Wikileaks and PirateBay raided and taken down

[flobee1]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/10/01/wikileaks-and-pirate-bay-web-host-prq-raided-by-swedish-police/

The Stockholm-based web host PeRiQuito AB, or PRQ, has long attracted some of the most controversial sites on the Internet. Now it’s attracted a less friendly guest: Sweden’s police force

Viborg told the Swedish news site that the site outages were the result of a technical issue, rather than the police’s seizure of servers. And it’s not yet clear exactly whose servers the police seized

“Even though I loathe what they say, I defend them,” Viborg told me when we spoke last August, regarding his most controversial clients like Pedophile.se and NAMBLA. “We don’t cooperate with the authorities unless we absolutely have to.”

[Cooley Hurd]

1. TPB is definitely down...

[msanthrope]

2. Unrec for misleading headline---"site outages result of a technical issue rather than...seizure."

But you claim that sites were "raided and taken down."

[riderinthestorm]

5. Damn Forbes - always known for being on the side of anti-corporatist whistleblowers!

Fucking up those headlines... they're sooooo untrustworthy. How dare they!

[randome]

3. Incredible.

“We don’t cooperate with the authorities unless we absolutely have to.”

But they will cooperate with Pedophile.se and NAMBLA because...well, just because.

[tama]

4. ...

"Viborg has told me that the company has a policy of no-questions-asked service for many of its customers, even accepting cash payments up front to avoid requiring any bank payment details that might identify its server room’s inhabitants. “Generally we don’t know who our customers are,” Viborg said. “By Swedish law, we’re not required to.”"

[davidpdx]

6. Lost Deminoid about 6 weeks ago. They are dropping like flies

[riderinthestorm]

7. More like getting crushed by the biggest fly swatter on the planet....

[davidpdx]

8. Yep

I wouldn't even think about doing that stuff in the US. You'd get caught in a heartbeat. Now that Japan has "fallen" we may be next.

[PopeOxycontinI]

9. Hmmm...

Pirate bay is down for me, but Wikileaks works.