By: iPadfanzz staff on January 26, 2013
Internet activist group Anonymous has hacked the US federal sentencing website in retaliation for the death of Aaron Schwartz, and has threatened to leak sensitive government information.
The group used the front page of Ussc.gov — the Federal agency that establishes sentencing policies and practices for the Federal courts — was filled with a declaration of "war" on the U.S. government.
Anonymous blamed US federal prosecutors and that country's justice system for the death of internet activist Aaron Schwartz.
Anonymous explained that they used this webiste for symbolic reasons. "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," said the message posted by Anonymous on USSC website.
Swartz, 26, the Reddit programmer and Internet activist, committed suicide earlier this month and was facing hacking charges. His federal trial was due to be held in February. If found guilty, he could have faced up to 35 years in prison.
In a video, the group also talks of planting "multiple warheads" on "compromised systems" on various unnamed websites, and encourages members to download a given file from ussc.gov that is "primed, armed and quietly distributed to numerous mirrors."
The statement also suggested the hackers had sensitive information relating to a number of US judges that may be made public.
Internet activist group Anonymous has hacked the US federal sentencing website in retaliation for the death of Aaron Schwartz, and has threatened to leak sensitive government information.
The group used the front page of Ussc.gov — the Federal agency that establishes sentencing policies and practices for the Federal courts — was filled with a declaration of "war" on the U.S. government.
Anonymous blamed US federal prosecutors and that country's justice system for the death of internet activist Aaron Schwartz.
Anonymous explained that they used this webiste for symbolic reasons. "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," said the message posted by Anonymous on USSC website.
Swartz, 26, the Reddit programmer and Internet activist, committed suicide earlier this month and was facing hacking charges. His federal trial was due to be held in February. If found guilty, he could have faced up to 35 years in prison.
In a video, the group also talks of planting "multiple warheads" on "compromised systems" on various unnamed websites, and encourages members to download a given file from ussc.gov that is "primed, armed and quietly distributed to numerous mirrors."
The statement also suggested the hackers had sensitive information relating to a number of US judges that may be made public.
