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The founder of torrent website Pirate Bay faces a long prison sentence today for accessing state files in what Danish prosecutors called the country's "biggest hacking case to date". The founder of torrent website Pirate Bay was jailed for three-and-a-half years today for accessing state files in what Danish prosecutors called the country's "biggest hacking case to date".
Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, 30, and his unnamed co-defendent were found guilty yesterday of illegally accessing police and social security information from US technology company CSC. Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, 30, was sentenced at Court of Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, for illegally accessing police and social security information of US technology firm CSC for six months from February 2012.
His 21-year-old accomplice walked free from the court yesterday in Copenhagen after serving a 17-month pre-trial detention for accessing the files for six months from February 2012 while Warg faces up to six years in prison. He and his unnamed co-defendent were found guilty of the charge yesterday but his 21-year-old accomplice walked free from the court after serving a 17-month pre-trial detention.
The hundreds and thousands of files included police criminal records, email addresses and passwords of 10,000 officers and a SIS-register of internationally wanted persons.The hundreds and thousands of files included police criminal records, email addresses and passwords of 10,000 officers and a SIS-register of internationally wanted persons.
Defence lawyers said that the hacking attacks were carried out by someone else using a computer owned by the defendent to steal the files but Warg, also known by pseudonym Anakata, has declined to name them.Defence lawyers said that the hacking attacks were carried out by someone else using a computer owned by the defendent to steal the files but Warg, also known by pseudonym Anakata, has declined to name them.
Jacob Appelbaum, a renowned freedom of information activist who collaborated with Edward Snowden in the leaking of NSA files, said it would have been easy for an outsider to gain access to Warg’s computer.Jacob Appelbaum, a renowned freedom of information activist who collaborated with Edward Snowden in the leaking of NSA files, said it would have been easy for an outsider to gain access to Warg’s computer.
After considering evidence, the Judge Kari Sørensen and the jury said it was "unlikely" that other people were responsible.After considering evidence, the Judge Kari Sørensen and the jury said it was "unlikely" that other people were responsible.
Warg was arrested in Cambodia in 2012 and was extradited to Sweden the next year to serve a one-year sentence for hacking IT consulting firm Logica, which provides tax services to the Swedish government, and his then-accomplice was put on probation.Warg was arrested in Cambodia in 2012 and was extradited to Sweden the next year to serve a one-year sentence for hacking IT consulting firm Logica, which provides tax services to the Swedish government, and his then-accomplice was put on probation.
He also served a jail term for copyright theft because of his involvement with the Pirate Bay file-sharing site that provides illegal music, film, software and book downloads.He also served a jail term for copyright theft because of his involvement with the Pirate Bay file-sharing site that provides illegal music, film, software and book downloads.