{"id":99566,"date":"2016-07-22T13:37:19","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T11:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=99566"},"modified":"2016-07-22T14:04:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T12:04:27","slug":"this-is-when-kickasstorrents-will-be-back-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/99566-this-is-when-kickasstorrents-will-be-back-online","title":{"rendered":"This is when KickassTorrents will be back online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t expect KickAssTorrents to be coming back online any time soon, reports <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/torrentfreak.com\/can-kickasstorrents-make-a-comeback-160721\/\" target=\"_blank\">Torrentfreak<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the site&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/99340-this-is-why-you-cant-get-into-kickasstorrents.html\" target=\"_blank\">takedown <\/a><\/strong>earlier this week, which saw US authorities have arrested the founder of\u00a0KickassTorrents, Artem Vaulin.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Technically it won\u2019t be hard to orchestrate a Pirate Bay-style comeback, as there are probably some backups available.<\/p>\n<p>However, now that the site has been heavily compromised and an ongoing criminal investigation is underway, it would be a risky endeavor.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, uploaders and users may also worry about what information the authorities have in their possession.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint cites private messages that were sent through KAT, suggesting that the authorities have access to a significant amount of data.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Expect more developments on the story soon but one thing was made clear &#8211; don&#8217;t expect to see the site go back online soon.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Massive video game price shake-up in South Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/99330-massive-video-game-price-shake-up-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Massive video game price shake-up in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Windows 7 versus Windows 10 \u2013 gaming performance comparison\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/98600-windows-7-versus-windows-10-gaming-performance-comparison.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Windows 7 versus Windows 10 \u2013 gaming performance comparison<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Biggest gaming technology fails in recent history\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/98240-biggest-gaming-technology-fails-in-recent-history.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Biggest gaming technology fails in recent history<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When can we expect KickassTorrents to come back online?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":89177,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12302,101,18509,10012],"class_list":["post-99566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-kickasstorrents","tag-piracy","tag-takedown","tag-torrent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}