Monday, July 26, 2010

Activists Hack European Climate Exchange

The Guardian has the story and screen-shot, below.
For sheer Clockwork Orangeyness I have to go with FinExtra:

Hacktivists hit European Climate Exchange site
According to the Independent Media Centre of Australia, hacktavist collective decocidio took down the ECX Web site on Friday, replacing it with a message attacking the concept of carbon trading as a scam.
The page also provided links to activist groups Earth First, Climate Justice Action and the Hack Block and included an embedded video called The Story of Cap and Trade....
hacked carbon exchange
 
Hackers hijacked the EU carbon trading website and 
replaced it with a spoof page revealing the flaws in cap and trade. 
Photograph: Guardian