After several years of operation, we are shutting down all YGGtorrent / YGG services (website, tracker, and infrastructure). The relaunch we had initially planned is now abandoned, as we lack the necessary conditions to continue the project amidst repeated cyberattacks.

We apologize to the community and extend our warmest thanks to everyone who supported YGGtorrent / YGG with respect and kindness.

The individual responsible for the intrusion and data leak has been identified. The details can be viewed here.

No return is planned. Beware of sites or services presenting themselves as alternatives in the coming weeks: most of them are malicious. Stay vigilant.

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[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 3 points 49 minutes ago

Good riddance! All torrent data is now open and available to everyone on several sites like https://ygg.gratis/

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 1 points 39 minutes ago (1 children)

Never heard of 'em.

Were they good for some kind of content or feature?

[–] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 minutes ago

I think so the good thing is we have full backup at dot gratis and in EXT

[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 3 points 41 minutes ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago)

Gr0lum shouldn't have revealed the IP addresses of YGG moderators and could have handled aspects of the leak better, but the YGG admin's rebuttal post is undermined by disgusting transphobia:

The rules of the competing tracker, set up by these same individuals, clearly show their true colors: anyone who doesn't buy into their woke ideological vision isn't welcome. "LGBTQI+ phobias" are placed on the same level as fascism or racism, and any "debate" on the subject is purely and simply forbidden. In other words, if you're not comfortable with the idea of dad putting on mom's wig, you're not welcome on their platform.

[–] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

They aren't going to address the allegations huh?

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I'm a bit OOTL since I mostly just use usenet and TL but what allegations?

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 4 points 53 minutes ago

https://yggleak.top/fr/home/ygg-dossier

[–] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 minutes ago

I think this made the allegations correct