TORENTZ2 UPDATE
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There doesnвЂ™t appear to be a connection to the domain issues from earlier this year, which appeared to be linked to Hollywood. However, if attackers know the origin IP-address, they can bypass that protection layer. Torrentz2 uses Cloudflare, which generally protects servers from DDoS attacks. That could include DDoS attacks, which are not uncommon for torrent sites. It seems likely, however, that it is of a technical nature. Without an official comment, we can only speculate as to the reason for the вЂdowntimeвЂ™. TorrentFreak reached out to the operator of Torrentz2 to ask whether the problem will be resolved in the near future, but we have yet to hear back. This is often a temporary issue but, in this case, itвЂ™s taking unusually long.

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вЂњ503 Service UnavailableвЂќ is an HTTP status code that typically indicates that the server of a website is overloaded. 503 Service UnavailableДЇor more than a day, Torrentz2 has been returning a вЂњ503 Service UnavailableвЂќ error, as shown in the screenshot below. While these domains still work fine, they also show the same error. Torrentz2 swiftly responded and moved to Torrentz2.is, while adding several backup domains such as and. In June, the official domain name was suspended by the EURid registry, an action that was taken following an order from the Belgian Public Prosecutor in Brussels. Torrentz2вЂ™s Domain IssuesД®arlier this year the site suffered a major setback. The site has continued to operate quietly like its predecessor by indexing and linking to dozens of millions of links on external torrent sites. The site took this spot from the original Torrentz site, which shut down unexpectedly during the summer of 2016. All proxies, mirrors, or alternatives that are online are unofficial. When we know more we will write a new article. This suggests that there may be more going on than a DDoS attack. We repeatedly reached out to the operator without any response. The 503 error is still the only thing thatвЂ™s showing up.

TORENTZ2 UPDATE

Update December 4: Torrentz2.is remains down after a week. With millions of regular visitors, Torrentz2 is without a doubt the most popular torrent meta-search engine on the Internet.

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