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| Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Warg gets lengthy jail term | Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Warg gets lengthy jail term |
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| Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Warg has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for hacking into computers and illegally downloading files. | Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Warg has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for hacking into computers and illegally downloading files. |
| He and a co-defendant were convicted of breaking into computers owned by technology services giant CSC by a Danish court. | He and a co-defendant were convicted of breaking into computers owned by technology services giant CSC by a Danish court. |
| They downloaded police and social security files from the computers. | They downloaded police and social security files from the computers. |
| Prosecutors said it was the "largest hacking case to date". | Prosecutors said it was the "largest hacking case to date". |
| Soon after the sentence was announced, lawyers representing Mr Warg said they would launch an appeal. | |
| Warg's accomplice was given a six-month jail sentence but walked free from the court, having served 17 months in pre-trial detention. | Warg's accomplice was given a six-month jail sentence but walked free from the court, having served 17 months in pre-trial detention. |
| The initial hack attack took place in February 2012 and gave the pair access to the sensitive information, including social security numbers and police records, for about six months. | |
| Defence lawyers said that, although the hack attacks were carried out using a computer owned by Warg, he was not the person that used it to steal the files. | Defence lawyers said that, although the hack attacks were carried out using a computer owned by Warg, he was not the person that used it to steal the files. |
| Instead, they said, an unnamed hacker took over this machine and used it to carry out the attacks. Warg has declined to name this other hacker. | Instead, they said, an unnamed hacker took over this machine and used it to carry out the attacks. Warg has declined to name this other hacker. |
| After considering evidence, the judge and jury in the case said it was "unlikely" that other people were responsible. | After considering evidence, the judge and jury in the case said it was "unlikely" that other people were responsible. |
| The court's decision is the third to go against Warg in the last five years. | The court's decision is the third to go against Warg in the last five years. |
| He was deported from Cambodia in September 2013 to Sweden where he served a jail term for copyright theft because of his involvement with the Pirate Bay file-sharing site. | He was deported from Cambodia in September 2013 to Sweden where he served a jail term for copyright theft because of his involvement with the Pirate Bay file-sharing site. |
| In a separate trial in 2013, Warg was sentenced to two years in a Swedish jail for hacking into a bank's computers. This sentence was reduced to one year on appeal. | In a separate trial in 2013, Warg was sentenced to two years in a Swedish jail for hacking into a bank's computers. This sentence was reduced to one year on appeal. |
| In that trial, Warg and accomplice were found guilty of breaking into the computer systems of computer services firm Logica, which was doing work for Sweden's tax office and a bank. On that occasion his accomplice was put on probation. | In that trial, Warg and accomplice were found guilty of breaking into the computer systems of computer services firm Logica, which was doing work for Sweden's tax office and a bank. On that occasion his accomplice was put on probation. |
| In late November 2013 he was deported to Denmark to face charges in the CSC hacking cases. | In late November 2013 he was deported to Denmark to face charges in the CSC hacking cases. |