Posted on 06/05/2006 6:01:46 PM PDT by LouAvul
The Web site of Sweden's national police was shut down after a hacker attack that investigators on Friday said could be a retaliation for a crackdown on a popular file-sharing site called The Pirate Bay.
Meanwhile, the government faced allegations that police had acted under pressure from U.S. authorities when they targeted the file-sharing site in raids earlier this week.
The police Web site was closed late Thursday after a so-called denial of service attack, in which hackers overload a single network by directing massive traffic to the site, police spokesman Lars Lindahl said. He did not rule out that the attack was linked to the police crackdown on The Pirate Bay on Wednesday.
"It is quite possible, but that is only speculation," Lindahl said, adding a criminal investigation had been launched into the hacker attack.
In Wednesday's crackdown on illegal file-sharing, police said they raided about 10 locations in central Sweden and detained three men linked to The Pirate Bay on suspicions of violating copyright laws. The three Swedes were later released but could still face charges, Stockholm police spokesman Ulf Goranzon said.
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wow, loaded question. They break into someones system and use it for their own purposes.
There are better, and much faster ways.
I hope you won't mind me not broadcasting them: I work in computer security. If you really want to learn, it's not hard, but I'd suggest staying in the "White Hat" community.
i.e. those of us who defend systems and stay within the law. . .
These bozos are'nt hackers they're skript kiddies.
They are just DDOSing the cops web sight. Takes about as much brains as TPing a house.
if you are interested in seeing how much activity admins and coders are taking to keep the net up and running a good place to start is http://www.insecure.org
true, but it is a bummer about the Pirate site, best one out there, I do not do illegal stuff, but there is a lot of things you can get besides, old DOS games......
How? Where? I'm not going to break any laws. Just curious how the whole thing works.
For example, in the movies the hacker just sits at a computer guessing passwords. There's got to be more to it than that.
Does that earn you the same status as being the best yodeler in Compton?
It will keep them out of trouble.
Like mathematics, there is no Royal Road to hacking.
And if you were really interested, you'd already have begun.
But I'll have mercy on you, and give you a hint.
Google is your friend.
Good luck, and try not to hack the Pentagon on your first try: it generally leads to a long stay at some sub-standard federal housing. . .
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