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Exclusive: For hacker Jeremy Hammond, prison is a temporary inconvenience

The political activist and Anonymous hacker has big plans after his release from prison, scheduled for 2020
August 6, 2014 1:00PM ET
by Lori Jane Gliha @ljgliha
MANCHESTER, Ky. – Dozens of websites – many belonging to law enforcement organizations – escaped planned destruction and defacement when the FBI arrested high-profile hacker Jeremy Hammond in 2012.
“I was at the peak of my work,” Hammond told America Tonight from a medium-security, federal prison facility in Kentucky. “It’s a shame I got caught when I did.”
The political activist and computer whiz said he had already breached dozens of vulnerable websites and was “halfway finished” with preparations for a full-fledged cyberattack when federal authorities disrupted his plans. He said he was going to launch new online attacks every week. Most of his targets never even knew they were his would-be victims.
“F*ck FBI Friday,” he chuckled. “It was only heating up by the time I was arrested.” Continue reading “Jeremy Hammond in jail: they can never take away our principles.. our passions”
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