Coinbase Helps FBI Shut Down KickAssTorrents
The KAT website was created in 2009 and was one of the most popular torrenting domains similar to the infamous PirateBay. U.S. authorities had help from Homeland Security, Facebook, Linkedin, and the Bitcoin exchange Coinbase with taking down the torrent website.
The founder of KAT appears to be a Ukrainian native who ran most of the operations with a few other people mentioned. The founder was arrested in Poland, as law enforcement and copyright advocacy groups have been on his trail for many years. The WHOIS online domain records pointed to Vaulin as the owner officials state in the criminal complaint which says:
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Topic: [2016-07-22] news.bitcoin.com-Coinbase Helps FBI Shut Down KickAssTorrents (Read 269 times)
July 22, 2016, 07:33:49 AM
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