Tag Archives: Anonymous

Politico reports: “Anonymous” is trolling President Donald Trump one more time. The self-described “senior Trump administration official,” who anonymously trashed the president’s leadership in a 2018 op-ed and a 2019 best-selling book, is calling for voters to throw the president out of office this November in a new preface for the paperback “2020 election edition” of the book, “A Warning.” …

The Hill reports: The hacking collective Anonymous is pledging to expose the people behind the “QAnon” conspiracy theory. The anarchist hacking group slammed the QAnon conspiracy as potentially dangerous and driven by a “brainless political agenda” in a video posted Sunday to what is widely considered the most reliable Anonymous Twitter account. “We will not see idly by while you …

This morning numerous major sites were inaccessible across the northeast of the United States after unknown hackers launched a denial of service attack on a major DNS host. The initial attack was “mitigated” in about two hours but another wave launched early this afternoon is presently also affecting accessibility on much of the west cost. Politico reports that your earlier …

The Hill reports: The activist hacking group Anonymous has selected Donald Trump as its latest target in the wake of the GOP presidential candidate’s proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. “Donald Trump, it has come to our attention that you want to ban all Muslims [from entering] the United States. This policy is going to have a huge …

Via the Mirror: Hacker group Anonymous have declared war against ISIS after the attacks in Paris on Friday night. Posting a video on YouTube, the group said it would use its knowledge to “unite humanity” and warned the terrorists to “expect us”. Behind their signature mask, a spokesperson speaking in French said: “Anonymous from all over the world will hunt …

Anonymous says they will reveal the identities of 1000 Ku Klux Klan members on the first anniversary of the Ferguson riots, which began last year on November 24th. “We are not attacking you because of what you believe in as we fight for freedom of speech,” Anonymous said in a statement released last week. “We are attacking you because of …

Ancona is the Imperial Wizard of Missouri’s Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. From the New York Daily News: The city of Ferguson is anxiously awaiting a grand jury’s decision whether to indict cop Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown in August. Several months of riots and unrest followed the shooting. “We will …

On Sunday the same Anonymous account claimed to have identified three KKK members in attendance at a rally in Wilson’s support. (Via JMG reader Scott)

Via Raw Story: On Tuesday, the campaign continued, with Anonymous moving beyond the Klan to target racist websites like Stormfront.org and writing, “The aim of our operation is nothing more than Cyber Warfare. Anything you upload will be taken down, anything you use to promote the KKK will be shut down. DDoS attacks have already been sent and have infiltrated …

Yesterday afternoon Anonymous seized the Ku Klux Klan’s Twitter account after the hate group threatened to use “lethal force” during any protests over the coming decision on the indictment of the Missouri police officer that killed a young black man. The Riverfront Times reported that the St. Louis, Missouri KKK group passed out pamphlets starting, “Attention: To the terrorists masquerading …

The above Anonymous Twitter account with 1.3 million followers claims to have spotted Tea Party hero and US Senate candidate Rep. Tom Cotton (R-AR) in the crowd at the popular DC gay bar JR’s. I’ve looked at the photos of Cotton that come up on Google Image and just can’t tell from the shot posted to Foursquare. According to Wikipedia, …

Anonymous has hacked the Facebook page of Westboro Baptist Church and replaced most of the posts with photos of cats and pro-gay graphics. (Tipped by JMG reader Birdie) UPDATE: Some suspect that the hacking is just a parody page, but WBC’s main website appears to be down also at the moment, so who knows?

The hacktivists at Anonymous are punishing Westboro Baptist Church for their plan to picket Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary. Via CNET: As part of a campaign dubbed #OpWestBoro, KY Anonymous said yesterday it posted the personal information belonging to members of the extremist organization, which is best known for conducting protests designed to disrupt the funerals of members of the military …

Anonymous has issued a threat against Uganda’s leaders should their “Kill The Gays” bill pass. Earlier this week Ugandan clergy demanded the bill’s passage as a “Christmas gift to Christians.” The so-called ‘hacktivists’ from Anonymous New Jersey sent a stark warning to lawmakers, urging them not rubber stamp the draconian legislation which would mean gay Ugandans could face life imprisonment …

If you can’t open your favorite site today, this may be why. A member of the Anonymous hacktivist group appears to have taken down GoDaddy with a massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS). The widespread issue seems to be affecting countless websites and services around the world, although not for everyone. Godaddy.com is down, but so are some of the …

Two websites of the Ugandan government were hacked yesterday by Anonymous. One of the messages read: “Today’s hack and deface of the Ugandan Prime Minister’s site was the latest in a long list of actions against the government and infrastructure of Uganda for crimes against LGBT people. “We will not stand by while LGBT Ugandans are victimized, abused and murdered …