# The Story Behind The Torrentspy.com Takedown

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**Created:** [October 22, 2007, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-story-behind-the-torrentspy-com-takedown/37399 "2007-10-22T11:58:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2007, 5:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-story-behind-the-torrentspy-com-takedown/37399/10 "2007-10-23T05:22:55Z")

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there is more to the story that i read last week… but he guessed the admin password in \> 30 attempts… ya, what he did was illegal, but i blame the retarded admin.

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