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[–] [email protected] 235 points 3 weeks ago (15 children)

Hackers acting as if they're doing a public service by bringing down a free publicly accessible tool is a new level of assbackwardness.

If the goal really was to force IA to increase their security, they would've tried to consult with them. This is more about notoriety and chaos and the hackers have no moral ground to stand on.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

those hackers are probably paid by the corporations wanting to bring it down

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

As much as I probably ideologically stand with you, let's not confirmation bias ourselves into a belief we have no evidence for.

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