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June 29, 2011 05:05 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/R_ZJOAG9Rwo/The-Lesson-of-Recent-Hacktivism
The Lesson of Recent Hacktivism
itwbennett writes "LulzSec says they're retired, which may or may not be true. But one thing the world has learned from their 'frightening yet funny escapades is that 'the state of online security stinks,' writes blogger Tom Henderson. LulzSec (and Anonymous) have 'demonstrated that an awful lot of people are either asleep at the switch or believed in arcane security methods like security through obscurity.'"A related story at the Guardian suggests that governmental attempts to control the internet are spurring these activities. 
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