CNET Reports:
Hackers today released personal information for Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein.
The document, posted to the Pastebin Web site, includes the CEO’s age, recent addresses, details of litigation he has been involved in, as well as registration information for businesses, but no sensitive information such as financial data.
Hackers have really started to push the envelope with high level hacks. Groups like WikiLeaks, Anonymous, LulzSec, and The Script Kiddies all have made a heavy impact on government, media, and pop-culture as of late. Of course there is a price to pay for that as we have seen but the fact remains although you can arrest a person you cannot arrest an idea.
The obsession with information in this day and age stems from the fact it is initially kept from the public. It is held hostage. We are the sheep in this sense and the sheep herders decide where we can march and what we can see. Police brutality has become common place and financial terrorism perpetrated by the same people installed to run companies begs a response from those with these skills.
These hacktivists have taken their fight to a new level and to some degree I applaud them for being so brave. The war for information will likely never end but in the meantime we are all in-store for an interesting battle. The war of tomorrow will be fought over the Internet. The battlefield is obsolete.