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Hackers Release AAPT Data To Protest Aussie Policies

Posted by samzenpus on from the have-some-info dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Anonymous is releasing some of the 40GB of data it claims to have stolen from Australian internet service provider AAPT. The hack is reportedly in protest against Australia's proposed data retention regime, which would mandate ISPs to collect and hold transmission data from its users for up to two years."

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  1. Not sure this is the best idea by tiggertaebo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm really not a fan of ISPs doing mass data retention but I'm not sure that going around endangering customers privacy is the best way of getting ISPs to respect people's privacy.

    The problem really is that Anonymous only really has two tools at it's disposal for dealing with people and organisations they don't like - data grab 'n' release and DoS. And you know what they say about when the only thing you've got is a hammer everything starts to look like a nail...

    1. Re:Not sure this is the best idea by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      This is exactly the way to do so.
      Even if you think the government can do no wrong
      Even if you think businesses would do nothing to risk pissing off their customers
      Collecting everyone's data and retaining it is a huge liability, and criminals will always have access to it.

      "So criminals stole 2 years worth of private customer data?"
      "Yes! Track them down!"
      "And what were you doing storing all that data in the first place, which is no good to anyone other than criminals?"

  2. If only they knew how to even use a hammer by Viol8 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'll get modded down for this by all the basement dwelling keyboard warriors on here but frankly I don't give a sh1t . Anonymous are a load of self righteous juvenile morons. They see an issue they have a gripe about, they jump on the bandwagon, make a mess and a lot of noise and chuck stuff off like a bunch of chimps in a bad mood, then jump off again thinking they've done some profound social service and made a grand gesture for freedom - when in actual fact all they've done is cause the bandwagon to crash into a tree.

    So, releasing private customer data into the public domain because you object to a company keeping private customer data in case it falls into the wrong hands. Riiiight. If there was any logic in doing that it obviously got completely lost in the noise from all the raging teenage hormones behind the "decision" (I use that term lightly) to do it. What a complete bunch of fecking @rsewipes.