Anonymous, a group of “hacktivists” who attack computer systems, recently managed to steal ninety-thousand military electronic-mail addresses and passwords from a poorly protected server at Booz Allen Hamilton, a consulting firm that advises America’s government on cybersecurity (“Hacked Off,” July 16, 2011). To top it off, the hacktivists sent the consultants a mocking invoice for their “security audit.” As you cite Anonymous, Booz Allen “basically had no security measures in place.” In short, the hactivists are helping the American government. The more they target it and its consultants, the better the cybersecurity. In the Sixties, when hacking took off at major American universities in the form of pranks, the administrators of computer systems rarely asked for playful students to be punished. Each prank led to better security. Although Anonymous ostensibly opposes Booz Allen’s work for the government, they can be only congratulated on their exposure of the consultant’s incompetence.