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Leaked Docs Reveal List of 30 Countries Hacked On Orders of FBI Informant Sabu
blottsie writes A Federal Bureau of Investigation informant targeted more than two dozen countries in a series of high-profile cyberattacks in 2012. The names of many of those countries have remained secret, under seal by a court order—until now. A cache of leaked IRC chat logs and other documents obtained by the Daily Dot reveals the 30 countries—including U.S. partners, such as the United Kingdom and Australia—tied to cyberattacks carried out under the direction of Hector Xavier Monsegur, better known as Sabu, who served as an FBI informant at the time of the attacks.
They can spin this any way they want, but the only explanation that makes sense is that they were hoping that this operation would at some point lead them to Assange (who had prior contacts with Sabu). Shame on them.
lucm, indeed.
Yes, you would be attacking Mexico. The proper thing to do would be to report the situation to Mexico and work with them for redress by due process of law. That's why we have the notion of "jurisdiction". Doing whatever you wish to, to their citizens, at your personal discretion, is indeed attacking Mexico, both their citizens and their legal system. As well as being murder.
Are you really trying a "think of the children" justification... on Slashdot?
The legal liability issue is interesting. Since these actions are illegal in those (attacked) countries, and since most of them have extradition treaties with the USA that means members of the FBI should be subject to extradition and trial in those other countries just as they would be if they had been caught (and prosecuted) for breaking American law. Only without the US government covering up or just plain ignoring US law. In theory we might actually see the US government held accountable.