Kickass Torrents Brought Back from the Dead by Former Staffers

The torrent website was shut down following the arrest of its alleged founder, Artem Vaulin, in Poland.

It had been shut down following the arrest of its alleged founder, Artem Vaulin, in Poland. (Photo: The Quint) 

Kickaas Torrents has been brought back to life by its former staffers under a new domain name, The Indian Express reported.

After it was shut down following the arrest of its alleged founder, Artem Vaulin, in Poland, the domain name was seized by the US Justice Department. Despite the main website going down, many clones propped up in its stead, but they were nowhere close to the popular torrent website with its content.

The staffers of Kickass had previously launched the katcr.co forum to perhaps indiciate that they will back. And now, they are indeed back with a fully operational website with a new url (Katcr.co).

The Indian Express reported the KATcr staffers as saying:

We have all our major uploaders on board and they continued to share tirelessly even before the torrent engines returned. The torrent community can continue to expect to see uploads from all the names they know and trust. The majority of our original Staff, Admins and Moderation team joined us after Kat.cr went down – which is something we’re very proud of. This shows the loyalty, dedication and real love for KAT that we all share

(Source: The Indian Express)