Truthdigger of the Week: Jeremy Hammond

BLANK Nov 18, 2013 In a statement made Friday just before he was sentenced to 10 years in jail for hacktivism, Jeremy Hammond confirmed his role as a living martyr for the human cause.Just before he was sentenced to 10 years in jail for hacktivism, Jeremy Hammond confirmed his role as a living martyr for the human cause. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Hacker Faces More Jail Time Than Rapists He Helped Expose (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Jun 17, 2013 In America, rape is evidently considered a less serious crime than hacking now based on the case of Deric Lostutter, the hacktivist better known as KYAnonymous. Lostutter helped expose the cover-up of the infamous Steubenville rape incident, in which a 16-year-old was sexually assaulted by two star football players in the small Ohio town. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Jeremy Hammond

BLANK Jun 2, 2013 Had activism merely been a way of getting kicks, Jeremy Hammond would not have risked spending years in jail for hacking the private intelligence firm Stratfor. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Dan Rather Supports WikiLeaks

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 24, 2013 Veteran news anchorman Dan Rather gave a tentative endorsement to WikiLeaks on HuffPost Live on Friday, saying the "controversial" data-dumping group provides the country with "a public service." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Anonymous Said to Breach Federal Reserve

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 7, 2013 The Federal Reserve confirmed Wednesday that one of its internal websites was accessed after the hacktivist group Anonymous claimed to have stolen information on more than 4,000 banking executives. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Anonymous Retaliates for Swartz’s Suicide

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 27, 2013 Members of Anonymous, a collection of digital pranksters working for democracy in the dark places of the Web, said Saturday that they had hijacked the site of the U.S. Sentencing Commission as well as a trove of sensitive documents to take revenge for the death of Internet freedom advocate Aaron Swartz. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Hacktivism: Civil Disobedience or Cyber Crime?

By Christie Thompson, ProPublica Jan 19, 2013 Internet activist Aaron Swartz was facing up to 13 felony counts and 50 years in prison at the time of his death. His alleged crime? Pulling millions of academic articles from JSTOR. Swartz’s downloads were criminalized under the federal CFAA, an act designed to prosecute hackers. But as his case demonstrates, you don’t necessarily have to be a hacker to be viewed as one by federal law. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

MIT Refused to Accept Swartz Plea Bargain, Lawyer Says

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 17, 2013 A lawyer for Aaron Swartz -- the 26-year-old programmer and open-Internet activist who reportedly committed suicide Friday under pressure from threat of prosecution -- says MIT refused to endorse a deal that would have granted Swartz probation or deferred prosecution. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Anonymous Honors Aaron Swartz by Hacking MIT

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jan 15, 2013 In its tribute to Internet activist Aaron Swartz posted on MIT's website, the hacktivist collective said it wanted to use "this tragedy to be a basis for reform of computer crime laws, and the overzealous prosecutors who use them." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Aaron Swartz

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 13, 2013 Was Aaron Swartz, beloved friend, activist and computer programmer, a casualty of the U.S. government’s vigorous campaign to silence champions of Internet freedom?Was Aaron Swartz, beloved friend, activist and computer programmer, a casualty of the government’s campaign to silence champions of Internet freedom? Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Anonymous Hacks, Promises to ‘Destroy’ Westboro Baptist Church

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 17, 2012 The hacktivist group Anonymous is going after Westboro Baptist Church after members of the Topeka, Kan., religious hate group announced plans to protest at Sandy Hook Elementary School after the massacre that claimed the lives of 28 people, including 20 children. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Anonymous’ Next Target: Revenge Porn King Hunter Moore

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Dec 7, 2012 Hacktivist group Anonymous is going after the former owner of a "revenge porn" site that posted naked photographs of men and women along with their social media accounts. The pictures were often sent by vengeful exes and were published without the people's permission. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )