Kim Dotcom's Great Data Massacre

AP

Welp, here's hoping you didn't have anything important stored on Megaupload's mostly dormant servers that you wanted back one day. Mega Upload owner and maniacal super villain Kim Dotcom says a huge amount of their servers have been wiped in a "data massacre" for the ages. 

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