In the wake of Aaron Swartz’ssuicide , your friendly neighborhood cyber - vigilantes Anonymous have been lashing out . It ’s mostly beenDDOSes and cyber - vandalism , but theirmost late projectis a bit more merriment , and let you play Asteroids with a Nyan Cat spaceship that blasts up sites .
https://gizmodo.com/former-reddit-co-owner-and-internet-activist-aaron-swar-5975426
Over the weekend , Anonymousattacked the United States Sentencing Commission ’s website , defacing it and leaving a message threatening the release of “ payload . ” Since then , the site has been cleaned up , but it seems Anonymous also installed the stealth “ Nyan Cat Asteroids ” hack behind the scenes , hold off for activating .
https://gizmodo.com/anonymous-attacks-department-of-justice-website-and-thr-5979249
At the mo , USSC.govis down , but the hack ’s been pound its head out on other sites as well . maneuver on overto the Eastern District of Michigan ’s United States Probation Office website , for instance , and record the Konami code ( ↑ ↑ ↓ ↓ ← → ← →B , A , Enter ) . After the duologue boxful calling for then terminal of “ Prosecutorial Overreach , ” you ’ll be free to fly around your own personal Nyan true cat with Asteroid control and start make a mess of the office .
It ’s not precisely the most destructive nag there ever was , and it surely does n’t have that characteristic Anonymous pomp , but you ca n’t say it ’s not amusing . There ’s no telling how many different sites it affects but no doubt they ’ll start getting taken down and desexualize as they ’re found out , so get your filling now . [ Naked Security ]
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