Activism

Hacktivist Outfit LulzSec Says Bon Voyage

Staff / Truthdig Jun 26, 2011 Lulz Security is no more The humorous hackers who attacked targets including PBS and the CIA released a statement announcing that "Our planned 50 day cruise has expired, and we must now sail into the distance " (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Staff / Truthdig Jun 22, 2011 Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Anonymous and LulzSec Join Forces

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2011 Two groups of cyber-rabble-rousers whose members already may share a synergistic relationship are teaming up to do their hacktivism in tandem, and on Monday LulzSec and Anonymous kicked off their "AntiSec" campaign with an auspicious first target. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hack Attack: Senate, CIA Sites Take a Hit

Staff / Truthdig Jun 16, 2011 A band of hackers by the collective name of LulzSec brought the CIA's website down for the count Wednesday, and while they were at it the technogeeks broke into the Senate's site. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Staff / Truthdig Jun 15, 2011 Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hackers Arrested as Turkey Embraces Big Brother

Staff / Truthdig Jun 14, 2011 Turkish police made a successful foray into the hacking community Monday with the arrests of 32 suspected local members of Anonymous after the group's attack on a government telecommunications website Thursday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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Staff / Truthdig Jun 8, 2011 Who made your week by speaking truth to power, blowing the whistle or standing up to injustice? Let us know here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Estimated 1 in 4 U.S. Hackers Working for the Man

Staff / Truthdig Jun 7, 2011 One year after suspected WikiLeaker Pfc. Bradley Manning was outed to the FBI by his confidant, Adrian Lamo, the hacking community is steeped in tension and mistrust, with the publisher of a popular trade journal estimating that a quarter of all U.S. hackers are recruited informers for the federal government. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hackers to the Rescue

Staff / Truthdig Jun 6, 2011 This weekend, hackers from around the world met at "hackathon" events to tackle climate change and disaster-risk management during the semiannual Random Hacks of Kindness global conference. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Greenpeace Rattles an Oil Rig Off Greenland

Staff / Truthdig Jun 5, 2011 U.K.-based Cairn Energy suspended deep-water drilling operations on a platform off the southwest coast of Greenland after Greenpeace activists boarded the rig to demand the release of the company's unpublished oil spill response plan. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hackers Punish PBS for ‘Less Than Impressive’ WikiLeaks Show

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2011 "Less than impressed" with "Frontline's" "WikiSecrets" episode, a hacker or group of hackers called LulzSec hijacked the PBS.org website late Sunday night, posting, among other things, a fake news story claiming Tupac Shakur is alive and living in New Zealand. If you caught "WikiSecrets," you might sympathize with the crusading hacker(s). (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Workers of the World Unite for International Workers’ Day

Staff / Truthdig May 2, 2011 Suffering austerity measures imposed by many of the world's governments to deal with a shortage of public funds, workers and activists rallied around the globe May 1 to demand the creation of jobs, decent wages and improved working conditions. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )