Comment The real truth (Score 5, Informative) 92
Here's a more detailed article on the subject, ending with a highly amusing quote from Dan Egerstad about his real reason for releasing the log-in info.
Submission + - Swede hacks governments around the world
paulraps writes: A Swedish IT consultant has caused a stir in diplomatic circles after publishing a list of secret log-in details belonging to 100 embassies, public authorities and political parties around the world. Dan Egerstad said he wasn't trying to earn money, gain publicity or get a name for himself in hacking circles. Instead he claimed that publishing the list was easier than contacting the organisations individually — and that if he had handed it to the Swedish authorities then that would have been spying.
Submission + - Pirate Bay 'kept child porn link for two weeks' 1
paulraps writes: The Pirate Bay's legal position has just become decidedly murkier after it emerged that the torrent site hosted links to child pornography for two weeks after being made aware of its existence. The Swedish police say that it is a clear child pornography case, but the prosecutor says the Pirate Bay are not suspects since they did not actually host the material. What's more questionable is the response, grammar aside, of the site's moderator when the child pornography torrent was highlighted: "I don't give a **** if you folks are upset. Me and the other moderators job are NOT to have an opinion about if it is imoral or not."
Submission + - Sigbritt, 75, has world's fastest broadband
paulraps writes: A 75 year old woman from Karlstad in central Sweden has been given a scorching 40 Gbps internet connection — the fastest residential connection anywhere in the world, The Local reports. Sigbritt Löthberg is the mother of Swedish internet guru Peter Löthberg, who is using his mother to prove that fiber networks can deliver a cost-effective, ultra-fast connection. Sigbritt, who has never owned a computer before, can now watch 1,500 HDTV channels simultaneously or download a whole high definition DVD in two seconds. Apparently "the hardest part of the whole project was installing Windows on Sigbritt's PC".
Submission + - Swedish ISPs to reveal file-sharers' IP addresses
paulraps writes: Sweden's Justice Department is backing a new proposal that would enable copyright holders to find out the identities of people illegally sharing their material on the internet. If the draft proposal results in new legislation it will allow courts to order internet providers to reveal the identities of people suspected of sharing files containing copyrighted material.
Submission + - Pirate Bay faces block over child porn files
paulraps writes: File sharing site The Pirate Bay could be shut down next week, after Swedish police alleged that it is possible to access child pornography via the site. The owners deny the charge, and said that the police should first have informed them and should have be more concerned with trying to catch whoever is spreading the material. Sweden's 'Pirate Party' described the police's strategy as "a scandalous abuse of power".
Submission + - Google honcho likens Sweden to dictatorship
paulraps writes: Google has ruled out further investment in Sweden if controversial data-monitoring legislation is passed by the country's parliament. The search company's privacy chief reckons Sweden, in keeping tabs on traffic entering and leaving the country, is in danger of following a trend set by China and Saudi Arabia. Arguing that the law would compromise Google users' integrity by allowing Swedish authorities access to data that may not even concern Swedish activity, the company has submitted an objection to the Swedish justice department. But Sweden says it is a defence against organised crime and terrorism.
Submission + - Pirate Bay hacked - 1.6 million passwords exposed
paulraps writes: More bad news for The Pirate Bay. A week after a prosecutor announced charges against the file sharing site, hackers have stolen a list of all 1.6 million usernames and passwords for registered users, reports The Local. The group calls themselves "Angry Young Hackers" and they first hit the headlines when they defaced the website of Sweden's Anti-Piracy Bureau. So now nobody knows whose side they're on. Meanwhile, The Pirate Bay is urging users to change their passwords immediately.
Submission + - Prosecutor announces charges against Pirate Bay
paulraps writes: Almost a year after a police raid on the Pirate Bay's servers, a Swedish prosecutor has announced that he intends to press charges against the individuals behind the file-sharing giant. They will be prosecuted for various breaches of copyright law, reports The Local. But a Pirate Bay spokesman was defiant, saying, "I think they feel they have to do it. It would look bad otherwise, since they had 20 to 30 police officers involved in the raid."
