Source: http://torrentfreak.com/demonoid-busted-as-a-gift-to-the-united-states-government-120806/

The nightmare week for Demonoid has just reached a huge crescendo, with news coming out of Ukraine that following a massive DDoS attack the site has now been busted by local authorities. Those looking for a U.S. connection to the raid won’t be disappointed – a source in the country’s Interior Ministry says that the action was scheduled to coincide with Deputy Prime Minister Valery Khoroshkovsky’s trip to the United States.

Last week thousands of Demonoid users feared the worst when their beloved site disappeared from the Internet. Many thought that the site had been busted, but were eventually relieved to hear that it was ‘only’ a massive DDoS attack.

But today the roller-coaster ride plummeted to new depths, with confirmation coming out of Ukraine that the DDoS was just the beginning – the site has been busted by the authorities.

ColoCall is the largest datacenter in Ukraine and a place that has been Demonoid’s home in recent years. But in the middle of last week, in the wake of the DDoS attack, government investigators arrived at ColoCall to shut Demonoid down.

“Investigators have copied all the information from the servers Demonoid and sealed them,” an anonymous ColoCall source confirmed. “Some equipment was not seized, but now it does not work, and we were forced to terminate the agreement with the site.”

As reported on TorrentFreak following our discussions with Demonoid’s admin last week, there were suspicions that the site may have been subjected to some kind of exploit or hack in addition to the DDoS. That version of events is now confirmed by the ColoCall source.

“Shortly after [the DDoS] a hacker break-in occurred, and a few days later came the investigators,” the source added.

But aside from the busting of the site, which is the biggest BitTorrent-related raid in recent memory and one that has taken out the world’s largest torrent site/tracker combo, there is a rather large international sting in the tail.

Despite general opinion that Demonoid did not contravene Ukranian law, especially since it blocked all Ukranian IP addresses to avoid upsetting the locals, the site still attracted the attention of the authorities there. That, according to a source in the country’s government, is all down to the United States getting involved.

A source inside the Interior Ministry has informed Kommersant that the raid on Demonoid was timed to coincide with the very first trip of Deputy Prime Minister Valery Khoroshkovsky‘s trip to the United States. On the agenda: copyright infringement.

Ukraine had promised the United States that it would improve its attitude and efforts towards enforcing copyright and no doubt its Western partner will be very pleased indeed that Demonoid’s head has been presented on a platter.

But while Demonoid’s servers are in custody, the site’s admin does not appear to be. The ColoCall source would not say who is behind the site, only that its management is located in Mexico. The devil may yet be back….

TorrentFreak contacted the Demonoid admin for a comment but we have yet to hear back

i dont use any other site but here,have heard of demonoid,,and friends use it but i stick with ka

Mine too!!!

Ah the big brave copyright police striking while the site is already down and struggling to survive. I bet they steal candy from babies and mug little old ladies in real life. Without any arrests made and a good chance demonoid would have to change servers anyway this wont make any difference at all. It's just a nice bit of publicity for those in charge to point at to look like they are doing something.

Forgot the DDoS and arrest were days apart, good point.

I too was like this site.

Bye bye, uploaded 30 monthly packs on that site, god i'm so mad.

so sad i was also there

Will Have to Wait for the Official Announcement!!

that's really bad. Hope it will be back soon.

This is such sad news! Terrifying, in a way! The Ukraine is kissing up to the USA by busting some poor website in a foreign country? Who the royal h*** do they think they are!!! Demonoid should come back if they possibly can. I haven't uploaded much there of late, but I certainly have loved the wonderful torrents I've received from there! I will miss them, if they cannot return to the Internet!