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Hacker Indicted
protestwarrior.com | May 26, 2006 | Kfir, Rob, and Alan

Posted on 05/26/2006 9:02:46 AM PDT by rockthecasbah

On May 23, 2006, a grand jury at the U.S. District Court in Illinois handed down an indictment against Jeremy Alexander Hammond for hacking into the ProtestWarrior server.

The indictment reads in part, "Between January and February 2005, defendant HAMMOND accessed ProtestWarrior.com's server without authority on multiple occasions in an effort to obtain information not otherwise available to him or the general public, specifically credit card numbers, home addresses, and other identifying information of the members and customers of ProtestWarrior.com."

The specific violation is of Title 18, US Code, Sections 1030 (a)(2)(c) and 2. Per our understanding of the law, Jeremy faces a possible fine and imprisonment for up to 5 years.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: activists; crime; hacker; leftists; liberalrage; moonbats; protestwarrior; terrorists
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In January of last year, the hacker group collectively known as the "Internet Liberation Front" gained illegal access to the ProtestWarrior server, stealing thousands of credit card numbers in order to commit massive credit card fraud. The following month, ProtestWarrior discovered the identity of the perpetrators: Jeremy Hammond and a ring of hackers recruited through his criminal front at hackthissite.org.

ProtestWarrior performed a forensic analysis of the intrusion and contacted the FBI, which immediately launched an investigation. With the collected evidence, the FBI was able to execute a search warrant on Jeremy's residence on March 16, 2005.

1 posted on 05/26/2006 9:02:48 AM PDT by rockthecasbah
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To: rockthecasbah

Hopefully he's small and wiry so he'll be real popular in prison.


2 posted on 05/26/2006 9:07:05 AM PDT by flashbunny
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To: flashbunny

I thought they liked them small and soft? Whichever, I do hope he's the belle of the ball.


3 posted on 05/26/2006 9:09:56 AM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: rockthecasbah
I wonder if any members of ProtestWarrior have ever hacked a DoD or RNC website?
4 posted on 05/26/2006 9:10:02 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: flashbunny

Gonna start a tight end, end up a wide receiver.


5 posted on 05/26/2006 9:10:41 AM PDT by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. 17,400+ snide replies and counting!)
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To: flashbunny
small and weasel-ly if not small and wiry
6 posted on 05/26/2006 9:11:41 AM PDT by Smedley
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To: Smedley

Soon to be a supporting actor in the remake
of the movie 'The Glass House'.


7 posted on 05/26/2006 9:16:26 AM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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To: rockthecasbah
Previous threads:

7/11/05: Hacker who hit Free Dominion busted! [ by FBI ] (also hit ProtestWarrior.com )

7/9/05: Left wing Hackers breached Protest Warrior Website

7/5/05: Protest Warrior Hacker Caught

Hammond is a self-described "anti-capitalist traveler" affiliated with Cindy Sheehan (Sept. 2005)

8 posted on 05/26/2006 9:17:16 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Smedley
Anyone care to guess as to how many cigarettes he'll be worth when they start to trade him around in the big house?
9 posted on 05/26/2006 9:17:54 AM PDT by TexPride
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To: flashbunny
Hacker indicted.

Don't tell Brian Ross; he will report this as: HASSERT INDICTED!!!!!

10 posted on 05/26/2006 9:20:35 AM PDT by Loyal Buckeye
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To: TexPride
Anyone care to guess as to how many cigarettes he'll be worth when they start to trade him around in the big house?

I'll 1/2 of a cigarette until his "true talents" can be determined.

11 posted on 05/26/2006 9:22:45 AM PDT by frogjerk (LIBERALISM: The perpetual insulting of common sense.)
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"Don't tell Brian Ross; he will report this as: HASSERT INDICTED!!!!!"

Dang, beat me to it!!! LOL


12 posted on 05/26/2006 9:22:52 AM PDT by piytar
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To: rockthecasbah

Anyone know if any actual credit fraud was committed? (I've bought stuff from Protest Warriors.)


13 posted on 05/26/2006 9:23:27 AM PDT by piytar
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To: frogjerk
I'll say 1/2 of a cigarette until his "true talents" can be determined.
14 posted on 05/26/2006 9:23:34 AM PDT by frogjerk (LIBERALISM: The perpetual insulting of common sense.)
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To: piytar

ProtestWarrior will be releasing more details as they become available, including:


*chat logs between Jeremy and his cohorts' discussing their grand plans for
-the stolen credit cards
-the PW server
-PW's database
-previous attack on PW HQ
-other conservative sites they planned to attack

*video of Jeremy at DEFCON boasting of his plans to commit "electronic disobedience" and credit card fraud

*details of his violent criminal history including his arrest for assaulting a police officer and an arrest for punching his female roommate in the face

*information on the upcoming trial


15 posted on 05/26/2006 9:25:47 AM PDT by rockthecasbah (Don't wait for 6 strong men to take you to church.)
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To: piytar; Loyal Buckeye

Good one!


16 posted on 05/26/2006 9:27:51 AM PDT by rockthecasbah (Don't wait for 6 strong men to take you to church.)
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To: flashbunny

IN a few months he will get an entire new meaning to the phrase, you got male.


17 posted on 05/26/2006 9:30:08 AM PDT by Hydroshock (When you put party over principle, do not be surprised to see a party with no principles come about.)
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To: rockthecasbah

Well, I am sure he will enjoy it when his new roommate get around his firewall and penetrates his system.


18 posted on 05/26/2006 9:32:08 AM PDT by Londo Molari
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To: Smedley

--small and weasel-ly if not small and wiry

Small and greasy. I've worked with people like this before. You don't want to touch their keyboard without rubber gloves.


19 posted on 05/26/2006 9:34:38 AM PDT by bkepley
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To: Londo Molari

Yep he's going to learn the real meaning of, "dude you got 0wn3d!" :)


20 posted on 05/26/2006 9:38:19 AM PDT by anymouse
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