Security News > 2016 > July > Tracking the Owner of Kickass Torrents (Schneier on Security)

Here's the story of how it was done. First, a fake ad on torrent listings linked the site to a Latvian bank account, an e-mail address, and a Facebook page. Using basic website-tracking services, Der-Yeghiayan was able to uncover (via a reverse DNS search) the hosts of seven apparent KAT website domains: kickasstorrents.com, kat.cr, kickass.to, kat.ph, kastatic.com, thekat.tv and kickass.cr....

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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2016/07/tracking_the_ow.html