By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer
A computer hacker has taken responsibility for sending anti-Semitic fliers last week to Internet accessible printers at colleges around the country, including Princeton University.
The fliers depicted two Swastikas, a message and the web address for a Neo Nazi website, the handiwork of hacker Andrew Auernheimer. The university said the single-page fliers were sent to printers in “several buildings,” and the employees had reported Thursday and Friday finding them.
“These fliers are offensive and contrary to the values of the university, which is committed to creating and maintaining an environment free from discrimination and harassment,” said Michele Minter, vice provost for institutional equity and inclusion at Princeton, in a statement issued Friday.
Princeton spokeswoman Min Pullan said Tuesday that the school put in security measures to prevent any more fliers from coming through.
The school said it had contacted the FBI about the matter. “The FBI has not confirmed an investigation and we won’t be able to comment on any potential investigation at this time,” the FBI said in a statement Tuesday.
On his Twitter account, Mr. Auernheimer, 30, wrote March 26 that the FBI is “trying to make another harassing indictment against me for lawfully accessing public systems.”
He had been convicted in 2012 and served time in prison for a hacking case involving AT&T, only to have a federal appeals court throw out his conviction in 2014.
