Some of the original staff even tried to resurrect KAT torrents, but it never reached the same popularity and was plagued with connection issues. You may have even tried your luck with similar-looking torrent portals, but it just wasn’t the same. You might have tried some of the mirror sites that popped are shortly after. Are you still in mourning over the closure of Kickass Torrents? What once was one of the most popular file-sharing websites on the internet was forced to close after the owner Artem Vaulin was arrested and charged with a number of copyright offenses.