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WikiLeaks’ web host raided by Swedish police after hacking of Swedish government servers

Published: 02 October, 2012,

“Several Swedish government agencies and businesses were the victims of cyber attacks in the days leading up to the raid.”

The Stockholm-based web host for WikiLeaks and The Pirate Bay has been raided by Swedish police.

Four of the firm’s servers were seized, though it remains unclear exactly who was being targeted.

The Stockholm-based web host PeRiQuito AB, or PRQ, was targeted by police on Monday, the company’s owner Mikael Viborg told local media.

“PRQ.se, one of a number of ISPs used by WikiLeaks has been raided by Swedish police; 4 servers seized. Police still in office,” WikiLeaks tweeted on Monday.

A large swatch of filesharing sites, including The Pirate Bay and PRQ’s own website have been down since the raid, though Viborg says the technical issues were unrelated to the seizure of the servers.

Other bittorrent sites which are currently unavailable include torrenthound.com, linkomanija.net and tankafetast.nu, release blog RLSLOG.net, and the sports streaming sites atdhenet.tv, hahasport.com, sportlemon.tv and stopstream.tv, Torrent Freak reports.

Viborg says the search warrant was related to intellectual property violations, though it remains unclear whose servers were impounded.

The Prosecutor General’s Office confirmed that a raid had taken place, but did not provide any additional information.

http://rt.com/news/webhost-raid-wikileaks-sweden-504/

October 3, 2012 - Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized