US United States Sentencing Commission Jan 2014 Hacking (Q15414)
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A data breach risk event
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| English | US United States Sentencing Commission Jan 2014 Hacking |
A data breach risk event |
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January 2014
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Anonymous hacktivists have initiated a campaign called OpLastResort, a new operation that comes in response to the death of Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz. The first target of this operation is the website of the United States Sentencing Commission (ussc.gov), which the hackers defaced to display their message of protest against the US government and the justice system. Two weeks ago today, a line was crossed. Two weeks ago today, Aaron Swartz was killed. Killed because he faced an impossible choice. Killed because he was forced into playing a game he could not win -- a twisted and distorted perversion of justice -- a game where the only winning move was not to play, the hackers stated. Anonymous immediately convened an emergency council to discuss our response to this tragedy. After much (English)
