Torrent search engines rose 300% in the 24 hours Pirate Bay was down.
The number of illegal file-sharing sites rose by 300 per cent as a Swedish court ordered the closure of The Pirate Bay, according to new research.
Internet security group McAfee claimed in its Third Quarter Threats Report that the internet was "awash" with new piracy search engines as owners of The Pirate Bay were told to close operations back in August.
