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Sat Jan 26, 2013, 11:15 AM Jan 2013

Anonymous hacks DOJ and threatens to release sensitive files because Aaron Swartz's death

(CNN) -- In anger over the recent death of an Internet activist who faced federal charges, hackers claiming to be from the group Anonymous threatened early Saturday to release sensitive information about the U.S. Department of Justice.

They claimed to have one such file on multiple servers ready for immediate release.

The hackers apparently hijacked the website of the U.S. government agency responsible for federal sentencing guidelines, where they posted a message demanding the United States reform its justice system or face incriminating leaks to select news outlets. The lengthy, eloquently written letter was signed "Anonymous."

The suicide of Internet activist Aaron Swartz on January 11 triggered the posting of the hackers' message to the web address of the United States Sentencing Commission, they said.
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http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/26/tech/anonymous-threat/index.html

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This could be interesting.

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