Artem Vaulin, the alleged Ukrainian owner of file-sharing website KickassTorrents (KAT), has been arrested by Polish police on U.S.charges of criminal copyright infringement and conspiracy to commit money laundering, prosecutors say.Vaulin, who is 30, was arrested by local police in Poland on Wednesday, according to a press release from the U.S.Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois.will seek to extradite Vaulin to the United States to stand trial, it said.A criminal complaint filed in U.S.federal court charges Vaulin with one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, and two counts of criminal copyright infringement.The news of the arrest and charges came as Kickass Torrents appeared to be experiencing technical difficulties.It was not immediately clear whether the difficulties were caused by U.S.authorities seizing control of the domains, as no law enforcement message was visible on the site, but most of the website’s domains went offline a few hours after the announcement.

According to Alexa, Kickass Torrents was the world’s most popular torrent website, ranking higher than the well-known website The Pirate Bay, which is now reclaiming its status as the world’s most visited torrent website.“Vaulin is charged with running today’s most visited illegal file-sharing website, responsible for unlawfully distributing well over $1 billion of copyrighted materials,” said Leslie Caldwell of the U.S.“In an effort to evade law enforcement, Vaulin allegedly relied on servers located in countries around the world and moved his domains due to repeated seizures and civil lawsuits.” According to the criminal complaint, Vaulin, who used the online screen name “tirm”, was involved in designing KAT’s original website and oversaw KAT’s operations.Later on, Vaulin allegedly operated KAT under the auspices of a Ukrainian-based front company called Cryptoneat.prosecutors allege that KAT, which operates in 28 languages, has a net worth estimated to be more than $54 million with an estimated annual advertising revenue in the range of $12.5 million to $22.3 million.

The website has been forced to change its domain name several times and is blocked in several countries.If convicted, criminal copyright infringement and conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement carry a maximum sentence of 5 years imprisonment.The conspiracy to commit money laundering charge is punishable by up to 20 years.(Copyright 2015 by BNO News B.V.Team Kickass @KATCommunity Team Kickass @KATCommunity United we stand!katcr.co 0 Photos and videos Photos and videos Tweets & replies You blocked @KATCommunity Are you sure you want to view these Tweets?Viewing Tweets won't unblock @KATCommunity Loading seems to be taking a while.Por , Esta semana la comunidad de descargas mediante BitTorrent se despertaba con una noticia horrible: detuvieron al administrador de KickAss Torrents y dieron de baja el sitio, uno de los portales de torrents más grandes de internet.De un plumazo, el FBI ha logrado desmantelar uno de los sitios que según sus leyes, atenta contra la propiedad intelectual.

Aunque técnicamente Kickass Torrents publicaba enlaces “Magnet” y nunca ningún archivo en sus servidores, es un tecnicismo legal que EE.UU.y otros países como España llevan años peleando para que el simple hecho de compartir un enlace se categorice como delito.bitcoin micro loanPero lo que más llama la atención de este caso es cómo lograron detener a Artem Vaulin, el ucraniano de 30 años detenido en Polonia y que todo apunta será extraditado a EE.UU.bitcoin jak kupićAl César lo que es del César, la investigación del FBI es propia de un guión de una nueva película sobre hackers y malignos con teclado.bitcoin alarm app iphoneLa historia contada en pocas palabras es que gracias a que Vaulin compró una película en iTunes, se le logró enlazar como administrador del sitio.litecoin sell euro

Pero hay mucho más detrás.En noviembre de 2015 la hacienda estadounidense contrató un espacio de publicidad en Kickass Torrents.El banner enviaría las visitas a un sitio falso creado por el FBI.El coste era de 300 dólares al día durante cinco días.bitcoin reitCon esta publicidad, el FBI logró estudiar quién estaba detrás de la administración de la publicidad, descubriendo el correo electrónico pr@kat.cr.bitcoin cotaçãoEl correo electrónico se usó en Facebook.Estaba asociado a una página de fans de Kickass Torrents.El FBI pidió información sobre los usuarios que usaran ese correo.La red social cedió esa información.Después, haciendo una investigación de los servidores que usaba “KAT” en Chicago, lograron acceso al registro (logs) de esos servidores con una orden judicial. para gestionar uno de sus dominios.Esto destapó información importante: los datos de registro Artem Vaulin se habían guardado en un histórico.

