Bruce Ratner is suing
10 anonymous hackers for sending mean emails in his name to supporters
of his Atlantic Yards project. According to Ratner’s court papers,
10 computer-savvy John Does sent insulting mail from a fraudulent Forest
City Ratner address to “business, community and political leaders
in Brooklyn who have endorsed the Atlantic Yards project.” The suit
says the intention of the spammers was to inspire mistrust and weaken
Ratner’s alliances. But so far only Brooklyn Brewery owner Steve
Hindy — whose fake email told him that Ratner prefers Anheuser Busch
to his “small time” local brewery — has said he received
such an email, leaving The Brooklyn Papers to ask the obvious: Who are
the other business, community and political leaders whom Ratner claims
in court papers received the mean mail?
