Operation Site Down - Groups/sites Affected

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.