The Pirate Bay’s online downloads service has not yet been restored, although that didn’t stop the infamous group from posting an animated image at ThePirateBay.se earlier this week alongside a secret key, whose mystery Myce believes to have solved.


According to the site, the shown AES key is actually a BitTorrent Sync key, which lets users share folders. More interestingly, the key appears to protect all the .torrent files of The Pirate Bay.

A readme file that contains instructions on how to access these files is also available, suggesting that The Pirate Bay group might have already planned something to counter future police raids aiming to take down the service by setting up multiple clones that would also stay in sync.

“If they cut off one head, two more shall take it’s place…,” the readme file reads. “Hail HYDRA!”

After the police took down ThePirateBay.se more than two weeks ago, The Pirate Bay said it’s not sure what action to take next, suggesting there’s a possibility the service might not be resurrected. Meanwhile, various Pirate Bay clones have surfaced, with users also having access to plenty of other torrenting alternatives, as they wait for the main site to come back up.

How can I see that readme file ?