Video has been released of hacktivist Aaron Swartz being booked by the Cambridge Police Department. After breaking into a networking closet on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Swartz was arrested and charged with felony hacking for previously downloading millions of academic articles from a database. The 26 year old committed suicide in January 2013 while facing increasing legal and financial pressures. RTs Ameera David has a look at the video and examines the circumstances leading to his suicide.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 02:22:06 +0000
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