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Aaron Swartz and Lauri Love: the real reasons for their prosecutions? (Part 3)

British computer scientist and activist Lauri Love faces the possibility of life in a US jail. He has had multiple charges thrown at him just as American IT genius Aaron Swartz faced before ending his own life in 2013, as described previously at The Canary. But … Continue reading

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The link between UK activist, cyber ‘warheads’ & US Secret Service – Part Two

  British computer scientist and activist Lauri Love is a victim of prosecutional overreach by the USA. This process consists of multiple charges being thrown at a defendant to force them to agree to a plea bargain in the hope of avoiding a … Continue reading

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99 years jail threatened for “prankery”: Lauri Love (and the Aaron Swartz story) – Part One

  If Washington DC has its way a British citizen with Asperger’s Syndrome will be extradited to the US for a ‘prank’. This could see him face 99 years in prison. Lauri Love is a computer scientist who advises on computer security. He is … Continue reading

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Anons claim 15,000 pro-ISIS online accounts deactivated via live data-mining facility

A relatively unreported cyber war has been taking place over the last two months. It is largely a one-way war conducted against ISIS – but not on the battlefields of Syria or Iraq, but in cyberspace by Anonymous hactivists. It’s … Continue reading

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ISIS recruiters targeted, but threatens another ‘9/11’ as “Ghost Security” attacks continue

For the last two months Anonymous hactivists called Ghost Security (or GhostSec) have been systematically attacking hundreds of pro-ISIS websites and thousands of pro-ISIS Twitter and Facebook accounts – some of which are listed below. The attacks could be having … Continue reading

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