Bahnhof slams antipiracy ambush

Swedish ISP Bahnhof is considering legal action after it emerged that illegal material uncovered in a raid on its premises was placed there by a paid informant of the antipiracy group that mounted the operation.

Speaking to The Register, Jon Karlung, Banhof's CEO, claimed that the pirated materials found on its servers were placed there by Rouge. "He logged in from outside," he said.

Bahnhof was "the victim of a badly arranged ambush", said Karlung, which had only resulted in what Swedish police viewed as "a low priority case".

Whether Bahnhof had been an unwitting victim of Rouge, illegal activity in Sweden had dropped since the raid, said Ponten. "The scene in Sweden is totally quiet right now."

This may in part be because Sweden's digital underworld has turned its attention to Antipiratbyran.

Ponten confirmed the organization's web site has been under attack since the raids. In addition, he said, Antipiratbyran's office had come under physical attack and he had received death threats.