https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed After seeing defence secrets and sensitive business information fall into the hands of foreign hackers, Denmark is ready to strike back. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150102/denmark-prepares-to-wage-cyber-warfare Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:34:00 +0100 denmark-prepares-to-wage-cyber-warfare Activist and writer Peter Kofod argues that the trial of Swedish Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg represented a total failure on the part of the Danish police and legal system. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141101/denmark-handled-hacking-trial-like-a-banana-republic Sat, 01 Nov 2014 09:46:00 +0100 denmark-handled-hacking-trial-like-a-banana-republic Both defendants in an historic hacking case received prison sentences on Friday. Swedish 'hactivist' Gottfrid Svartholm Warg will appeal against his sentence while his Danish co-defendant is already a free man. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141031/pirate-bay-founder-sentenced-to-three-years-prison Fri, 31 Oct 2014 14:35:00 +0100 pirate-bay-founder-sentenced-to-three-years-prison UPDATED: Gottrid Svartholm Warg and his 21-year-old Danish co-defendant were found guilty on Thursday morning, with the Dane released on time served and Warg to be sentenced on Friday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141030/pirate-bay-co-founder-found-guilty-in-historic-hacker-case Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:01:00 +0100 pirate-bay-co-founder-found-guilty-in-historic-hacker-case Denmark's largest weapons company and up to four other defence targets were successfully hacked over a period of four years, and signs point to China. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140926/danish-defence-secrets-obtained-by-foreign-hackers Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:54:00 +0200 danish-defence-secrets-obtained-by-foreign-hackers The Center for Cyber Security says it has an idea of who carried out the previously-secret "state-sponsored" attacks in 2012 but doesn't name names. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140922/denmark-was-hacked-by-state-sponsored-spies Mon, 22 Sep 2014 16:01:00 +0200 denmark-was-hacked-by-state-sponsored-spies American computer security expert and hacker Jacob Appelbaum said that the evidence in Denmark's largest ever hacking case is "tainted" and the prosecution "doesn't understand anything related to technology at all". https://www.thelocal.dk/20140913/american-it-expert-casts-doubt-on-hacking-allegations Sat, 13 Sep 2014 12:06:00 +0200 american-it-expert-casts-doubt-on-hacking-allegations The Danish man accused alongside Pirate Bay co-found Gottfrid Svartholm Warg made his first public comments since being arrested in June 2013. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140910/accused-hacker-pirate-bay-case Wed, 10 Sep 2014 19:05:00 +0200 accused-hacker-pirate-bay-case In his first remarks in court, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg gives up the nicknames of those he blames for remotely using his computer to hack into public database. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140903/hacker-accuses-prosecution-of-smear-campaign Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:14:00 +0200 hacker-accuses-prosecution-of-smear-campaign The trial of Pirate Bay co-founder Gottrid Svartholm Warg and his Danish co-defendant began with an almost immediate delay followed by the surprise showing of a hitherto unseen video of the hacker known as anakata. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140902/prosecution-presents-case-in-hacker-trial Tue, 02 Sep 2014 23:55:00 +0200 prosecution-presents-case-in-hacker-trial Surprise introduction of new material leads the trial to be halted less than 30 minutes after it starts. Co-defendant's grandfather tells The Local that the police have "absolutely nothing" to go on. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140902/pirate-bay-hacking-case-starts-in-confusion Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:46:00 +0200 pirate-bay-hacking-case-starts-in-confusion The trial of Swedish Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and a 21-year-old Danish man will enter "virgin territory" as nothing of its type and scope has been seen in Denmark before. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140901/pirate-bay-founders-trial-set-to-begin Mon, 01 Sep 2014 17:30:00 +0200 pirate-bay-founders-trial-set-to-begin The FBI's meetings with a WikiLeaks defector in Denmark were illegal and the Danish authorities knew about it, the whistleblowing organization claims in a criminal complaint filed with the East Jutland Police. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140713/wikileaks Sun, 13 Jul 2014 15:50:00 +0200 wikileaks The Swedish co-founder of Pirate Bay has been in Danish custody since November. His court appearances have been behind closed doors, but thanks to a freedom of information request, the charges against are finally made known. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140703/indictment-made-public-in-historic-hacker-case Thu, 03 Jul 2014 18:01:00 +0200 indictment-made-public-in-historic-hacker-case