Groups/sites Affected
Affected warez groups include:
- RiSCiSO / -iSO (iso utils)
- Myth (PC-game rips)
- TDA (iso utils)
- LND (iso industry utils, e.g. CAD/CAM)
- GFZ (courier group- US/KR iso division)
- HOODLUM (PC-game iso)
- VENGEANCE (PC-game iso)
- Centropy (vcd, svcd and dvdr movies)
- WastedTime (vcd movies)
- Alec's Game Copying Service (PC Games, PS2)
- ThP (divx, TV-dvdr and dvdr movies)
- Corrupt (dvdr movies)
- GAMERZ (ps2/Xbox games iso)
- ADMITONE (vcd movies)
- HELLBOUND (dvdr movies, TV-dvdr, classic dvdr)
- KGS (vcd movies)
- BBX (anime dvdr)
- KHG (anime dvdr)
- NOX (vcd movies)
- NFR (svcd movies)
- CDZ (ps2/Xbox games iso)
- TUN (vcd movies)
- BHP (TV-dvdr and dvdr movies)
- MACiSO (RiSCiSO /OSX iso games and utils division )
- DVDiSO (RiSCiSO / classic movies division)
Affected warez sites include:
- RM1 and RM2 (RiSCiSO Main / RM2 link provided by Chicago FBI)
- LAD (West-coast US, hardware/link provided by undercover agents)
- CHUD (West-coast US, hardware/link provided by undercover agents)
- SC (West-coast US, link provided by undercover agents)
- VS (West-coast US, link provided by undercover agents)
- RSN (Netherlands, busted?)
- TNA (California, busted?)
- BB (California, busted?)
- TWH (Netherlands, busted?)
- TEN (Eastcoast, US)
- LW (Lithuania, busted?)
While few arrests had been made by the time of the first press releases, repercussions ran deep in the warez scene. Countless sites closed as a direct response to the busts, and many active scene members went into hiding.
Read more about this topic: Operation Site Down
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