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The tracker has already been down for more than a week, and there still is no date for when to expect its return. "I don't plan on shutting down, but if Im going to fix it I have to do it properly," the administrator told TorrentFreak. "That means upgrading a lot of our 7 year old hardware and maybe bringing up the beta only. You know how it goes with demonoid. It might take a while but it will come back. " If you want to offer your services to the cause, you're out of luck. Last week, Demonoid started serving up the following error message: Earlier this week, the server was turned off completely and the site led to a dead end. The good news here is that despite Demonoid being completely gone from the Internet, it's not gone for good. See also: Gizmodo's Twitter account hacked.
Update on August 5 - How Apple let a hacker remotely wipe an iPhone, iPad, MacBook Gizmodo's Twitter account was hacked on Friday by a group called Clan VV3. The breach didn't last long, but it was enough to send racist and offensive messages to the account's 415,000 followers. The attackers apparently gained access to the Gizmodo account after compromising former employee Mat Honan's e-mail and Twitter account.
Here is what Gizmodo's account tweeted: Clanvv3 dot Com HIT US UP, CLAN VV3, Clan VV3 (dot) com This twitter got a train ran over it by Clan VV3, Clan VV3 (dot) com Follow @Fend YouTube.com/Fend I HATE N*****S LOL Go to Youtube.com/Fend @Fend Follow @vip you stupid coons We all hate n*****s! Gizmodo quickly regained control of the account. Well that was fun! When it became clear it was hardly his fault, Gizmodo apologized to all its followers: Indeed, at the time of writing, Gizmodo is already back to tweeting its usual stories out. DelawarePolitics.net - Delaware's Center-Right Voice. High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB) IRS missing billions in ID theft - The Associated Press | High Technology Threat Brief (HTTB)
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