GoKawiil1337x and NordicQuality torrent sites hit by downtime after Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers
Russian military strikes on Ukrainian data center infrastructure caused temporary outages at piracy torrent trackers 1337x and NordicQuality, both of which rely on Ukrainian hosting. Companies including Virtual Systems, MiroHost Ukraine, CosmoNova, DataGroup, CityHost and telecom firms KyivStar and Vodafone Ukraine were also affected by strikes clustered mainly around Kyiv. Both torrent sites have since come back online.
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The incident shows how physical warfare can spill over into civilian internet infrastructure with unintended global effects, even reaching sites unrelated to the conflict. It also suggests Ukrainian hosting providers may increasingly relocate services abroad to avoid further disruption, which could reshape where such infrastructure physically resides. The continued resilience of 1337x despite years of legal and technical takedown efforts underscores how difficult piracy sites are to permanently shut down.
- Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers caused temporary outages at 1337x and NordicQuality piracy sites.
- Multiple Ukrainian hosting and telecom firms, including MiroHost, CosmoNova and KyivStar, were also hit.
- 1337x remains the second most-visited torrent tracker despite 19 years of legal and technical takedown attempts.
Source: tomshardware.com — Bruno Ferreira, 2026-10-01
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