US prosecutors have mentioned that information belonging to Megaupload users and stored by third parties could be deleted as shortly as Thursday.
Users have been not able to to access information given the file-sharing service was raided.
The bell was done in a e-mail filed by the US Attorney's Office.
Megaupload's counsel Ira Rothken told the Associated Press that at least 50 million users had information that could be deleted.
Mr Rothken mentioned that chilly of Megaupload's supports meant it was not able to to pay those who were storing its data.
In the e-mail US prosecutors mentioned that the information that might be deleted was being hold by the storage companies Carpathia Hosting and Cogent Communications Group.
"It is our bargain that the hosting companies might start deletion the essence of the servers commencement as early as 2 February," it said.
The e-mail explains that in its investigations the US "copied choosen data" but did not eliminate any servers from the premises of possibly company.
It goes on to note that the information "remains at the premises tranquil by, and now beneath the manage of Carpathia and Cogent.
"Should the defendants instruct to get hold of eccentric access... that situation must be settled right away with Cogent or Carpathia."
However, in a matter Carpathia said: "Carpathia Hosting does not have, and has never had, access to the calm on Megaupload servers and has no resource for returning any calm residing on such servers to Megaupload's customers.
"The anxiety to the 2 February 2012 date in the Department of Justice e-mail is to deletion of calm is not formed on any information supposing by Carpathia to the US Government."
The firm mentioned that users looking to redeem their information would must be meeting Megaupload.
Cogent has not responded to an email sent by the BBC.
Earlier Megaupload's lawyer, Mr Rothken had told the Associated Press that he was "cautiously optimistic" that a treat could be done to save the information from being wiped.
He mentioned that the information would be indispensable by the defence.
Megaupload was close down on 19 January.
It had about 150 million purebred users, creation it a of the many renouned file-sharing services in the world.
US authorities are looking to extradite owner Kim Dotcom, moreover well known as Kim Schmitz, and 3 other defendants from New Zealand to the US.
Prosecutors have indicted it of costing
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