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CLARIFICATION · BANATSYNC·06.26.2026

Emi is not stepping down from BanatSync.

The announcement that Emi (zEmi_69) is stepping down from BanatSync was a prank · Emi is NOT leaving and remains the platform's technical founder. Leadership stays Jules and Emi.

Only the retirement was the joke · the threats and the actions of TorchByte, documented below, are entirely real.

CONTEXT · WHAT HAPPENED

A founder under pressure

Emi, real name Milian Emanuel and known online as zEmi_69, is the technical founder of BanatSync and is from Timisoara. He built almost the entire infrastructure behind the platform: the PXE flows, provisioning automation, billing, and platform logic.

It all started with TorchByte, and the fault is entirely theirs. They attacked BanatSync first: they took RAM modules out of our server without permission, and after Emi ended the collaboration they launched DDoS attacks on our network and our clients. The details are in the dossier below.

Also from the TorchByte side came direct threats against Emi, from stefan.straton. The screenshot below is kept as evidence.

The threat was explicit and violent: "break his legs if they catch him".

Seeing that BanatSync was under attack, our supporters reacted on their own initiative, and what happened from there on is no longer BanatSync's doing. On June 26, 2026 an announcement appeared that Emi was stepping down · it was a prank. Emi is not going anywhere: he remains the technical founder, Jules and Emi stay at the helm, and customer services are not affected. The only thing the joke exposed was who rushed to kick him on the way out · see a TorchByte partner's reaction below.

BanatSync firmly condemns these threats and harassment. The screenshots below are kept public as a record of what happened.

Intimidation builds nothing. BanatSync stands.
EVIDENCE · SCREENSHOTS

The screenshots

Screenshots kept as evidence.

1 screenshots
Conversation screenshot 1
stefan.straton: "Still keeping an eye on him. He is just a dumb Romanian, with some guy from Timisoara. If I catch him, I will break his legs."

And now, the company where it all started...

DOSSIER · TORCHBYTE

Cards on the table

The BanatSync · TorchByte conflict. It all started when TorchByte took RAM modules out of our server without permission. When Emi noticed, he ended all collaboration.

From there the DDoS attacks on our network and our clients began. Below are Emi's explanations, in two videos.

VIDEO EVIDENCE

What TorchByte did

Track record

  • Lawsuit lost to DataForest over unpaid debts

    Evidence:Court portal

  • 2023 · leak of the entire customer database

    Evidence:databreaches.net

  • 2024 · breach / hack (TIC Hosting Solutions)

    Evidence:databreaches.net 1databreaches.net 2

  • Incidents never reported to ANSPDCP despite the legal duty · they waited for the statute to lapse

Did this happen to you too?

This is the company some of you unfortunately trusted and got scammed by. If TorchByte did the same to you, send us the proof · we will upload it to our own cloud, where they can not touch it.

[email protected]
The takeaway

Put all the evidence together and a premeditated attack becomes clear: nuke, flood and more, leading to where things stand now.

Evidence
Image 1. A notification posted as if it came from BanatSync (@everyone), teasing "difficult news". This is only the start · the full text is in Image 2.
Image 2. Clear evidence of unfair competition and a deliberate attempt to steal BanatSync's clients. The full fake announcement: in BanatSync's name it falsely claims the company is "going bankrupt" because of "security breaches" and "officially and firmly" tells clients to move to TorchByte (link to torchbyte.com). The giveaway is the last line: "I hope this text helps... if you want us to change anything or emphasize a certain service, tell me!" · a text written to order, to impersonate BanatSync.
Image 3 · RHQ Network. RHQ Network (Bogdan Ionut), a TorchByte partner, reacting to the BanatSync announcement that Emi is stepping down: "don't come back emi, it is better for everyone". A TorchByte partner kicking him on the way out.
ON COMPETITION

At BanatSync we believe in competition · it pushes everyone to be better, and the customers are the ones who win. But competition comes with common-sense rules, and what happened here breaks every one of them.

Sabotage, attacks, impersonation and intimidating someone's people is not competition · it is fear. A new company growing, offering better services and earning people's trust is not a threat you answer with DDoS attacks, fake announcements and "do not come back" messages. You answer it by doing better work.

A company should not be buried for delivering more than you do. If the only response you have to a stronger competitor is to try to destroy it, you lost the contest long ago · on the field, not behind a screen.

BanatSync is still standing, and it will keep doing its job the right way, exactly as it has from the start.

WHAT WE DELIVERED

What BanatSync delivered from day one

Uptime 99.9%

No data loss

Custom billing platform

VPS automation

Top-tier anti-DDoS protection

through top-tier providers: Cogent, RETN and others

We believe we did nothing wrong · we proved we were technically superior.

We have many projects under wraps, ready to launch, whose release is currently postponed because of these events.

This is what hosting in Romania means..