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Re: Hackers Target WikiLeaks 'Enemies': Mastercard, Twitter, Paypal, Even FoxNews(edi
I don't believe there is a good justification for using cyber attacks to take down the wikileaks site, although there are some vigilante hackers who've claimed to be behind the DDoS attacks, so it's not clear that the U.S. government was involved.
However, using that as a justification to create mass DDoS attacks against businesses isn't appropriate. We have the rule of law in this country, allowing vigilanteism undermines that basic premise of our society.
(I find it humorous that I was just explaining the concept of "rule of law" to my son last night because he is studying it in civics...I'm feeling some deja vu here).
So do you think it is okay that the US government interfered with Wikileaks who've been charged with nothing at this time, trying to shut them down, even when they moved the site out of US jurisdiction?
I don't believe there is a good justification for using cyber attacks to take down the wikileaks site, although there are some vigilante hackers who've claimed to be behind the DDoS attacks, so it's not clear that the U.S. government was involved.
However, using that as a justification to create mass DDoS attacks against businesses isn't appropriate. We have the rule of law in this country, allowing vigilanteism undermines that basic premise of our society.
(I find it humorous that I was just explaining the concept of "rule of law" to my son last night because he is studying it in civics...I'm feeling some deja vu here).