Earlier this month, Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the hack of security consultancy Stratfor Global Intelligence. Hammond is the biggest fish to be snared after the FBI managed to turn former top Anon Sabu into a confidential informant. His conviction is a dagger in the side of the struggling hacktivist movement.. Quinn Norton has a fascinating post on Medium called "How Antisec died." It offers an almost-inside view of how the feds targeted and took down the most active members of Anonymous and its kin. The link for this article located at InfoWorld is no longer available. . The sentencing of Chelsea Manning underscores the ongoing repression of digital activism and the covert methods employed by government entities.. Hacktivism Strategies,Cybercrime Prosecution,Federal Investigations,Anonymous Tactics,Informant Role. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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