By Sam Oliver A prominent service for jailbroken iPhones that served up stolen iOS App Store applications abruptly closed on Sunday, marking a major victory for Apple in the war on piracy.The “Hackulous” website was updated with a statement on Sunday revealing that the service was gone for good. The letter revealed that the community for stolen applications had become “stagnant,” and its forums were a “ghost town.”
“It has become difficult to keep them online and well-moderated, despite the devotion of our staff,” said the Hackulous team. “We’re incredibly thankful for the support we’ve had over the years and hope that new, greater communities blossom out of our absence.”
Hackulous was an application that could be installed on jailbroken iOS devices. It was used in connection with another service, called Apptrackr, which served up cracked applications via a Web interface.
Strangely, Apptrackr also abruptly shut down and cited a lack of activity. But the timing of the two closings was viewed as suspicious by TorrentFreak, who spoke with two people familiar with both sites’ operations who were “surprised” at the closings.
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