Large BitTorrent site shut down | ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet | Scoop.it
Ukrainian authorities have taken down Demonoid.com, one of the world's largest BitTorrent tracker sites.

 

Torrents allow users to download music, video and other internet content by downloading small bits of files from others' computers at the same time.

 

The shutdown is the latest news in a campaign against file-sharing sites.

 

It follows the US's closure of Megaupload, and several European ISPs (internet service providers) being ordered to block access to The Pirate Bay.

 

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