Bulgaria's Major Torrent Sites Hacked by Govt - Report

Bulgaria's two prime torrent sites Zamunda and Arena have been rendered inaccessible overnight by an obscure entity dubbed Council for the Protection of Intellectual Property.

At present Zamunda.net is still inaccessible, while Arenabg.com is working under a heavy overload.

The Council for the Protection of Intellectual Property has been created by the Council of Ministers of Bulgaria in 2006 and brings together vice-ministers of culture, justice, finance, interior, energy, as well as representatives of the judiciary and other state agencies.

Sources cited by Dnevnik.bg have stated that the probable cause of the trackers' failure is a hack of Zamunda from the Council, which has led to a blocking of Arena due to overload.

The director Computer Crimes Unit of the Directorate General for Fight with Organized Crime at the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior has stated that at present there is no operation underway against the torrent sites.

In the past the Computer Crimes Unit has brought about several closedowns of Zamunda and Arena.

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