computer programs and video game software. In September 2010, after being in the planning for two years, the police executed a file sharing raid in up to 14 countries across Europe. Started by the Belgian authorities, it is suspected that a scene group in Belgium had been infiltrated. Some of the ranked sites affected by the busts are BAR, LOST, DLR and SC. In December 2010, a site known as Devil was raided by the Swedish police after receiving information from an anti-piracy group. At least a dozen computers and servers were seized, containing more than 200 terabytes of media. In January 2011, the Dutch anti-piracy organization BREIN claimed to have taken down their largest topsite ever: Swan (previously known as ATS). According to BREIN it contained 220 TB of data spread over 12 servers, but the operator of Swan, MrTB in Costa Rica, said it were only 8 servers with 175 TB of data. The site was taken down by hosting provider WorldStream and without judicial process BREIN seized its servers. The owners of the servers retaliated by seizing them back and may sue BREIN for breach of privacy and property rights as BREIN is a private organization and has no special legal or investigative authority. Not all takedowns are successful. Operation Bahnhof (March 2005) failed when the officials entered an area that their warrant didn't include. Although they found several dedicated servers with terabytes of illegal material, they ended up being sued for illegal trespassing and harassment, and were accused of planting evidence, since one of the Antipiratbyrån (Swedish anti-piracy group) employees was trying to infiltrate the scene to gather evidence, and in doing so violated Swedish laws against entrapment. Software Some software that is used to run topsites. FTP daemons glFTPd DrFTPD ioFTPD RaidenFTPD See also Warez Bulletin board system Pubstro References External links Wired magazine article about the phenomenon: The shadow internet NetMonkey Weekend Report (NWR) article on topsite FTP daemons The Significance of the Huge European Warez Scene Raids Warez