https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vb5agy/phineas-fisher-offers-dollar100000... https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qkjjnb/notorious-hacker-phineas-fishers-i... https://limn.it/articles/the-public-interest-hack/ https://unicornriot.ninja/2019/massive-hack-strikes-offshore-cayman-national... Interview... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpyCl1Qm6Xs Hacktivism is back, and this time it's well funded by many. An infamous vigilante hacker known for their hits on surveillance companies and capitalist institutions is launching a new kind of bug bounty to reward hacktivists who do public interest hacks and leaks. Phineas Fisher published a new manifesto on Friday, offering to pay hackers up to $100,000 in what they called the ‘Hacktivist Bug Hunting Program.” The idea is to pay other hackers who carry out politically motivated hacks against companies that could lead to the disclosure of documents in the public interest. The hacker said he will pay in cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin or Monero. Arguing why it was justified to leak the bank’s internal emails, Phineas Fisher wrote that “privacy for the powerful is not the same, when it allows them to evade the limits of a system itself designed to give them privileges; and privacy for the weak, which protects them from a system conceived to exploit them.” “Hacking to obtain and leak documents with public interest is one of the best ways for hackers to use their abilities to benefit society [...] I’m not trying to make anyone rich. I’m just trying to provide enough funds so that hackers can make a decent living doing a good job.” "In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” -- Orwell "We're all Phineas Fisher." -- Phineas Fisher