A years-long investigation just unmasked a major torrent pirate, the how remains unclear

Instead, CODA, a Japanese anti-piracy organization, said it examined how information moves between torrent index sites and trackers. CODA began looking into Nyaa uploaders in 2021 through its Cross-Border Enforcement Project. Those sites appear to be link aggregators that direct users to torrent files. CODA said it "analyzed how data moves through torrent sites, such as index sites and tracker sites." Torrent index sites and trackers serve different roles.