Anonymous hacks MIT Web sites to post Aaron Swartz tribute, call to arms

The computer hacker group Anonymous hacked into MIT’s webpage Sunday after RSS co-founder’s suicide. Hayley Tsukayama from Washington Post writes about the group’s messages rallying for the repair of intellectual property laws.

Hackers from Anonymous on Sunday claimed credit for posting messages to Massachusetts Institute of Technology websites commemorating the life of RSS co-founder Aaron Swartz and calling for an overhaul of computer crime laws.