Anonymous hackers declare war on coporate execs, military officials who target WikiLeaks

[cory777]

Source: New York Daily News

The cyberplatoon of hackers known as Anonymous has a new target.

Not 24 hours after the U.S. Army announced it had filed 22 counts against reputed WikiLeaks source Army Pvt. Bradley Manning, including one capital count of aiding the enemy, Anonymous issued a new threat Thursday.

"The decision to charge Bradley Manning with a capital offense in addition to other charges is a provocation, and Anonymous is set to respond accordingly," spokesman Barrett Brown wrote on DailyKos. He said the group will keep going after corporate execs involved in plots against Wikileaks.

And, he told The Daily News: "We are looking at information on various military officials."



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/03/03/2011-03-03_anonymous_hackers_declare_war_on_coporate_execs_military_officials_who_target_wi.html

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[Uta]

1. Wrong message

I just cant support illegal hacking.
These guys are making our side look like terrorists.

[roguevalley]

3. standing against tyranny is good. being a tool isn't.

[Stanchetalarooni]

31. Oh Yes!!

[StarburstClock]

39. Well said

Agreed.

[rhett o rick]

68. This isnt any more terrorism than the original Tea Party in Boston. nm

[Name removed]

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[sabrina 1]

5. You fight fire with fire. This government is doing very illegal

and immoral, actual criminal things, causing untold suffering in the world to millions of people.

Asking them nicely to stop sure won't help anyone. This is a war and you don't go to war with someone who has nuclear weapons, wielding a knife.

If you are worried about illegality, then talk to the U.S. government. They set the standard, they made the rules, Anonymous is simply following their rules.

All is fair in love and war!

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

26. +1

[DirkGently]

28. Correct. The government has broken the rules here; even the ones it made up.

It's a pretty standard trick of authoritarians and bullies to make up the rules so only they can win, to then accuse their victims of being lawless and illegitimate. The 250-lb man wants to "box" the 90-lb woman under Queensbury Rules.

Bullshit. She has every right to hit below the belt.

Anonymous isn't talking about blowing up buses full of schoolchildren. Even using the word "terrorism" in connection with what they've done is a dirty trick in itself. Their tactics so far have been to embarrass liars by revealing information they lied about.

Nothing wrong with that, whatsoever. Reveal everything.

[Stanchetalarooni]

32. Yes! Yes!!!

[femrap]

40. I wish I

could be an Anonymous.

As King John Kasich says: "Just do what you want to do." That's the credo here in rethug land of Ohio.

Hack away!

[BigBearJohn]

72. You hit the bottom line. Truer words never spoken.

[gateley]

6. And what does the Military look like, keeping him in solitary confinement, making

him stand at attention nude, fucking with his mind? How well do these torturers represent "our side"?

[WheelWalker]

8. Got your back nt

[gateley]

9. Always.

:pals:

[JDPriestly]

16. Yes, how do they represent "our side"? Democracy, human rights, our Constitution?

Hillary Clinton noted that the Mainstream Media's shows like Baywatch and "professional" wrestling really do not represent American values.

Well, I must ask Hillary Clinton to please read the first ten amendments to our Constitution and then tell me whether the treatment that Manning is reported to be receiving in his prison represents American values.

I think not.

The whole world is watching Manning's treatment just as it is watching Gaddhafi's treatment of the protestors in his country, just as it watched Mubarak. The whole world is watching. There are no secrets.

[The Doctor.]

22. Such a profound lack of understanding.

Do you know why 'terrorists' do what they do?

In most cases, terrorism is a response to some sort of vast injustice. If you were to educate yourself, you would find out that the rash of piracy out of Somalia comes directly on the heels of Somali waters being fished-out and contaminated by foreign ships.

The piracy started because the fishermen could no longer make a living, their attempts at legal recourse were ignored, and their families were starving.

In some cases, the assignation is justified. Tim McVeigh killed children because of a real or perceived threat. Such a thing is never justified and McVeigh can be considered the worst sort of terrorist. In the case of Anonymous, the response is non-violent.

The government that has something to hide will always call any acts against it 'terrorism' because that is the easiest way to polarize the conflict.

Anonymous does not target the weak, but directly targets the people responsible for injustice. This is not 'terrorism' at all, as terrorism is defined by the use of violence against 'soft targets'.

