In a story that’s just too interesting not to post, Computerworld has a story about a man who hacked into Washington State University television feed to broadcast a message about breaking out of the norm and the ‘comforts of the everyday routine, the security of the familiar, the tranquility of repetition’ and to also rise up against squirrels on campus, all while dressed as V from Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta and he did it last Friday, on Guy Fawkes Day.
The IT department at WSU said the hack was actually quite advanced, to the point were Google has apparently offered the hacker a job. Overall, the hacking wasn’t very serious and no personal information was harmed. V wanted everyone to ‘generate their own list of problems which they are passionate about. If everyone only realized we are all surrounded by the same small common problems, we might just be able to solve them. From there, who knows where we could go.’
We’ve included WSU 1812′s full video below. Overall, the video’s intentions don’t seem to be that malicious and the fact he used V for Vendetta as inspiration speaks to the legacy of Moore’s work, but what are your thoughts? Sound off in our comments!
Source: Computerworld
