The ‘missing’ Pirate Bay founders are okay says HITB
Two founders’ no-display at HITB protection convention reasons an awful lot speculation and difficulty Mere twist of fate: One advised no longer to tour, the opposite fell sick, says HITB THE Pirate Bay founders Peter ‘brokep’ Sunde and Fredrik ‘tiamo’ Neij failed to show up for a scheduled appearance on the Hack In The Box Security Conference (HITBSecConf2012) in Kuala Lumpur, leading to lots hypothesis over their “disappearance.” The rumor mill started out grinding when an announcer advised individuals eagerly awaiting the duo’s speak on Data Is Political at 3pm, Oct 10 (Malaysian time), that they have been “stopped in Bangkok.” Sunde and Neij face a prison sentence and hundreds of thousands in fines in Sweden for copyright violation. Some attendees, such as Digital News Asia (DNA), straight away tweeted the “news,” until a rationalization became made soon after. However, for a few hours, their destiny was unknown. Sunde become alleged to have flown in from Europe; and ...