pressure. The shadow library's domain name was outright deleted instead of…

March 2, 2026, 20:36 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Hollywood, Amazon & Netflix Set to Secure $18.75 Million Damages in IPTV Lawsuit

Nearly two years after several Hollywood studios, Amazon, and Netflix sued a Dallas IPTV operator for running a pirate streaming network, a magistrate judge now…

March 2, 2026, 11:03 by Ernesto Van der Sar

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Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 03/02/2026

Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Mercy' tops the chart, followed by…

March 2, 2026, 00:09 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

UEFA Secures Pirate Site Blocking and (Global) Domain Suspension Order in India

UEFA has obtained a broad blocking injunction at the High Court of Delhi, targeting 79 pirate streaming domains that reportedly attracted two billion annual visits.…

February 28, 2026, 22:00 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Piracy

Google Invokes First Amendment to Shield Gmail Users from Piracy Subpoena

Google is refusing to hand over subscriber data for dozens of Gmail users in an ongoing piracy lawsuit at an Illinois federal court. Adult entertainment…

February 27, 2026, 13:12 by Ernesto Van der Sar

WordPress.com Flags Concerning Spike in AI-Generated DMCA Takedowns

WordPress.com parent company Automattic has published its latest transparency report, calling out AI-generated DMCA notices as a new type of takedown abuse. One company in…

February 26, 2026, 10:07 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Lawsuits

Meta Employee Deleted 9TB of Torrented Files, Adult Film Producers Claim

The high-stakes lawsuit between adult content producers and tech giant Meta over the alleged downloads of copyright-infringing videos is heating up. In a new filing,…

February 24, 2026, 14:19 by Ernesto Van der Sar

Anti-Piracy

Belgian Pirate Site Blocking Order Targets Cloudflare and Google, But Not Their DNS

Belgium's site-blocking machine keeps turning. A new order, obtained by local broadcasters RTL Belgium and RTBF, compels ISPs, Cloudflare, and Google to restrict access to…

February 23, 2026, 12:55 by Ernesto Van der Sar

YggTorrent Shuts Down After Hack, Leak and Stolen Crypto

Anna’s Archive Loses .LI Domain As Legal Pressure Mounts

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Meta Employee Deleted 9TB of Torrented Files, Adult Film Producers Claim

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