A 14 year-old girl, Daisy Coleman, was raped by a 17 year old boy, Matthew Barnett, who comes from a prominent family in Maryville. Astonishingly, although non-consensual sex was proven, the court dropped the case and the entire town turned on the Coleman family, resulting in their house being “suspiciously” burned down. When hacker group, “Anonymous” heard about this incident, they decided to target Maryville with the intention to “stand for the victim”.
This is the logo of the Anonymous hacker group. Another incident they are famous for is their threat to hack the Westboro Baptist Church which could be found here <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359376/Hackers-threaten-Westboro-Baptist-Churchs-website-spewing-hate.html>
Hacker groups are great threats to any database, whether it be a town’s or a company’s. With the growing MIS and IT sector in business, it is in a company’s best interest to keep the databases protected. Like natural disasters, hacking incidents are unpredictable and extremely corruptive. Although companies can create backup storage for data to minimize damage from natural disasters, how can they shield themselves from hackers? However, it does appear that after companies, such as Apple and Adobe, are hacked, their stock value rises, showing that customers who are loyal to the company do not seem to sway even after a hacking attack. <http://www.danielmiessler.com/blog/how-does-getting-hacked-actually-affect-company-value>