Las autoridades norteamericanas pidieron a Apple que cediesen la información que tenían sobre este usuario, en concreto los movimientos que había hecho y las direcciones IP desde donde se conectaba, la misma que se usó para acceder a la página de Facebook.Para acabar de cerrar el cerco a Vaulin, usó una cuenta en la cartera de Bitcoins Coinbase con el mismo correo electrónico, donde tenía más de 72.700 dólares guardados.Todo a su nombre.Una serie de fallos básicos cuando gestionas una web que sabes uno o varios países está investigando.Pero la historia da para guión de Hollywood, quizá no tanto como una película de Snowden, pero casas más raras se están produciendo en la meca del cine.+ Info | Justice.gov [PDF], Engadget Puedes seguirnos en Twitter, Facebook y en Instagram.You can add up to 10 files (left: {{ itemsLeft }}) Language: englishpolish Subtitle format: SubRip (.srt)ABC iView (.xml)Adobe After Effects ft-MarkerExporter (.xml)Adobe Encore (.txt)Adobe Encore (line#/tabs/n) (.txt)Adobe Encore (tabs) (.txt)Adobe Encore w. line# (.txt)Adobe Encore NTSC (.txt)Advanced Sub Station Alpha (.ass)AQTitle (.aqt)Avid Caption (.txt)Avid DVD (.txt)Belle Nuit Subtitler (.stp)Cappella (.detx)Caption Assistant (.cac)Captionate (.xml)Captionate MS (.xml)Caraoke Xml (.crk)Csv (.csv)Csv2 (.csv)Csv3 (.csv)Csv4 (.csv)D-Cinema interop (.xml)D-Cinema SMPTE 2010 (.xml)D-Cinema SMPTE 2007 (.xml)DigiBeta (.txt)DVD Studio Pro (.STL)DVD Studio Pro with one space (.STL)DVD Studio Pro with space (.STL)DVDSubtitle (.sub)DVD Subtitle System (.txt)EBU STL (.stl)EDL (.edl)EEG 708 (.xml)F4 Text (.txt)F4 Rich Text Format (.rtf)F4 Xml (.xml)FAB Subtitler (.txt)Film Edit xml (.xml)Final Cut Pro Xml (.xml)Final Cut Pro X Xml (.fcpxml)Final Cut Xml Gap (.fcpxml)Final Cut Pro X Chapter Marker (.fcpxml)Final Cut Pro Xml 1.3 (.fcpxml)Final Cut Pro Xml 1.4 (.fcpxml)Final Cut Pro Xml 1.4 Text (.fcpxml)Final Cut Pro Test Xml (.xml)Final Cut Pro Test2 Xml (.xml)Flash Xml (.xml)FLVCoreCuePoints (.xml)Footage (.txt)GPAC TTXT (.ttxt)Gremots json (.gst)Image Logic Autocaption (.rtf)ATS ISS (.ats)iTunes Timed Text (.itt)JSON (.json)JSON Type 2 (.json)JSON Type 3 (.json)JSON Type 4 (.json)JSON Type 5 (.json)JSON Type 6 (.json)JSON Type 7 (.json)JSON Type 8 (.json)LRC Lyrics (.lrc)MacSub (.txt)MediaTransData (.imtpro)MicroDVD (.sub)Midway Inscriber CG-X (.txt)MPlayer2 (.mpl)NCI Timed Roll Up Captions (.flc)Netflix Timed Text (.dfxp)OpenDVT (.xml)Oresme (.txt)Oresme Docx document (.xml)PE2 (.txt)Phoenix Subtitle (.pjs)Pinnacle Impression (.txt)PList Caption xml (.caption)QubMasterPro Import (.txt)QuickTime text (.txt)RealTime (.rt)Rhozet Harmonic (.xml)SAMI (.smi)SAMI AVDicPlayer (.smi)SAMI modern (.smi)SAMI YouTube (.smi)Scenarist (.txt)Scenarist Closed Captions (.scc)Scenarist Closed Captions Drop Frame (.scc)SMIL Timesheet (.html)SoftNi sub (.sub)SoftNi colon sub (.sub)Sony DVDArchitect (.sub)Sony DVDArchitect Explicit duration (.sub)Sony DVDArchitect line/duration (.txt)Sony DVDArchitect line/dur/length (.txt)Sony DVDArchitect Tabs (.sub)Sony DVDArchitect w. line# (.sub)Spruce Subtitle File (.stl)Spruce Subtitle With Space (.stl)Structured titles (.txt)Sub Station Alpha (.ssa)Subtitle Editor Project (.xml)SubUrbia (.json)SubViewer 1.0 (.sub)SubViewer 2.0 (.sub)Swift Interchange File V2 (.sif)Swift text (.txt)Swift text line# (.txt)Swift text line# +dur (.txt)TEK (.tek)Xml (.xml)Xml 2 (.xml)Timed Text 1.0 (.xml)Timed Text draft 2006-04 (.xml)Timed Text draft 2006-04 CDATA (.xml)Timed Text draft 2006-10 (.xml)TitleExchange Pro (.txt)Titra (.txt)Tmpeg Encoder Text (.subtitle)TMPGEnc AW5 (.xsubtitle)TMPGEnc VME (.xsubtitle)TMPlayer (.txt)Transcriber Xml (.trs)Translation Memory xml (.tmx)TurboTitler (.tts)Universal Subtitle Format (.usf)UT Subtitle xml (.xml)UTX (.utx)UTX (frames) (.utx)Ulead subtitle format (.txt)Vocapia Split (.xml)WebVTT (.vtt)WebVTT File with # 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