Anonymous hacks BART website

Hacker group Anonymous hacked San Francisco’s BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) website today, calling for a protest tomorrow at the Civic Center station, according to media reports on Monday. Currently, myBart.org says it is under renovation. According to a tweet posted on @YourAnonNews, the group e-mailed over 120,000 people on a BART mailing list to spread word of the protest. The hacktivists are hoping for a peaceful protest and openly stated it does not condone violence, in a video released by the group. “Anonymous does not support violent action and it is discouraged,” said a computerized voice on the video. Cameras are also encouraged to “legitimize” the occasion and capture what Anonymous assumes will be police brutality. The group is known to act out against censorship. In a post published on Anonymous’ website, the group states, “From internet censorship to the unnecessary violence inflicted upon unarmed civilans, we’ve all seen what can happen once a portion of us are gagged. “ Plans to gag in return are out, including requests to jam BART communications lines as well as police radios, according to a tweet by @AnonymousPress. The tweet reads, “Have a feeling that at tomorrow protest the police radios may get the BART treatment.” Whether BART will shut down the Civic Center Station or cut off cell service again remains to be seen.