Hackers Claim YggTorrent Breach and Exposure of 54,776 Credit Card Records
Summary
Unknown actors claim they extracted YggTorrent’s infrastructure and data, including 54,776 user credit-card records. The materials remain unverified; YggTorrent has not commented, and ARCOM is reportedly monitoring the situation.
Key points
- Unknown actors claim to have extracted YggTorrent’s infrastructure and published a manifesto; the claims have not been independently verified.
- The actors say they cloned the torrent catalog and transferred it to the U2P collective, which set up a provisional tracker at ygg[.]gratis.
- The hackers claim the database contained 54,776 user credit-card records; the article says the published materials’ authenticity remains unverified.
- The actors also claim to have obtained internal documents and administrator information, while saying they would not publish ordinary users’ email addresses, IP addresses, or passwords.
- YggTorrent has not publicly commented, and ARCOM is reportedly monitoring the situation.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- YggTorrent
- Incident Type
- Alleged infrastructure breach, data extraction, and server dismantling
- Data Types Exposed
- User credit card records
- Cryptocurrency wallet identifiers
- Copies of identity documents
- Internal documents
- Financial ledgers
- Personal information of administrators
- Affected Records
- Hackers claimed the database contained 54,776 user credit card records; the claim and leaked materials remain unverified.
- Operational Impact
- Hackers claimed they dismantled YggTorrent's servers while preserving its torrent catalog. They said the catalog was cloned and transferred to U2P, which established a provisional tracker at ygg.gratis. The provisional tracker reportedly experienced instability from a large influx of visitors.
- Claim Status
- claimed
People
FranciscoNamed by the hackers as an alleged YggTorrent administrator; the identification and role are unverified.OracleNamed by the hackers as an individual operating under this pseudonym and alleged to be associated with YggTorrent's administration; the identification and role are unverified.VladimirNamed by the hackers as an alleged YggTorrent administrator; the identification and role are unverified.