Incident
incident:the_pirate_bay
Also: Pirate Bay case, Pirate Bay takedowns
The prolonged legal, political, infrastructure, and censorship conflict surrounding the service.
The prolonged legal, political, infrastructure, and censorship conflict surrounding the service.
“for the rest of this episode, I want to hear about all the ways people have tried to stop The Pirate Bay”
“The trial for their appeal came around and the courts decided they were guilty again”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | INVOLVES | Kavkaz Center | Explicit | 92 |
| outgoing | ATTRIBUTED_TO | Vladimir Putin | Attributed | 92 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | DNS blocking | Explicit | 92 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | BGP route sinkholing | Explicit | 92 |
| outgoing | INVOLVES | denial-of-service attack | Explicit | 92 |
The Pirate Bay INVOLVES Kavkaz Center
The first major Pirate Bay takedown involved a police raid aimed at PRQ's customer Kavkaz Center, which also took The Pirate Bay offline.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi EP 92 Details
“Accidentally, it took down The Pirate Bay as well”
The Pirate Bay ATTRIBUTED_TO Vladimir Putin
Peter attributes the first raid to Vladimir Putin being upset about PRQ hosting a Chechen rebel movement; Jack repeats that attribution, though the account is presented by the speakers rather than independently established.
Attributed Confidence 88% · Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi EP 92 Details
“It was because of Putin being upset with PRQ hosting a customer which was a Chechen rebel movement”
The Pirate Bay INVOLVES DNS blocking
The Pirate Bay was subjected to DNS blocking in Denmark and other country-level access restrictions.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 92 Details
“the largest ISP in Denmark put in place a DNS block so users couldn’t get to The Pirate Bay”
The Pirate Bay INVOLVES BGP route sinkholing
Major backbone providers stopped forwarding traffic destined for The Pirate Bay by sinkholing its BGP routes.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 92 Details
“major backbone providers stopped forwarding traffic destined to The Pirate Bay”
The Pirate Bay INVOLVES denial-of-service attack
The Pirate Bay experienced denial-of-service attacks attributed in the episode to MediaDefender.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 92 Details
“MediaDefender was conducting denial-of-service attacks on The Pirate Bay”