Alternatives See Huge Traffic Boost After Hackulous and Apptrackr Shutdown ~ Blog O'Nerd

Just a couple of days ago, the portal very popular among IPA Pirates called Hackulous was shut down by its creators. A message was posted on the Hackulous home page that they were shutting down due to "lack of activity" that made the community to feel like "ghost town". After the unexpected shutdown of Hackulous and their projects like Apptrackr and Installous, the IPA pirates are moving to alternatives quickly.

One alternative which was popular even when Apptrackr was operating - AppCake (iPhoneCake) is reported to see huge increase in traffic. Due to the boom in page views, many users are receiving error 500 - Internal server error or facing long page loading time. A message has been posted on AppCake page that they are purchasing new servers to handle the recent traffic boost.

Another and relatively new alternative iPASt0re is also facing similar problems due to large amount of page views being received. The official iPASt0re account on Twitter has tweeted that their site was not prepared for such a huge traffic. And that they are preparing new servers to handle the increase in traffic. A similar message has been posted in their forums too.

Hi everyone,

Due to the recent closure of apptrackr/Hackulous (RIP), we have been getting a surge in traffic. We've done our best to reduce the load on our existing servers while we setup our new servers. We apologize for any downtime caused

- iPAST0RE Team

While present alternatives are experiences downtime due to traffic boost following Hackulous and Apptrackr shutdown, most_uniQue - one of the most active App cracker in the IPA piracy world, is planning his own site similar to Apptrackr. He has tweeted about his plan and current status of new cracked apps sharing site. He tweeted a few hours ago that the new site is 90% up and will be launched tomorrow.

If apptrackr will not come back online I will have a new crack site and forum up on few days. So don't worry there will be a new site.
— Robin Hood (@most_uniQue) December 30, 2012

Soon as our new forum is set up everyone can join and help at what they are good at. A lot of stuff already done but help is really needed.
— Robin Hood (@most_uniQue) December 31, 2012

Forum is now 90% set up. I'll release it tomorrow. We need everybody who can help us in any way. These are going to be busy few months.
— Robin Hood (@most_uniQue) January 2, 2013

The totally unexpected shutdown of Hackulous and their projects like Apptrackr, Installous and AppSync has turned the IPA pirate community upside down. While some are still mourning the closure of hackulous, most of them are migrating to alternatives. And probably new crack and share sites will be seen in the race too.

Dissident, the owner of Hackulous has probably gone underground after announcing the shutdown of Hackulous. When TorrentFreak tried to contact him for an official statement, their email bounced. The actual reason for the shutdown of Hackulous is still unknown. Two members associated with site's project said that they were surprised by the decision.

Any update on this topic will be posted here on Blog O'Nerd. Thanks for reading and keep visiting. This is +Perez Park signing out.