The international group of hackers known as Anonymous began a cyber attack on a website of the San Francisco subway, in retaliation for the agency's bid to shut down cellphone service to limit a protest over a fatal shooting.[...]
BART made a "conscious decision of ordering various cell phone companies to terminate services for the downtown area inhibiting those in the area from using cell phones -- even in the case of an emergency," said the group in a statement posted online.
"Anonymous will attempt to show those engaging in the censorship what it feels like to be silenced," said the group.
So far, so good.
The Anonymous online hacker collective broke into a website belonging to San Francisco's public transport body on Sunday after the authority threatened to thwart an anti-police protest by throttling the city's mobile phone networks.The hackers said the attack was in retaliation for an attempt by the Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) group to stifle demonstrations about the fatal shooting of a man by police last month.
I don’t know why the Guardian chose to use the subjunctive mood here, because in fact, BART did shut down the mobile network. It was not a threat.
What I also don’t understand is what Anonymous did with the hacking.
Anonymous published contact details of more than 2,000 Bay Area residents, apparently stolen from the site, which was inaccessible on Monday morning.
Why the hell would you do that? It's not as if those 2000 residents decided to shut down cell service.
I'm all for civil disobedience to right obvious injustices by the state or its agents, but let's keep it focused on the perpetrators and not just strike out at everyone.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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