{"id":53216,"date":"2014-01-11T21:20:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T13:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=53216"},"modified":"2014-01-11T21:20:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-11T13:20:04","slug":"anonymous-hacks-mit-website-on-aaron-swartz-death-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/11\/anonymous-hacks-mit-website-on-aaron-swartz-death-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Anonymous hacks MIT website on Aaron Swartz death anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a year since internet activist, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aaron_Swartz\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Swartz<\/a> committed suicide, Anonymous decided to hack the <a href=\"http:\/\/cogen.mit.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">MIT Cogeneration Project website<\/a> as a tribute to the programmer activist best known for his role in the win over SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), and who was involved with the development of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RSS\" target=\"_blank\">RSS<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0(which he later became a partner). At the time of writing, the site is still not restored.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"53217\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/11\/anonymous-hacks-mit-website-on-aaron-swartz-death-anniversary\/fightback\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/fightback.jpg?fit=600%2C278&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,278\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fightback\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/fightback.jpg?fit=300%2C139&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/fightback.jpg?fit=600%2C278&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53217\" alt=\"fightback\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/fightback.jpg?resize=600%2C278\" width=\"600\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/fightback.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/fightback.jpg?resize=300%2C139&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Anonymous claimed the attack on their twitter that the Operation Last Resort, and this is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/mit-website-hacked-over-aaron-swartz-a-second-time-7000010148\/\" target=\"_blank\">not the first time<\/a> Anonymous managed to get into MIT&#8217;s servers to deface it in the name of Aaron Swartz.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>We decided to hack MIT again in 2014 on the anniversary with a second tribute to Aaron Swartz <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/x9PqTFosPv\">http:\/\/t.co\/x9PqTFosPv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23TheDayWefightback&amp;src=hash\">#TheDayWefightback<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OpLastResort (@OpLastResort) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OpLastResort\/statuses\/421792075470757888\">January 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The group seems to be doing this to raise awareness for the event that is coming up, <a href=\"https:\/\/thedaywefightback.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Day We Fight Back<\/a>\u00a0which is\u00a0a protest against internet mass surveillance, announced to be on the February 11th 2014.<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/mit-website-hacked-by-anonymous-on-anniversary-of-aaron-swartz-suicide-7000025041\/\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a year since internet activist, Aaron Swartz committed suicide, Anonymous decided to hack the MIT Cogeneration Project website as a tribute to the programmer activist best known for his role in the win over SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), and who was involved with the development of RSS\u00a0and Reddit\u00a0(which 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