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Former IT contractor convicted for wiping 96 US government databases (cyberinsider.com)
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[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 63 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Over several hours, the brothers deleted approximately 96 databases storing government information, including systems tied to case management and Freedom of Information Act request processing. The affected systems were hosted on servers in Ashburn, Virginia.

Damn. If they deleted NSA or CIA data they could have been heroes. Deleting FOIAs and people's equal opportunity cases is just shitty.

[–] markon@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago

One could call it shitty, I call it fascist, but fascism is indeed, very shitty.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 20 points 14 hours ago

This is definitely a case of hurting anyone they could rather than targeting their rage. Now members of the public have to suffer it.