YggTorrent Shuts Down After Hack, Leak and Stolen Crypto
8 hours ago
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- YggTorrent, France's largest torrent community, shut down permanently after a severe hack.
- The hack involved a breach through a staging server, leading to data and cryptocurrency theft.
- User passwords were hashed and salted, but legacy accounts used weaker MD5 encryption.
- Hackers exposed YggTorrent's revenue model, alleging millions made via disguised transactions.
- The site's operators decided against restarting, citing a hostile environment post-hack.