Ha! The hacker who broke in to the Protest Warrior web site some time ago has been caught and now faces serious consequences, though not as serious as I think I and thousands of other people who have little patience for such lowlifes would have it. Of course, now he's raising money for his defence and claiming he's the victim. Hey kid, you ain't no political prisoner.
"The FBI alleges that he is involved with an underground hacking group that has hacked and gained acess to the right-wing website ProtestWarrior and took credit card numbers belonging to people who ordered products off of their online store. The FBI says that he was involved in a plot to make donations from these credit card numbers to various humanitarian charities, civil rights activists, and leftist protest groups.
These charges are outrageous and reactionary because none of this has actually happened. The website has not been defaced and no credit card numbers has been billed."
Uh, yeah. That's generally the case when you stop a criminal plot before it can be carried out.
Maybe it would have been better for the Feds to let a few of the cards be charged, so these guys could be caught in the act.
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Hacker hacks site, steals credit card info, violates privacy, threatens users...claims he's a victim
From the FreeJeremy FAQ:
"The FBI alleges that he is involved with an underground hacking group that has hacked and gained acess to the right-wing website ProtestWarrior and took credit card numbers belonging to people who ordered products off of their online store. The FBI says that he was involved in a plot to make donations from these credit card numbers to various humanitarian charities, civil rights activists, and leftist protest groups.
These charges are outrageous and reactionary because none of this has actually happened. The website has not been defaced and no credit card numbers has been billed."
Uh, yeah. That's generally the case when you stop a criminal plot before it can be carried out.
Maybe it would have been better for the Feds to let a few of the cards be charged, so these guys could be caught in the act.