THN Weekly Roundup — 11 Most Important Hacking News Stories

We are back with our last week’s top cyber security threats and challenges, just in case you missed any of them (ICYMI).



THN Weekly Round Up is The Hacker News efforts to help you provide all important stories of last week in one shot.



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Here's the list:



1. Quantum

Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm, aka Anakata, Released from Prison

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, the co-founder of the notorious file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, has been released from a Sweden prison following three years behind bars for hacking and copyright offenses.



Yes, Svartholm Warg, also known as Anakata, is a free man again.



Svartholm was convicted on both Swedish copyright offences and Danish hacking conspiracy connected to The Pirate Bay.

The Pirate Bay Co-Founder Released From Swedish Prison

Fredrik Neij, the third and the last founder of the infamous file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, was released on Monday from a Swedish prison.



Neij, who goes by the online moniker "TiAMO", was arrested by Thai immigration authorities at the end of November 2014 while he was trying to cross the border illegally from Laos to Thailand and then extradited to a prison in Skänninge, Sweden.