Kim Dotcom: Megaupload User Information Erased in 'Data Massacre'

On Wednesday, Kim Dotcom revealed that a large amount of user data was wiped from his old and controversial file-sharing service Megaupload by hosting provider LeaseWeb. In classic Dotcom fashion, he broke the news on Twitter.

VERY BAD NEWS: #Leaseweb has wiped ALL #Megaupload servers. All user data & crucial evidence for our defense destroyed "without warning".

— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) June 19, 2013

In what he defined as "the largest data massacre in the history of the Internet," Dotcom lamented that millions of personal files, especialy pertaining to European Megaupload users, were "forever destroyed by LeaseWeb's decision to delete."