YggTorrent Shuts Down After Hack, Leak and Stolen Crypto * TorrentFreak

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YggTorrent Shuts Down After Hack, Leak and Stolen Crypto * TorrentFreak

YggTorrent, the largest francophone torrent community, has shut down permanently following a devastating hack.

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My interest in this story from a privacy perspective is not the data leak itself. Its this excerpt from the article.

The site allegedly used a plugin called CardsShield to route payments through dozens of fake e-commerce storefronts to disguise the true nature of transactions from PayPal and Stripe. The proceeds then went through a circuit involving USDT, Monero and Ethereum, with funds passed through Tornado Cash to reach anonymous wallets.

I realize this was all an attempt to launder money but I am wondering if these methods could be co-opted in a legal way to help people more privatley move funds around.

I had never heard of Cards Shield before. I wonder if any users here have experience with it.

Mods - Even though the story has some privacy related elements such as it being a data leak, I apologize if this should be in the off-topic section of the forum. I was not sure where to place it.