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US Sentencing website hacked into video game "Asteroids"

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  • Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

    Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

    The U.S. Sentencing Commission website has been hacked a second time and code distributed by Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns ussc.gov into a game of Asteroids. Read more in Anonymous Re-hacks U.S. Sentencing Site . Above is the AntiSec controls for using the keyboard to "fire" at the government webpage.

    Published: January 28, 2013 -- 00:03 GMT (16:03 PST)

    Caption by: Violet Blue

  • Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

    Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

    The mouse is turned into the Asteroids ship, and a score box is on the bottom right of the page.

    Published: January 28, 2013 -- 00:03 GMT (16:03 PST)

    Caption by: Violet Blue

  • Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

    Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

    As the "player" shoots away at the ussc.gov webpage, an Anonymous face emerges from beneath.

    Published: January 28, 2013 -- 00:03 GMT (16:03 PST)

    Caption by: Violet Blue

  • Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

    Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

    Some information underlying the hack can bee seen by using the "view source" function of any browser.

    Published: January 28, 2013 -- 00:03 GMT (16:03 PST)

    Caption by: Violet Blue

  • Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

    Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

    More code under the hack.

    Published: January 28, 2013 -- 00:03 GMT (16:03 PST)

    Caption by: Violet Blue

  • Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

    Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

    The U.S. Sentencing Commission website, screenshot. Upon visiting ussc.gov and entering enter Konami code (with cursor keys) ↑↑↓↓←→←→ (up up, down down, left right left right) then keys B, A and "Enter" - the page becomes a playable version of the old Atari game, Asteroids.

    Published: January 28, 2013 -- 00:03 GMT (16:03 PST)

    Caption by: Violet Blue

  • Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

    Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

    When all the the website is "shot" away by the Asteroids game, this is what "players" see on the final result of the page.

    Published: January 28, 2013 -- 00:03 GMT (16:03 PST)

    Caption by: Violet Blue

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  • Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"
  • Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"
  • Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"
  • Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"
  • Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"
  • Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"
  • Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

The U.S. Sentencing Commission website has been hacked a second time. A code distributed by Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns ussc.gov into a game of Asteroids.

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Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns U.S. sentencing website into "Asteroids"

The U.S. Sentencing Commission website has been hacked a second time and code distributed by Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns ussc.gov into a game of Asteroids. Read more in Anonymous Re-hacks U.S. Sentencing Site . Above is the AntiSec controls for using the keyboard to "fire" at the government webpage.

Published: January 28, 2013 -- 00:03 GMT (16:03 PST)

Caption by: Violet Blue

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