Those in power will try to get people to believe that attacks against them are unjustified terrorism so they can go overboard and take extreme action. Such action will include the stripping of more and more civil rights. As they strip rights to give themselves more power, they will continue to tell people that it's for the sake of security. Anonymous' actions are too abstract and non-threatening for the people to be fooled this time. Attempts to clamp down on internet freedom will further enrage an already dispossessed citizenry.

Anonymous' actions are quite likely to shed light on the tyranny of the elite... which is the last thing the elite want. This is a good thing.

Wouldn't you agree?

[femrap]

41. I do. nt

[madmax]

43. +100

[timtom]

44. Anonymous is pretty close to

Robin Hood
Zorro
V (for vendetta)

[calimary]

48. Yes.

[boppers]

23. If they didn't do anything wrong, they have nothing to fear.

Isn't that how the message goes?

[notadmblnd]

24. Our side?

How'd you com to that crazy conclusion? I've never heard a message from anonymous declaring their political party. I don't support them, I don't not support them. Desperate times can sometimes call for desperate measures and I'm sure the group is doing what it feels it needs to do.

[xiamiam]

30. lol

[mike_c]

33. I stand with Anon....

They're making our side look like something other than doormats.

[loudsue]

34. They're not on "our side". They have their own philosophy, and their own army.

Don't try to "own" annonymous to ANY side.

On edit: I love what they have done so far, and their ideology seems in sync with mine, so far. I would guess that the powers that be would LOVE to marry annonymous to someone, but my guess in that annonymous doesn't want to be married, or they already would be.

[liberation]

50. You have to tell us first, which side you're on before you can include us in it.

LOL. yeah you were not a fool until someone said you were a fool. Keep believing that...

[RetroLounge]

62. Thanks for your concern

Now PFO

RL

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

64. Enjoy your stay

:bounce:

[rhett o rick]

65. "Our side"?? You have to be joking. Your side are the terrorists. nm

[rhett o rick]

66. The giveaway is that you post only one post and do it early.

You are clearly not here to debate, only disrupt.

[Raster]

70. Watch this one long enough, and it will be pizza for dinner.

[rhett o rick]

73. Agree. Easy to spot them. They jump in a thread early, leave a turd, then run away. nm

[Raster]

69. You just can't support illegal hacking...

...but war crimes are OK.

[plumbob]

71. I suppose you could not have supported illegal militias in 1775,

either.

That's fine. Just know that change cannot occur within a framework, by definition. So if you like the government executing those who expose its lies, you can.

I don't.

[DBoon]

2. a long history behind this

[WheelWalker]

7. Damn. Kick & Recommend for courage. Damn.

:kick:

[glinda]

10. I have no issues with Anonymous. Am grateful for what they do.

[Rex]

11. So is this like illegal wiretappings?

Just a question for the yappers out there.

[WheelWalker]

12. Blessings nt

[StarsInHerHair]

13. up to 30 K&R

nt

[Amonester]

14. 32 now K&R

[OnyxCollie]

15. K&R. nt

[yurbud]

17. why don't they go for broke and try to figure out how to separate Goldman Sachs from their money?

especially since so much trading is based on computer algorhythms that make nanosecond decisions, it shouldn't be too hard to throw a monkey wrench in that, or to trace the wire transfers to all their off-shore accounts, and then either redirect the money or make it simply vanish.

Here's an even better trick--make Wall Street's checks to politicians BOUNCE. How soon would we get real finance reform if that happened?

[girl gone mad]

47. You have to start somewhere.

Join the effort to http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/dec/02/jp-morgan-silver-short-selling-crash">crash JP Morgan.

[zalinda]

18. I consider Anonymous in the same league as the

French Underground. Obama did not turn out to be the 'one' people were waiting for. He instead, decided he was not one of us. How in the world can we fight back?

If they were hacking for their own gain, I could condemn them. But, they are working for the greater good, for us, the 90% of the population that will never get Obama's ear or support. If Obama doesn't go after the rich crooks, who are making it more and more difficult for us 90 percent to survive, who will? Anonymous.

zalinda

[bertman]

52. Great points, zalinda. nt

[JeffersonChick]

19. I wish they'd take down something for WI n/t

[racrya23]

49. Wisconsin

The South Central Labor Federation sent out a link to a posting on anonnews.org that listed Koch products to boycott:
http://anonnews.org/?p=press&a=item&i=585

They have some interesting releases on Wisconsin that people have posted.

