AfterDawn: Tech news

Appeals court reduces sentence for Gottfrid Svartholm Warg hacking conviction

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 25 Sep 2013 11:37

Appeals court reduces sentence for Gottfrid Svartholm Warg hacking conviction

After a two day delay, a Swedish appeals court has reduced the hacking sentence for Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg in half.
The hacker will now face one year in prison for his part in hacking the Swedish IT company Logica and the Nordic bank Nordea. Svartholm was convicted of hacking, aggravated fraud and attempted aggravated fraud in the original case.

In the appealed decision, the Svea court dismissed the charges related to Nordea, citing new evidence that showed that Warg's computer may have been remotely operated during the incident.

Warg was also convicted in 2008 along with the other three founders of the Pirate Bay for copyright infringement.

Previous Next  
Comments have been disabled for this article.

Latest news

Roomba Combo j7+ review - Clever trick allows robot vacuum finally to tackle home with rugs and carpets Roomba Combo j7+ review - Clever trick allows robot vacuum finally to tackle home with rugs and carpets (06 Jun 2023 9:19)
Roomba Combo j7+ is the very first Roomba model to combine robot vacuum with mopping features. And Roomba Combo j7+ does all that with a very clever trick, which tackles the problem with mopping and carpets. But is it any good? We found out.
Neato, the robot vacuum company, ends its operations Neato, the robot vacuum company, ends its operations (02 May 2023 3:38)
Neato Robotics has ceased its operations. American robot vacuum pioneer founded in 2005 has finally called it quits and company will cease its operations and sales. Only a skeleton crew will remain who will keep the servers running until 2028.
5 user comments
How to Send Messages to Yourself on WhatsApp How to Send Messages to Yourself on WhatsApp (20 Mar 2023 1:25)
The world's most popular messaging platform, Meta-owned WhatsApp has enabled sending messages to yourself. While at first, this might seem like an odd feature, it can be very useful in a lot of situations. ....
18 user comments
How to Enable Bluetooth on Stadia Controller How to Enable Bluetooth on Stadia Controller (11 Feb 2023 1:04)
Google shut down its streaming game service Stadia late last month and this means that some people have Stadia controllers lying around that seem to be of no use. That is fortunately not the ....
2 user comments
Guide: How to Kick Unwanted Guests from Your Netflix Account Guide: How to Kick Unwanted Guests from Your Netflix Account (26 Jan 2023 2:14)
Sharing a Netflix account with a person in a different location is possible and indeed very common, although the company doesn't necessarily enjoy this behavior from their customers. However, ....

News archive