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TorrentGalaxy Goes Offline With Mysterious Message to UsersErnesto Van der Sar, 14 Jun 11:22 AM In little over five years, TorrentGalaxy has grown o

TorrentGalaxy Goes Offline With Mysterious Message to Users Ernesto Van der Sar, 14 Jun 11:22 AM In little over five years, TorrentGalaxy has grown out to become a leading player in the torrent ecosystem. The site originally set out to 'bridge the gap' between torrent and streaming sites, but it became much more than that. With a dedicated group of uploaders and an active community, TorrentGalaxy provided a safe haven for many avid torrenters. The disappearance of other key torrent sources, including the demise of RARBG last year, made TorrentGalaxy's position as a torrent distribution portal increasingly important. TorrentGalaxy Goes Offline Against this backdrop, it's no surprise that users are disappointed when the site suffers downtime. When the downtime is accompanied by a somewhat cryptic message, alarm bells start to go off. A few hours ago, TorrentGalaxy's main website and mirrors suddenly displayed the following mysterious message. "TGX is offline. Updates will be posted in case of any changes." This message doesn't have to be alarming; the site may simply return i...Read More Google, Cloudflare & Cisco Will Poison DNS to Stop Piracy Block Circumvention Andy Maxwell, 13 Jun 07:19 PM In France, where laws were introduced with site-blocking and similar anti-piracy measures already baked in, entertainment giant Canal+ seems intent on taking full advantage. Like similar broadcasters with lucrative sports rights to exploit, Canal+ has a subset of viewers who prefer to consume from pirate sources which charge much less, or even nothing at all. To maximize its existing site-blocking efforts through local ISPs, the French broadcaster has now taken the logical, albeit controversial, next step on the site-blocking ladder. DNS Tampering at the Local ISP Level In 2023, Canal+ went to court in France to tackle pirate sports streaming sites including Footybite.co, Streamcheck.link, SportBay.sx, TVFutbol.info, and Catchystream.com. The broadcaster said that since subscribers of local ISPs were accessing the pirate sites using their services, the ISPs should prevent them from doing so. When the decision went in favor of Canal+, ISPs including Orange, SFR, OutreMer Télécom, F...Read More UEFA Targets Pirate EURO 2024 Live Streams Before They Start Ernesto Van der Sar, 13 Jun 01:19 PM UEFA is the international body that governs football throughout Europe. As part of FIFA, the organization holds the rights to several major competitions and tournaments, including the Champions League and the European Championships. These events are good for billions of euros in broadcasting rights and with these types of figures at stake, UEFA is understandably keeping a close eye on piracy. The job has become increasingly complex, now that unauthorized live-streaming is booming. EURO 2024 Pirates With the EURO 2024 tournament starting in Germany tomorrow, the organization and its anti-piracy partners are on high alert. Systems are in place to detect and shut down pirate streams within minutes, and social media will be heavily monitored as well. UEFA is not the only organization preparing for the major tournament; pirates are planning ahead as well. In recent weeks, several sites have put up placeholders for the upcoming EURO 2024 matches. These placeholders are picked up and in...Read More Are you looking for a VPN service? TorrentFreak sponsor NordVPN has some excellent offers. ©2024 TorrentFreak | Office 21338 PO Box 4336 Manchester, North West M61 0BW United Kingdom Web Version   Preferences   Forward   Unsubscribe     Powered by Mad Mimi®A GoDaddy® company