Swedish police Web site shut down by hacker attack

June 2nd, 2006

(AP) -- The Web site of Sweden's national police was shut down after a hacker attack that investigators on Friday said could be a retaliation for a crackdown on a popular file-sharing site called The Pirate Bay.

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