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Anonymous releases nude photos of BART spokesman

Dirty tricks with dirty pics
Thu Aug 25 2011, 13:02

THE HACKTIVIST COLLECTIVE Anonymous has upheld its reputation for being cheeky and released nude images of BART spokesman Linton Johnson.

Anonymous is no fan of BART since it shut down mobile signals to aid the police in an investigation and has taken to hacking its web sites, releasing member information and protesting at its light-rail stations.

Its latest assault, releasing images of Johnson's tackle is a below the belt hit, if you'll excuse the pun, according to some, but is quite just if you listen to the hacktivists.

"If you are going to be a dick to the public, then Im sure you dont mind showing your dick to the public.... Umad Bro? #Bartlulz", a hacker wrote in a message accompanying the unfortunate photograph, which sees Johnson and an unidentified man - whose face has been replaced with the Lulzsec logo - along with Johnson's own johnson exposed.

It is possible that this is a wild release, as there is little comment on it from the main Anonymous accounts or feeds. Although we tried, against our best judgement, to download a file posted on a file sharing web site called "Linton Johnson is his own worst enemy", the file was set to private.

The source of the leak seems to be an Opbart twitter account. "Hey @OpBART, don't be the douche who releases Linton's photos. That's a very low road to take, sir," says a message from Anonyops that is directed at the account.

Opbart blamed Johnson himself for the leak and, having posted a link to a Mobileme listing that has apparently since been removed, wrote, "Anonymous didn't post pictures of Linton Johnson. Linton Johnson did." µ

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prison wont stop the hacks

so it would bring you joy to live a life of ignorance rather then to discover that all your online information is easily accessible until these companies start doing something to secure their networks?

Hacktivist or no hacktivist, your personal information is available for all to see, even 13 year old kids can get it.

Until that changes you will always be waiting for hackers to go to jail because networks will always be hacked. These so called security experts are making it too easy for any kid to get your info. But i guess till that changes ignorance is bliss right ?

posted by : really, 27 August 2011 Complain about this comment
H4X

Good Hackers don't go to jail, they get employed.

Bad hackers are pushed to rat out on the good hackers, so they can be employed.

Simples really

posted by : I know, 26 August 2011 Complain about this comment
cool

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posted by : sara, 26 August 2011 Complain about this comment
Prison beckons

I cannot WAIT until these guys start getting arrested en masse. Cannot wait, it will bring me boundless joy! Federal prison records and their lives screwed forever, make it happen FBI!!

posted by : really, 25 August 2011 Complain about this comment
Hack and go to prison

Sooner, much sooner than they think these hackers will go to prison.

posted by : Anonymous, 25 August 2011 Complain about this comment
THE TRUTH

Here you go ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTvQfTG6wmM

Huff post reports "BART spokesman Jim Allison returned a call to The Huffington Post to discuss the photo leak. "I'm not going to comment on the private life of an employee," said Allison. "But I will say that I condemn anyone who attacks an individual and invades their privacy. This is not only unethical, but illegal. And that is all I have to say about that." BART was previously unaware of the photos."

Source http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/24/linton-johnson-naked-pictures-anonymous-bart_n_935679.html

Now, you tell me. How is any of this illegal considering LINTON HIMSELF uploaded those to his web site for the public to see?

posted by : LulzSec, 25 August 2011 Complain about this comment
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