Anonymous hacks MIT after Aaron Swartz's suicide

by treskot on 1/14/2013, 6:02 AM with 10 comments
  • by orofino on 1/14/2013, 7:10 AM

    Thread regarding the actual message from Anonymous.

    http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5053359

  • by frozenport on 1/14/2013, 9:13 AM

    I needed to use an MIT website for some research and I wasn't too happy when it was down. As nobody has, I would like to voice my disapproval.

  • by franklinho on 1/14/2013, 7:13 AM

    Here's the post: https://twitter.com/AnonymousIRC/status/290704903431655424.

    Note that the URL is this: rledev.mit.edu/aaron.html That's actually a subdomain. From what it looks like someone (maybe a MIT student) came up with the subdomain and posted the site there. I doubt there was any hacking going on.

  • by general_failure on 1/14/2013, 6:49 PM

    Great idea to deface an entire institution for the acts of a few.

    Thanks anonymous for helping us understand why cyber laws are as harsh as they are. I read all over that MIT is actually open and the systems are begging to be hacked. So, I don't see how this shows you in any good light.

  • by sigzero on 1/14/2013, 1:32 PM

    Anonymous = idiots