p2p news / p2pnet: Hackers have attacked the web site of the Swedish police, forcing it offline.

The hack follows the Hollywood-initiated attack on ThePirateBay.org but, “It is not clear whether the attack is linked to the police action against The Pirate Bay,” says the BBC, going on:

“On Wednesday, officers raided 10 locations across the country, confiscating the computers and detaining three men suspected of violating copyright laws. The three have since been released, but a spokesman said they could still face charges.”

TPB, “became a dominant player in tracking BitTorrent files when another search index, SuprNova.org, met its demise in late 2004,” says the story, adding, “SuprNova.org, shut down after a relentless campaign by the entertainment industry to close its operations.”

Yesterday, TPB’s operators said they although the site was down, it wouldn’t stay that way for long.

And on the three who were arrested, “They are being charged with copyright infringement,” TPB spokesperson darknite told zeiTspuk.

“This could change, though,” darknite stated.

“We suspect that AntiPiratByrån mislead the police, accusing ThePirateBay actually offering Warez on the servers.”

Meanwhile, “The MPAA et al. claim to be financially hurt by the actions of sites like these, but as yet have not produced any (and I really do mean any) evidence of this,” B. Jones points out on N2N News, continuing:

“Studies, yes. Hypothesis, yes. Evidence, no. An estimation based on assumptions doesn’t have any factual relevance. If I made an assumption about how many more years I’ll live, based on my lifestyle, general health, etc. It might be a very nice estimate, very pretty, comforting and so on. If, however, I go and get hit by a truck tomorrow, or get the Bird Flu, it won’t matter how accurate the assertions are that made up the lifespan estimation, because in the end, the facts (how much longer I actually did live) didn’t bear it out. That is something the media has yet to understand, or distinguish. For Gameswitch, no estimation is needed. Their business is shut down. They are losing money and who’s the people behind it?

“Whoever ordered this raid, and whoever was the on-scene commander, is probably going to be out on their backside after this fiasco. If you’re going to do a job, don’t do one that’s got world-wide interest, and then mess it up so grievously. Not if you want any sort of public respect left. This is right up their with the Michael Brown/FEMA emails from Katrina.”

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Also See:
BBC - Hackers hit Swedish police site, June 2, 2006
for long - Return of the Pirate Bay, June 1, 2006
zeiTspuk - The Pirate Bay interview, June 1, 2006
N2N News - Pirates Ahoy!, June 1, 2006

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