Latvian BitTorrent Tracker Taken Offline; Two Arrested

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 28, 2008 - 10:48am.

Los Angeles - The largest BitTorrent tracker in Latvia has been shut down and two administrators were arrested in a raid staged by Latvian authorities with the aid of a local anti-piracy group affiliated with the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), TorrentFreak reported. LAmpAFile.lv counted a reported 100,000 members. TorrentFreak added that other Latvia-based trackers have also gone offline as a precaution.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/3krrh (TorrentFreak)

http://www.ifpi.org

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