By Brad Friedman on 1/15/2012, 10:03pm PT  

How out of touch are some in Congress? This out of touch...

In the fight against the federal Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) working it's way through Congress --- a bill with bi-partisan support, but opposed by many in the Internet community who charge that it will result in government censorship and the dampening of free speech --- the hacktivist collective Anonymous has launched "Operation Hiroshima" against governmental and corporate supporters of the bill.

The group has now posted some personal information of Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes and Viacom/CBS' Sumner Redstone online, and several lawmakers and their aides have also become targets of the worldwide citizens brigade of "outlaw" hackers.

So, here comes the "out of touch" part. As David Ferguson at RAW STORY highlights [emphasis ours]:

One 25-year-old Congressional aide’s face was superimposed on to pornographic images by a purportedly ‘Anonymous’-affiliated group. Another aide expressed bafflement as to why hackers would resort to these types of tactics, saying, “Why can’t they just hire a lobbyist like everyone else?”

Sigh...

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