[dzhiurgis]

Aaaaand it's gone from the frontpage. The very symbol of hacking is gone from the Hacker News in less than 5 hours.

In regards the topic the flag turned into a symbol of surrendering of ones freedoms to the state.

Now let's spend hundreds of thousands to catch them, put them to the jail and budget for consultants who will help closing such threats in future.

[dang]

Five hours is plenty of time on the front page, and the second page has good stuff too.

Neither the article nor the thread sheds much light on the story, so it doesn't seem surprising that this post didn't reach the top tier.