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Radio 4,2 mins

The hacker who can make you bankrupt

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Simon Cox investigates computer hacking groups (aka hacktivists) and speaks to an Icelandic hacker who is able to issue death certificates and make people appear bankrupt. Many of these hacker activists claim to belong to the amorphous group known as Anonymous or an off-shoot of it. Their aim? To wrest control of the internet from states and big corporations and give it back to the people. Or simply to have fun.

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