EliteTorrents.org

**BawA** · 05-25-2005, 04:45 PM

if the site was hacked then it will probably be back up soon...

**DanB** · 05-25-2005, 04:46 PM

Unless they (the hax0rs) are holding their files to ransom

**magnimo** · 05-25-2005, 05:40 PM

/removed

English only

**RealitY** · 05-25-2005, 05:57 PM

[news=http://www.slyck.com/newspics/elitetorrent.jpg]EliteTorrents.org Hacked

The BitTorrent community has seen its fair share of indexing sites go offline - whether voluntarily or involuntarily. Sites like LokiTorrent, UK-Torrents, s0nikfreak, TVTorrents and YouceffTorrents have all either fallen under the weight of the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America.) Today, it appeared another website has fallen, EliteTorrents.org.

The homepage of this website was replaced with a permanent shutdown notice, purportedly announced by the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and U.S. Customs. The FBI is under the United States Department of Justice, while U.S. Customs is under the Department of Homeland Security.

EliteTorrents.org is hosted in the United States, however the owner lives in the Netherlands. The involvement of both departments would seem logical, considering the geographical coverage of the torrent site.

However, while one’s initial reaction may lead an individual to believe EliteTorrents.org is under a criminal investigation, further examination challenges this thought.

1) The neither FBI nor U.S. Customs has never directly or exclusively shut down any torrent site. All site closures have been the result of an MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) action or investigation.

2) An odd message on the bottom right of EliteTorrents.org states “RTJKAS.” This message only appears when the page is highlighted.

3) The topic message on EliteTorrent.org IRC channel states, “Topic is 'Site: Down | Tracker: Up | Forums: Down | Radio: OFF | News : Site will be up when it's fixed. Stop asking.'”

4) The topic message on thier IRC channel now states, "Latest news:ET Was DNS Hacked (sithlord.)"

From the evidence presented, in all likely circumstances this is an elaborate hack, followed by an equally elaborate hoax. In fact the job is so elaborate, if one does an IP/Domain name trace, it ultimately ends at www.dhs.gov (Department of Homeland Security.) Incidentally, this sophisticated portion of this current circumstance is the only real counter-evidence to suggest that it may in fact be a true enforcement action. Slyck.com has contacted the FBI newsroom and awaits confirmation or denial of this situation.[/news]

Source: Slyck

**reaktor** · 05-25-2005, 06:26 PM

Call me retarted and all but isnt contacting the FBI asking if they shutdown my torrent site that I use for pirating kinda dumb? I mean say they didnt and it is a hoax, prolly wouldnt be long before they shut it down. Feels like asking a cop, sorry mr officer sir, did you happen to take my cocaine?

Maybe its me who knows lol