ThePirateBay.org, a popular file sharing website, was apparently hacked through a glitch in their blog software.
Pirate Bay has admitted that the intruders got away with the entire database of roughly 1.6 million user names and passwords.
In a blog post that was entitled 'User data stolen, but not unsecured', the site admits to the breach in their security, but claims that it's 'not a big deal', because the information is encrypted.
The website still advises all of it's users to change their password as soon as they can, and if they have the same username/password combination on any other website, they should change that as well.
The blog post says:
"Some people (and yes, we know who) found a security hole on our web site (in fact, actually in this blog). They have got a copy of the user database. That is, your username and passwords. But, the passwords are stored encrypted, so it's not a big deal, but it's still very sad that it's out there .”
The initial reports that were in a local Swedish press had suggested that those who were responsible were a Swedish hacking group known as Arga Unga Hackare (AUH). AUH gained fame in the computer security field for hacking into Sweden's largest anti-piracy organization in 2005.
AUH has completely denied responsibility, however, Pirate Bay's co-founder, Peter Sunde, said that the group was not behind the attack.
However, Sunde will not release who was actually behind the incident.
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