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Following the largest case of its type in Denmark, in October 2014 Gottfrid Svartholm was found guilty of hacking IT company CSC. The Pirate Bay founder immediately appealed but after a technically complex hearing a jury at the High Court today unanimously upheld the decision of the lower court.
Right from the outset Gottfrid's position was that his computer, from where the hacking had taken place, had been compromised by outside attackers. Respected security expert Jacob Appelbaum gave evidence for the defense in support of this theory. However, the court was not convinced.
Whether the complexity of the case affected the jury will be a matter for future debate, but a few moments ago all three judges and all nine jurors upheld the District Court's decision handed down last October.
Original Submission
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2015, @07:07AM
From the danish website Version2:
The court said he's technically competent, so it is improbable that he would not know if someone was using his system remotely without permission.
Unlike the company he supposedly attacked, which didn't realize for months, even after the Swedish police told them about the attack. By the words of the court, we can conclude that this company is technically incompetent. Of course they are only one of the major IT suppliers to the danish government.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday June 18 2015, @11:42AM
Being competent doesn't equates to knowing everything. Anyway got to have an excuse for that company to leak personal data on every citizen.
Court - incompetent (and biased?)
Company - certified morons?