Watch Out for Malicious Mirrors of KickassTorrents
Anxiously awaiting the return of Kickass Torrents? Beware malicious mirrors.
As Torrent Freak notes, popular clone KAT.am has resurfaced after being yanked by Hollywood studios. But you might want to avoid it; the site wants to steal your banking info, not serve you pirated content. It asks users trying to download content to sign up for a "free account" that requires credit card information.
It's likely that scammers scooped up the domain after it was pulled offline and are trying to make a buck. The original KAT was taken down and its alleged founder Artem Vaulin was detained in Poland last month on copyright infringement charges. Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell said Vaulin will be charged for "unlawfully distributing well over $1 billion of copyrighted materials."
