<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/07/vigilance_hacker_charged/">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/07/vigilance_hacker_charged/</a><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><span style="font-size:10pt"></span></b><span style="font-size:10pt"></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><p style="margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arimo,Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">A 19-year-old who goes by the handle Vigilance online has been indicted in a Saint Paul, Minnesota district court for allegedly breaking into and interfering with servers operated by the state.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arimo,Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Vigilance,<span> </span><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/hacker-known-vigilance-arrested-and-charged-series-cyber-attacks-minnesota-state" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(87,121,142)">identified</a><span> </span>by the US Attorney’s Office in Minnesota as Cameron Thomas Crowley, was charged by a grand jury on May 22 in<span> </span><a target="_blank" href="https://regmedia.co.uk/2018/06/06/crowley_pdf.pdf" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(87,121,142)">a five-count indictment</a><span> </span>of intentionally accessing and damaging protected computers, and identity theft.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arimo,Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The charges were made public on Tuesday.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arimo,Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The Twitter account associated with the name Vigilance (<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/TheeVigilance" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(87,121,142)">@TheeVigilance</a>) lays out the rationale for the attacks: They were intended to be a reprisal for the acquittal of Saint Anthony, Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arimo,Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Yanez was charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of Philando Castile after he shot the man seven times during a traffic stop in 2016. On June 16, 2017, Yanez was cleared of all charges and also let go by the Saint Anthony Police Department.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arimo,Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Vigilance, in a statement posted to Twitter and <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://ghostbin.com/paste/2cvs8" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(87,121,142)">Ghostbin</a>, said the Minnesota hacking attacks followed from the court verdict: "I have attacked large Minnesotan targets for one purpose: Retaliation for ex-officer Yanez's acquittal."The police shooting of Castile received widespread attention in part because Diamond Reynolds, Castile's girlfriend, streamed [warning, it's unpleasant watching]<span> </span><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DUfa4LTgOs" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(87,121,142)">the aftermath</a><span> </span>through Facebook Live.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arimo,Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">It goes on to say, ironically as it turned out, "The FBI is set to investigate me. I am confident my identity is safe."</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arimo,Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Vigilance via Twitter took credit for hacking Minnesota's government portal (MN.gov) and Minnesota State University Moorhead, which<span> </span><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://news.mnstate.edu/2017/06/following-unauthorized-access-starid-passwords-need-to-be-reset/" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(87,121,142)">acknowledged</a><span> </span>being attacked on June 20, 2017.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arimo,Arial,FreeSans,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-col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