Fighting for “freedom of information and against intellectual property was the goal. Along with a huge dose of anti-capitalism, a hint of anarchism, and it’s also just too much fun not to do it.” Kottmann said.
Andrew G. Ferguson, a law professor at American University Washington College of Law says the hack ‘should be a wake-up call to the dangers of self-surveillance.’
“We are building networks of surveillance we cannot escape from without really thinking about the consequences. The desire for a fake sense of security is its own security threat,” Ferguson emphasized.
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The breach was first reported on March 9th when Kottmann and other malicious attackers obtained access to the extensive archives and began to leak it online. The hack-attack revealed the vulnerabilities of this cloud-based technology. Thousands of innocent people had sensitive data appearing on the net.
One of the hacktivists gave the story to the Washington Post claiming it was a warning regarding the threat of widespread surveillance technologies turned on citizens.
