MIT website hacked by Anonymous on anniversary of Aaron Swartz suicide. On the anniversary of young hacker and digital activist Aaron Swartz's death, Anonymous has re-engaged its Operation Last resort to hack MIT's website, taking over the server for its Cogeneration project.
The website has been defaced for one hour. The page is now titled THE DAY WE FIGHT BACK. (Update Monday Janyary 13: MIT's Cogen website went offline Saturday, January 11 at around noon PST and remains offline.) See also: Researcher describes ease to detect, derail and exploit NSA's Lawful Interception The defacement states "REMEMBER THE DAY WE FIGHT BACK REMEMBER" and remains as of this writing, with the SSL-enabled version of the site redirecting to the page on load.
Reddit, Creative Commons and Demand Progress co-founder Aaron Swartz committed suicide in New York City on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. MIT previously claimed to have played a neutral role in the prosecution of Aaron Swartz, however information later suggested that MIT likely played an active role in the prosecution. Hacking of MIT website marks first anniversary of Aaron Swartz's death.
Saturday marked one year since the death of the internet activist Aaron Swartz.
The 26-year-old, who was one of the builders of Reddit, killed himself in New York City on Friday 11 January 2013. At the time of his death, Swartz was facing trial over charges of hacking arising from the downloading of millions of documents from the online research group JSTOR. Aaron Swartz Documentary - The Internet's Own Boy by Brian Knappenberger - Luminant Media. Synthesis Lectures on the Semantic Web: Theory and Technology - 3(2):1 - Abstract. February 2013, 64 pages, (doi:10.2200/S00481ED1V01Y201302WBE005) Abstract This short work is the first draft of a book manuscript by Aaron Swartz written for the series "Synthesis Lectures on the Semantic Web" at the invitation of its editor, James Hendler.
Unfortunately, the book wasn't completed before Aaron's death in January 2013. As a tribute, the editor and publisher are publishing the work digitally without cost. From the author's introduction: " . . . we will begin by trying to understand the architecture of the Web -- what it got right and, occasionally, what it got wrong, but most importantly why it is the way it is. We will continue by considering what it means to build a program on top of the Web -- how to write software that both fairly serves its immediate users as well as the developers who want to build on top of it. Finally, we'll close with a discussion of that much-maligned phrase, 'the Semantic Web,' and try to understand what it would really mean.
" Aaron Swartz memorial evokes strong emotions and political urgency. Aaron Swartz's family funeral was held this week in Chicago, but on Saturday, New York hosted a public memorial.
Organizers reported an attendance of just under 900, filling Cooper Union's Great Hall to standing-room capacity, with many more watching the livestream at Democracy Now! Friends, family, and colleagues spoke of Swartz's personal stories and enormous ideals, and urged those in attendance to political action and self-reflection. "We talk about how extraordinary he was, but actually, he wasn't," said friend and former partner Quinn Norton, rejecting the emerging portrait of Swartz as an "internet saint. " "He was scared and self-conscious. JSTOR liberator. A moment of silence for Aaron Swartz. Rest in Power, Aaron Swartz. (1986 -2013) We are not really as good at writing obits as we are at making stuff for the web, but there are beautiful and very important stuff about Aaron’s incredible legacy, his amazing politics and the miscarriage of justice against him, that you should read.
You can even join the JSTOR Liberator Front! F.A.T. fellows are deeply sorry that Aaron is not anymore around and we thought the best way to remember him would be building something for the web that could be shared. Next weekend is the anniversary of the EPIC FAIL of SOPA, in which Aaron played a key role. Aaron Swartz Memorial at the Internet Archive, Part 1. <div style="padding:5px; font-size:80%; width:300px; background-color:white; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; border:1px dashed gray;"> Internet Archive's<!
--'--> in-browser video player requires JavaScript to be enabled. It appears your browser does not have it turned on. Please see your browser settings for this feature. Aaron Swartz Memorial at the Internet Archive, Part 1. Martyring Aaron Swartz: where were the activists when he needed them? PandoDaily’s Hamish McKenzie recently attended a memorial for Aaron Swartz, the young activist who committed suicide while being prosecuted for downloading millions of academic papers.
He writes: Berin Szoka, the president of the group TechFreedom, offered some words that were uncomfortable for some. Hommage à Aaron Swartz. J’avoue que je n’ai pas retenu le nom d’Aaron Swartz avant sa mort.
C’est en lisant les nécrologies dans la presse que j’ai fini par faire le lien entre l’affaire JSTOR et le Guerilla Open Access Manifesto. J’avais suivi de loin tout ça sans essayer d’identifier qui était derrière. Maintenant j’apprends que c’était aussi lui qui « libérait les livres de Google Books sur Internet Archive ». En hommage j’aimerais simplement présenter le témoignage d’un chercheur en sciences humaines pour qui ce genre de libération modifia clairement l’horizon de travail. Je pense être assez représentatif de ma génération : ni en avance, ni en retard, j’ai découvert les usages du net pour la recherche à peu près en même temps que tout le monde.
En 1998 j’écrivais un mémoire de maîtrise de philosophie sur Gilles Deleuze. Internet était alors pour moi une vague matérialisation de ce que j’avais lu, au début des années 90, dans les romans de William Gibson. Anonymous’ Project Tyler releases JSTOR documents in Aaron Swartz memoriam. HACKTIVISTS for Anonymous have released the documents for which the late internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz could have faced prison.
Swartz faced up to 35 years or more in prison for downloading the JSTOR academic papers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) servers before he reportedly committed suicide last weekend. His passing created a wave of anguish, sympathy and support that spread over the internet. The web has been filled with tributes and calls for change, a petition asks that US anti-computer crime laws be relaxed, and now the documents at the centre of his persecution have been released.
The leak comes via a Twitter account called Tylersec and a Pastebin post. The post is addressed to attorney Carmen Ortiz, Stephen Heymann and some people at MIT. Les Anonymous libèrent les 33GB de données du JSTOR en hommage à Aaron Swartz. Pour rendre hommage à Aaron Swartz, (dont la nouvelle du suicide ne vous aura pas échappé je suppose), des Anonymous ont décidé de rendre public sur les réseaux P2P, les 33 GB de documents que Aaron avait dérobé au MIT via leur service payant JSTOR.
Pour ce vol, Aaron encourrait 35 ans de prison, ce qui a surement contribué à aggraver son état dépressif et l'a fait passer à l'acte. Très touchant d'ailleurs, le message de condoléance du MIT visible ici. Visible sur ce Pastebin, les Anonymous font passer le message suivant :