Anonymous targets Monsanto

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BY TWILIGHT GREENAWAY
2 MAR 2012 5:53 PM
Like most tech-world outsiders, I rarely know how seriously to take news about hacking.

On any other week I might not pay much attention to today’s report from CNet announcing that Antisec, a group of hackers loosely affiliated with Anonymous, is targeting the biotech seed giant Monsanto. After all, the data the group made available online is from over a decade ago. And the threat they’ve published (see below) is ominous perhaps, but vague.

So why draw attention to it here? This isn’t your average week for Monsanto news.

On Monday, the class action lawsuit by a group of farmers looking, ironically, to protect themselves against lawsuits by Monsanto, was dropped in a federal court. To add insult to injury, the presiding judge called the case “a transparent effort to create a controversy where none exists.”

http://grist.org/food/put-your-hack-into-it-anonymous-targets-monsanto/

[gateley]

1. I wish Anon the best of luck -- this is a worthy target. Wish the government

would pay attention and do something to stop this killer.

[Quantess]

2. Interesting. I wonder what an "attack" entails?

[crunch60]

3. Monsanto, poisoning our food, one crop at a time..corn, soy, sugar beets,rice,,on and on.

This judge is disgusting. Hey, get a clue, Monsanto crops are deadly, contaminating organic fields. Some of us care what we put in our mouths. If I want ROUNDUP in my food, I'll sprinkle it on my cereal!

GO Anonymous, someone has to fight for us.

[navarth]

4. Soylent Corporation (Monsanto) deserves it. eom

[glinda]

5. Here is some interesting info on a site:

http://bestmeal.info/monsanto/company-history.shtml

pass it on.......

[Sarah Ibarruri]

6. Amazing, but hackers have a far greater sense of morality than giant corporations. nt