“Hacktivists” strike Web site of infamous Holocaust denier
I love it when hackers use their arcane expertise for good. Earlier this week, a group calling themselves “anti-fascist hackers” hacked into the Web site and email account of Holocaust denier, David Irving. Not only did the hackers obtain all of Irving’s private communications and attendee lists for his U.S. speaking tour, they posted the information to the WikiLeaks Web site for all to see.
Probably just to rub it in, the hackers also sent out an e-mail from Irving’s AOL account to a list of his supporters explaining:
“We did this to expose this Nazi-sympathizer for who he is and to shut down/disrupt any possibility of Irving rearing his fascist head in public during his tour. To David Irving and all aspiring white-power, anti-immigrant, queer-bashing, racist pigs — give it up! We will fight you on the streets and on the internet until you are swept into the dustbin of history.”
Indeed, the hackers had immediate success in disrupting Irving’s tour, for among the data was the locale of where Irving was scheduled to speak the following night. Irving usually books venues under a pseudonym and informs attendees shortly before the event is scheduled to begin. And he has good reason for doing so. Soon after the data was published, someone contacted the venue— the Catholic Kolping Society of America— where the speaking engagement was scheduled to occur and informed them of was actually going to be speaking there. The organization didn’t waste any time canceling the event.