Pirate Bay Co-Founder Indicted For Hacking, Fraud

An anonymous reader writes "Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, a.k.a. 'anakata,' co-founder of The Pirate Bay, has been indicted by a Swedish court on charges of computer hacking and fraud. The prosecuting attorney said, 'A large amount of data from companies and agencies was taken during the hack, including a large amount of personal data, such as personal identity numbers of people with protected identities.' According to Ars, 'The first count of hacking involves allegedly unlawfully using another person's username and password to search Infotorg, a well-known massive privately held commercial database of "private individuals, companies, properties and vehicles." The second count, as previously reported, involves an alleged hack dating back to 2010 of Logica, a Swedish IT firm that contracts with the Swedish tax authority. In March 2012, Logica was hit by an online attack that resulted in around 9,000 Swedes (Google Translate) having their personal identity numbers and names released to the public. ... The third count of hacking, allegedly taking place between July and August 2012, accuses Svartholm Warg of unauthorized access of major Nordic region bank Nordea's computers. The fraud charges accuse Svartholm Warg of allegedly transferring and attempting to transfer money from Nordea to other unauthorized bank accounts.'"

Comments

Re:Did he really do it?

[DougOtto]

As opposed to a really excellent rapist? You know, the kind that brings flowers.

What about the other bay?

[frovingslosh]

Heck with this, when are they going to go after the criminals that run the bay that begins with an E?

Re:Did he really do it?

[Anonymous Coward]

They never say no after the first drink that *I* buy them.

Re:Did he really do it?

[gmhowell]

Everyone agrees he was in a snatch zone. The only question is whether it was rape.