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[[A television is showing a news anchor. The inset picture of the news shows Anonymous wearing a monocle and top hat.]]
Anchor: Hackers briefly took down the website of the CIA yesterday...
[[A person is watching television.]]
What people hear:
Anchor: Someone hacked into the computers of the
CIA!!
[[A computer expert is watching television.]]
What computer experts hear:
Anchor: Someone tore down a poster hung up by the
CIA!!
{{Title text: It was their main recruiting poster, hung up nearly ten feet up a wall! This means the hackers have LADDER technology! Are we headed for a future where everyone has to pay $50 for one of those locked plexiglass poster covers? More after the break ...}}
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