Pirate Bay cofounder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has been charged on suspicion that he hacked into a variety of companies, as well as fraudulently withdrawing money from the Swedish Nordea bank.


Prosecutors claim he—along with three others—hacked IBM mainframes belonging to tax firm Logica and the bank. The crimes are said to have occurred between 2010 and 2012. Prosecutor Henrik Olin told the local press:

"A large amount of data from companies and agencies was taken during the hack, including a large amount of personal data, such as personal identity numbers of people with protected identities... I'd say that Svartholm Warg is the main person and brains behind the hacker attack."


Apparently the four men withdrew almost $900,000 from a number of different bank accounts. Svartholm Warg was deported back to Sweden from Cambodia last year—and is currently serving a jail term on separate charges related to Pirate Pay. Oh dear. [Naked Security]