‘Anonymous’ Operation Against Mexican Cartel Is Back On (TPM)

[OneGrassRoot]

I can see why they keep their organization truly anonymous, and how it may even be okay with the founders if others copy them and act like they're Anonymous. Their lives are truly in danger, and by taking on the Mexican cartels, maybe even more so than with government and corporate entities. :scared:

The difficulty tracking them is more difficult, the more amorphous they are. I suppose that works in the opposite direction as well, with people doubting the veracity of what they reveal.

Anyway.....

The masked-members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous have done another about face and are again planning to post identifying information online about the civilian associates of Los Zetas, one of Mexico’s largest and most lethal drug cartels, just days after reportedly canceling the plans, according to the Anonymous Iberoamerica blog and former Anonymous spokesman Barrett Brown.

The hacktivists apparently reconsidered the cancellation of Operation Cartel, first reported by Mexican newspaper Milenio on October 30, after receiving an outpouring of support from others online, also acknowledging that even if one or a few individuals leaked information under the banner of Anonymous, the entire organization would be deemed a target by the cartel.

“We go forward with the transaction, as well we have been requested,” read a post on the Anonymous Iberoamerica blog (translated). “If someone makes an action on behalf of Anonymous, criminals will not have the insight to tell who denied or who refused…We’re all on the same ship, sink or float. However, we encourage everyone who does not trust enough in their ability to refrain from participating in this operation.”


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[gateley]

1. There is no "organization" as I understand it, but I agree that

people who are THOUGHT to be "members" would be in danger.

[OneGrassRoot]

2. True. I shouldn't have worded it that way. Thanks. :) n/t

[gateley]

4. Oops - I replied to myself when I was talking to you! Not that you missed much. nt

[gateley]

3. I don't quite get it - it mentions a spokesman, after all. And I wasn't

schooling you in your choice of words :7, just essentially agreeing that I'm concerned for their safety. Whoever "they" are! :crazy:

If I recall, wasn't this begun because the cartel had abducted a "member" after that person released some info?

I just think they should stay away from the cartels. :scared:

[OneGrassRoot]

5. I don't know about that....

about a "member" having been abducted, but I did read a story of two 20-somethings being disemboweled and hung from an overpass for "outing" cartel members on social networking sites.

Oh, I know you weren't schooling me; I was just clarifying.

:hi:

[Javaman]

6. I find this action by "anonymous" moronic. they should be targeting the DEA

and the US government for keeping pot illegal.

this is nothing more than a black operation to keep the war on drugs fully funded.

[OneGrassRoot]

7. Perhaps they should so both.

The DEA is obviously complicit in this "war on drugs," but the cartel violence is horrific.

[Javaman]

8. Touche'

good point.