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:Again indeed

[Anonymous Coward]

It is true, because it happened to me not an hour ago. Thanks for trolling though!

Re:Again indeed

[Anonymous Coward]

In all fairness the amount of dodgy shit on TPB both uploaded by criminals with root kits and governments/Hollywood mafia unless you know what you are doing it is most definitely a very unsafe site for a user to be using.

Pirate Bay should be flagged

[Anonymous Coward]

It is harmful to our society and breeds disrespect for the law which was duly passed by an elected congress.

Re:Pirate Bay should be flagged

[OrangeTide]

In principle I think you have a point. But I don't think Congress extending copyright law to 100's of years is really in the interest of the vast majority of citizens. I accuse our democracy system of being subverted by special interests. My elected officials cease being my representatives when they take millions in contributions for a handful of corporate donors.