Popular music-sharing site What.CD has reportedly been shut down after a raid by French authorities. The torrent site posted on its official Twitter feed today that the site was shutting down and "not likely to return any time soon in our current form". According to science and technology news site the Verge, the closure was the result of a raid by French cybercrime authorities. What.CD emerged in 2007 after the closure of another popular torrent site, Oink's Pink Palace. The "invite-only" site was involved in a long-running spat with the music industry and law enforcement for its allegedly illegal operations.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 18, 2016 03:06 UTC