A schoolboy prank that got out of hand, or the low point of Swedish political debate? Sweden's newspapers are divided over the convictions of three people following the attempt by Liberal Party officials to access the Social Democrats' computer network before September's election.
Three people have been convicted over attempts by Liberal Party officials to access the Social Democrats' internal computer network. Former Liberal Party Secretary Johan Jakobsson and the party's press chief, Nikki Westerberg, were cleared. Young Liberal Niklas Lagerlöf was also cleared.
A trial that threatens to reopen old wounds in Sweden's Liberal Party opened in Stockholm on Tuesday, with four current and former staffers facing charges. The former press secretary of the party's youth wing has admitted illegally accessing the Social Democrats' internal computer network during last year's election campaign.
Six people suspected of involvement in the Liberal Party’s pre-election spying scandal are to face criminal charges, according to district prosecutor Maria Häljebo.
The Swedish Liberal Party has published the findings of its internal investigation into the unauthorized access to the Social Democrat’s internal computer network. According to lawyer Peter Danowsky, author of the six page report, there is no evidence that the information accessed has been used in any way.
A member of the Social Democrats' youth movement, SSU, has admitted handing over login details to the party's internal computer network to the Liberal Party. In return, he was given secret login details to the Liberals' internal network.
The Swedish election may be over but one issue is far from resolved. Indeed, the scandal surrounding the Liberal party's unauthorised access of the Social Democrats' computer network continues to grow.
The former secretary of the Liberal Party, Johan Jakobsson, is facing criminal charges over his role in the pre-election computer scandal, in which a party press officer gained unauthorised access to the Social Democrats' computer network.
Swedish Liberal Party leader Lars Leijonborg has denied that the party tried to bribe former press secretary Per Jodenius to keep quiet over how much he knew about attempts to spy on the Social Democrats' internal computer network.
Liberal leader Lars Leijonborg did not know that officials at his party were spying on the Social Democrats by logging into their internal network, the man at the centre of the scandal has said.
The Liberal Party wanted the media to chase scandals about the Social Democrats, and handed a journalist login details to the governing party's computer network. That is what former press secretary Per Jodenius told police during questioning.
A Swedish tabloid journalist was today officially named as a suspect in the scandal over unauthorized attempts to log in to the Social Democrats' network.
Many computer experts in Sweden are coming forward wondering how the Social Democrats were able to go so many months without noticing a break in their internal network.
Moderate Party leader Fredrik Reinfeldt has spoken out for the first time about the Liberal Party computer scandal that has engulfed Swedish politics since the beginning of the week.
The scandal over the Liberal Party's unauthorized access to the Social Democrats' internal computer network is now threatening to engulf the leadership of Lars Leijonborg just eleven days before the election.
One of the most senior officials in Sweden's Liberal Party resigned on Tuesday evening as a result of the scandal surrounding party staff accessing the Social Democrats' internal computer network.
The crisis at the Liberal Party deepened on Tuesday afternoon, after press chief Niki Westerberg was dragged into the criminal investigation over unauthorized access to the Social Democrats' computer network.
