Thursday, July 14, 2005

Austin group complains of hack attack

Asher Price writes in The Austin American-Statesman (obnoxious, but free, registration required):

In the 1992 movie "Sneakers," Martin Bishop and his crackerjack hacking partner Cosmo infiltrate the Federal Reserve mainframe in 1969 and orchestrate a $25,000 donation from the Republican Party to the Black Panthers, as well as a generous contribution from Richard Nixon to the National Association to Legalize Marijuana.

The plot seemed far-fetched at the time. But this month, an Austin-based group called ProtestWarrior, which crashes anti-war demonstrations and produced a video that attacks Middle Eastern "Islamo-fascists," informed its members that their credit card information might have been compromised after a Chicago-based hacker cracked the site's code; ProtestWarrior claims that the hacker had intended to give donations to the American Civil Liberties Union, among other organizations.

The FBI is investigating, but no charges have been filed.



2 Comments:

At Thu Jul 14, 11:25:00 AM PDT, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why is it I have a hard time believing anyone involved?

 
At Thu Jul 14, 11:38:00 AM PDT, Blogger Fergie said...

I feel ya, brother (or sister, as the case may be...)

- ferg

 

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