Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Hackers Infect Government Websites with 'Asteroids' Game

Angry NyanCat in action on the homepage of the U.S. Probation Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

 

Hackers angry over the suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz took over the website of the United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) twice over the weekend, finally infecting the homepage with a playable version of the classic arcade game "Asteroids."

The hackers, claiming affiliation with the online movement Anonymous, also claimed to release a list of people in the federal Witness Security Program, also known as the Witness Protection Program, but that was quickly discovered to be a hoax.

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