The war against the corps and their minions (yes, corps, as persons under the law, can have minions) is moving fully into the first phase — guerrilla skirmishes.
Here's Maddow on the attack by LulzSecurity (LulzSec) against the Government–Movement Conservative nexus in Arizona. Watch:
For print news, here's AZ Central:
Computer experts are trying to determine how an international group of hackers broke into the Arizona Department of Public Safety's computers on Thursday and downloaded and released hundreds of law-enforcement files.The article contains much about what kind of info was grabbed.
The hacking group LulzSec, which has taken responsibility for breaching the websites of the CIA and the U.S. Senate, said in a bulletin that it targeted the DPS because LulzSec opposes Senate Bill 1070, a law the Arizona Legislature passed that widened law-enforcement officers' ability to apprehend illegal immigrants. The law is largely on hold pending a review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The DPS files, posted on LulzSec's website, include personal information about officers and numerous documents ranging from routine alerts from out-of-state police agencies to videos and photos about the hazards of police work and operations of drug gangs. ... In its Web posting, the group said the files were primarily related to U.S. Border Patrol and counterterrorism operations.
And here's the LulzSec release itself, and what they say about their goals (my emphasis):
Hackers of the world are uniting and taking direct action against our common oppressors - the government, corporations, police, and militaries of the world.Digital Trends has more, including useful links. And in some quarters, they're already calling it "terrorism."
This is not to endorse or encourage. This is to document. The corp war has entered the guerrilla phase, in my opinion (reread the LulzSec quote above). And before you cheer (should you trend that way), keep in mind that no war is pretty. The guy who said "war is hell" was being literal.
And count on it — the cops will up their game to match or exceed the perceived threat. It's what they do. This is truly a world-wide battlefield fought with digi-guns in cyberspace.
And also in airport "security" checks (h/t Darcy Burner). I don't even want to imagine the level of intrusion we're in for.
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