Tuesday, March 27, 2012

The Occupy Files: DHS Investigated Anonymous and Kept Tabs on Political Hackers

The Occupy Files: DHS Investigated Anonymous and Kept Tabs on Political Hackers
"The Occupy Files reveal that DHS monitored Occupy Wall Street (OWS) and affiliated protests in the fall of 2011, but refrained from wholesale surveillance of the Occupy movement because of civil liberties concerns. The federal agency's cyber wing did, however, investigate Anonymous, a highly visible faction of the Occupy movement, after several successful hacks made headlines."