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KickassTorrents Brought Back to Life by Original Staffers (Updated)

TorrentFreak, December 16, 2016. KickassTorrents resurgence: the relaunch at katcr.co by the majority of the original KAT staff, admins and moderation team after the July 2016 seizure of kat.cr.

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News report
Published
December 16, 2016
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S2
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Publisher
TorrentFreak
Published
December 16, 2016
Source type
News report
Research grade
Source grade S2
Language
English
Official record
Not an official publication
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https://torrentfreak.com/kickasstorrents-brought-back-to-life-by-original-staffers-161216/
What it supports
KickassTorrents resurgence: the relaunch at katcr.co by the majority of the original KAT staff, admins and moderation team after the July 2016 seizure of kat.cr
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src_torrentfreak_kat_katcr_2016

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  • By Ernesto Van der Sar.
  • published_on taken from the page's schema.org datePublished (2016-12-16T08:33:44+00:00).
  • The headline carries a '(Updated)' suffix, which is reproduced verbatim here.

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