The U.S. authorities also seized seven of the sites domains, all of which are now offline.
Vaulin has been charged for criminal copyright infringement and money laundering.
The U.S. is now waiting to extradite him.
So, what led to the downfall of KickassTorrents?
It is also said Apple and Facebook were among the companies that handed over data to the U.S. Not only was he operating a KickasssTorrents Facebook page, but was doing so with a personal email address.
His email was discovered when authorities sent Facebook a warrant for information having to do with the sites page.
For example, Facebook handed over IP-address logs from the KAT fanpage to the U.S. authorities.
From there, the U.S. Government turned to Apple.
They were then able to cross-reference this with an IP-address Vaulin used for an iTunes transaction.
It is just a normal routine.
This is likely going to seal his fate.
Whether KickassTorrents or Vaulin will make a Pirate Bay-style comeback, only time will tell.
source: www.techworm.net
