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New Anonymous Hack Lets You Shoot Up Sites With Nyan Cat Spaceship
In the wake of Aaron Swartz’s suicide, your friendly neighbourhood cyber-vigilantes Anonymous have been lashing out. It’s mostly been DDOSes and cyber-vandalism, but its most recent project is a bit more fun and lets you play Asteroids with a Nyan Cat spaceship that blasts up sites.
Anonymous Attacks Department Of Justice Website Over Aaron Swartz’s Suicide
Since Aaron Swartz’s suicide two weeks ago — an incident largely blamed on the charges being levied against him — the ‘net has been grieving. And Anonymous has been doing that in its own special way: tearing stuff up.
Hackers Deface MIT Website In Aaron Swartz Suicide Revenge Attack
Last time Anonymous plunged into MIT’s servers, it was to set up a small memorial for Aaron Swartz. Today the whole homepage is defaced, and it’s really just incoherent. UPDATE: Hackers speak.
US Attorney Defends Prosecution Of Aaron Swartz
While activists rally in an attempt to rewrite the law, the US Attorney’s office in Massachusetts has issued a public statement which defends the prosecution of Aaron Swartz.
Academics Tweeting PDFs Of Journal Articles In Memory Of Aaron Swartz
There’s been a pretty big outpouring of grief following Aaron Swartz’s suicide, even from those who didn’t actually know him. And the trend is continuing. Many researchers and academics are now tweeting links to PDF files of their papers as a tribute.
Anonymous Hacks MIT In Aaron Swartz’s Name
The Internet is dealing with the suicide of gifted programmer and activist Aaron Swartz in a variety of ways — but Anonymous is responding with what it does best. Two of MIT’s sites have been hacked into memorials.
MIT Launching Internal Investigation To Determine Possible Role In Aaron Swartz Suicide
It’s no secret that a factor in Aaron Swartz’s recent suicide was likely the charges being pressed against him by in part by MIT over the whole JSTOR incident. While JSTOR backed off, MIT tacitly backed the U.S. attorneys who continued to push, hard. Now, after being criticized in a statement by Swartz’s friends and family, MIT has announced its intention to go back and investigate the legal action internally.
