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Anonymous hacks US Sentencing Commission, distributes files

alisium — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:14:46 +0000

Hacktivist group Anonymous took control of the U.S. Sentencing Commission website Friday, January 25 in a new campaign called "Operation Last Resort." It appears that via the U.S. government website, Anonymous had distributed encrypted government files and left a statement on the website that de-encryption keys would be publicly released (thus releasing the as-yet unknown information held on the stolen files) if the U.S. government did not comply with Anonymous' ultimatum demands for legal reform.

Internet Freedom Fighter hounded to death for victimless "crime"

Suze — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:20:42 +0000

Internet freedom fighter, Aaron Swartz, commits suicide after government threatens him with a million dollar fine and up to 35 years in prison for downloading too many old journal articles.

Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants

lonelyhope — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:40:33 +0000

Proposed law scheduled for a vote next week originally increased Americans' e-mail privacy. Then law enforcement complained. Now it increases government access to e-mail and other digital files.

President Obama creating an ''Internet ID'' for Americans

boardsofcanada — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 22:59:26 +0000

>>President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority over a forthcoming cybersecurity effort to create an Internet ID for Americans, a White House official said here today.

>>It's "the absolute perfect spot in the U.S. government" to centralize efforts toward creating an "identity ecosystem" for the Internet, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt said.