STOCKHOLM - Sweden's domestic intelligence agency said it would probe why the government's Web site crashed on Sunday amid reports hackers had sought revenge for a crackdown on alleged online piracy.
The government Web site went off line in the early hours of Sunday. The Internet home page of the national police crashed in similar fashion on Thursday.
The police Web site problem came a day after the Pirate Bay Internet page, which the recording industry calls a major source for downloading pirated music and films, was shut by police.
"They (the government) contacted us and wanted to make a police complaint that something has happened with their home page and it is now a question for us investigate if it is a crime or something else," said Anders Thornberg, a spokesman for the Security Police intelligence agency.