Popular software cracks/keygens uploader “CracksNow” has been banned from several torrent sites after he was found distributing the malware bundled with his uploads. The Pirate Bay, TorrentGalaxy, and 1337x are among the popular torrent websites that banned the account of CracksNow. GandCrab is a widespread ransomware threat, like every other ransomware in the market, that encrypts all files on an infected system and blackmails victims to pay a ransom to unlock them.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2019/02/malware-torrent-download.html