{{Hackers claiming to be from the activist group Anonymous have hacked a US government website in response to the death of Aaron Swartz.}}<\/p>\n
Activists embedded a video statement on the homepage of the United States Sentencing Commission, an agency of the US government.<\/p>\n
The statement referred to the death of Mr Swartz, an internet activist who apparently killed himself in January.<\/p>\n
“Two weeks ago today, a line was crossed,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
“Two weeks ago today, Aaron Swartz was killed. Killed because he faced an impossible choice. Killed because he was forced into playing a game he could not win.”<\/p>\n
Mr Swartz, who was 26, was facing hacking charges and is believed to have taken his own life.<\/p>\n
His federal trial was due to be held next month. If found guilty, he could have faced up to 35 years in prison.<\/p>\n
Following his death, Mr Swartz’s family released a statement blaming “intimidation” and “prosecutorial overreach” from the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n
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