[Mybrokenchains]

20. Anonymous is doing what has to be done...

They cut the purse strings of those uber-wealthy who would hamper free speech and democracy, and at the same time reveal the illicit secrets of those who preach transparency.
Anonymous, and indeed all of us are at war with people who only value money and power, by costing those forces money and rendering them helpless to stop it, the online hive mind of the people shows these Oligarchs the futility of their ways...

NOT that they'd get it...GO! ANONYMOUS! WOOO!

[vicarofrevelwood]

21. Have at em boys!

with my blessings.

[Lorien]

38. And girls. nt

[laylah]

56. + a brazillion :) nt

[rhett o rick]

67. Go lisabeth. nm

[ehrnst]

25. Sometimes rules need to be broken to make things right.

Sometimes you need to fight fire with fire. People are not being injured by Anonymous' actions.

[blackspade]

27. You can only push people so far...

before they push back.

The illegal activities of the ruling elite need to be exposed. I find it tragic that there are so many 'law and order types' on DU that condemn Anonymous, Manning, wikileaks, and anyone else that shines the light on these cockroaches because hacking is illegal. What is more illegal, murder, theft of billions, torture, etc... or hacking?

[Bragi]

29. Why I support Anon and WL

Because enforced transparency is the most effective tactic to emerge in years to fight against the darkness that has descended on America and the western world since 9/11.

[DirkGently]

35. Bingo.

[Hosnon]

58. Sunshine is corruption's best disinfectant. nt.

[Vidar]

36. Bravo, Anoymous, Bravo!

[sarcasmo]

37. Declaring war on corporations would be better, but this is an excellent start.

[defendandprotect]

42. Go "Anonymous" -- wherever you are!!

[no limit]

45. They have a spokesman now?

[boppers]

53. Sort of.

There are a few people who keep tabs on things, and act as a "voice" when needed, but it's not like they actually have titles, or can speak in an "official" capacity.

[felix_numinous]

46. Forcing transparency

is the only way to gain access to information that should be ours in the first place. The information belongs to us, the missing trillions DO NOT BELONG TO THEM, no matter how many 'laws' they write to cover themselves.

We the people and our allies are in the right in asking to open the books!! if 'they have nothing to hide'---then there should be no problem with that, right?

It is so sad that we the people cannot have real legal representation--so far no lawyer, no representative, or organization is powerful enough to arbitrate for us out in the open, in the light of day.

Secrecy has become a domestic threat when our money, jobs and resources and all oversight is being outsourced to international entities with more rights than Americans.

We absolutely have the right and the obligation to demand all information be turned over to us--because we have lost confidence and trust in their word. They have lied too many times to us.

[dotymed]

51. Please, make them regret it.

Help us get the transparency in government that we were promised. Expose those bastards for the vampiric trash they are.
Help us win the war.
(computers are peaceful...)

[bertman]

54. For anyone who thinks this is the wrong approach, just try being a member of our

military who has seen something illegal being done by his superior officers and decides to report them using the "chain of command".

The structure of the military is no accident. It's not JUST for the maintenance of so-called military discipline (where's the discipline of adhering to the Geneva Convention, guys??!!). It's also a mechanism to stifle any kind of 'whistleblower' activity, any kind of exposing of the abuse of power that often happens in a rigid hierarchical organization.

What is tragic and a sign of the malignancy that has overtaken our military leadership regarding human rights, is the fact that the illegal and immoral acts that were brought to light by Pfc Manning's exposure of secret documents highlighted acts by our military commanders that would have lead to prosecution for violation of the UCMJ and Geneva Conventions before the Bush Administration and now the Obama Administration legalized torture and war crimes.

Anonymous is doing us all a high service by its actions.

[Blacksheep214]

55. Truth, Justice, and the American Way

What exactly are those virtues anyway?

It seems so 1950's.

It's time to take our country back from those who have turned us into war criminals by any peaceful means possible.

Notice who carries weapons in public to intimidate and who doesn't. I have to support Anonymous.

The Supermen of the Internet!:argh: Look out evil doers!

[valerief]

57. Anonymous ROX! nt

[valerief]

59. Anonymous, take some of their money and give it to UNIONS!!!! nt

[MasonJar]

60. They shouldn't have to look too long or too hard. I'd bet some of those

goons are quaking right now. I am glad they are exposing the executives, who get away with murder (and that is not necessarily a cliche.)

[Howler]

61. I really love these folks!!!!

K&R

[im1013]

63. I'm getting some really BAD VIBES here....

Can't help but think the Anons are being set up.

As long as they only go after other countries, the US Gov. can't touch them.

But, go after them & it's all over.....