Chrome and Firefox Flag The Pirate Bay As a 'Phishing' Site...Again (torrentfreak.com)

The Pirate Bay's download pages are being blocked by Chrome and Firefox. These pages have been flagged as "deceptive," by Google's safe browsing program. TorrentFreak reports that "millions" of Pirate Bay users are currently unable to access the torrent detail pages on the site without receiving a stark warning. The report adds: The homepage and various categories can be reached without problems, but when visitors navigate to a download page they are presented with an ominous red warning banner. According to Google the notorious torrent site is linked to a phishing effort, where malicious actors try to steal the personal information of visitors. It's likely that the security error is caused by a malicious third-party advertisement. The TPB team informs TorrentFreak that they are aware of the issue, which they hope will be resolved soon.

Comments

Re:Pirate Bay should be flagged

[viperidaenz]

I didn't elect them, I don't live in USA, nor is TPB a US based site.

It isn't Pirate Bay itself ...

[Anonymous Coward]

It's the pop-up ads that is doing this, not the pirate bay main site. When you click on a link, it brings a pop-up, and that's what is triggering the phishing report.

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[jenningsthecat]

If you're using Firefox, switch to Pale Moon - it's basically Firefox before the suckage grew to ginormous proportions. If you're using Chrome... well, I don't know what to tell you. I never could stand it.