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.
posted by Fergie @ 7/14/2005 08:33:00 AM
2 Comments:
Why is it I have a hard time believing anyone involved?
I feel ya, brother (or sister, as the case may be...)
- ferg
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