The latest cyber attack on Wall Street targets the chief executive of J.P. Morgan Chase, James "Jamie" Dimon. It's interesting to see the growing trend of physical and cyber events blending. This latest attack works in unison with the real world 'Occupy Wall Street' protests that recently took place.
The attack against Jamie Dimond included the release of a document on Pastebin.com. The document included private information about the CEO, including details on his addresses, family members, political contributions, business connections as well as legal information. The document was released by "CabinCr3w."
The hackers have also posted personal data about Goldman Sachs CEO, Lloyd Blankfiend.
In related attacks, the hackers also released information on the New York Police Deputy Inspector, Anthony Bologna in retaliation for videos that show Bologna pepper-spraying peaceful demonstrators in the face last weekend. Bologna is also accused of additional unprovoked pepper-spray attacks on other peaceful demonstrators during the demonstrations, and is currently under investigation for his actions.
The Wall Street protests began about two weeks ago, and have attracted participants numbering in the thousands. The movement has found support from celebrities such as: Noan Chomsky, Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, as well as organized labor groups and students. The demonstrators are protesting the U.S. Financial system that they feel favors the rich at the expense of everyone else.
Anonymous and Adbusters activists are the main groups behind the protests.
I’m personally torn on these events. I respect the rights of those who have calmly gathered to peacefully protest what they see as being wrong with America. In the videos I have seen, the police pepper-spraying protesters seems to be an abuse of power, he’s not fending off a rioting mob, but rather is assaulting peacefully gathered protesters. There may have been some provocation by the crowd that is not caught on film (or has been edited out to mask the facts), but the evidence doesn’t seem to show a need for pepper-spraying. The cyber attacks on the other hand, I absolutely disagree with. Leaking personal information such as addresses and family members could lead to serious damage to those involved.
Reference:
Mills, E. (2011). Hackers post data on JP Morgan Chase CEO. Retrieved 30 September, 2011 from CNET Web site: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20113943-83/hackers-post-data-on-jp-morgan-chase-ceo/?tag=mncol;title
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