"This morning I read that the group of hackers collectively known as ‘Anonymous' targeted web sites associated with Koch Industries. The story is in many ways a perfect example of the dangers of the type of excessive disclosure so-called campaign finance ‘reformers' are demanding, and why it's so important to protect citizens' right to privately associate and speak out in politics and on public policy issues.
Launching what is known as ‘distributed denial of service' (DDoS) attacks, Anonymous apparently attempted to shut down web sites by overwhelming them with traffic (I'm something of a neo-Luddite myself, so please forgive any technical errors in my description of a DDoS)."
Attacks on political donors demonstrate dangers of excessive disclosure
Center for Competitive Politics:
