Hacker Says He PrintedAnti-Semitic and Racist Fliers at Colleges Across U.S.

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Hacker Says He PrintedAnti-Semitic and Racist Fliers at Colleges Across U.S.

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PRINCETON, N.J. — A well-known computer hacker who goes by the name of “Weev” said he was behind a wave of anti-Semitic, racist fliers that appeared on printers at more than a dozen college campuses last week.

Covered in swastikas, the fliers, which seemed to appear spontaneously on printers, including those at Princeton University, mentioned “the struggle for global white supremacy.”

Weev is the alias of Andrew Auernheimer, who in 2010 was part of a group of hackers that discovered a security loophole on AT&T’s servers and gained access to the data of 114,000 customers. Mr. Auernheimer was initially convicted of identity fraud and conspiracy to access a computer without authorization, but his conviction was overturned on appeal.

Mr. Auernheimer said in an interview on Monday that he sent the fliers to every publicly accessible printer in North America. He said he did not specifically target college campuses.

The fliers directed readers to The Daily Stormer, a neo-Nazi website. Mr. Auernheimer said free speech concerns were behind his printing spree. “My motivation is this: White cultures and only white cultures are subject to an invasion of foreigners.”

The debate comes at a time of heightened awareness about speech on campus. Black student movements at many campuses broke out this school year, protesting what students saw as the continuing legacies of racism. Last week, theUniversity of California became the first public university system to adopt an official stance condemning anti-Semitism on their campuses.

After the fliers appeared on Princeton University printers, the administration promised to try to “block any further messages.”

Source: New York Times

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Did he poop-hack draw that shit swastika that ruined Mizzou's football season when the black players went on strike?

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How is using other people / organization's private property "free speech"

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