Anonymous Vs KKK: Hacking Group Declares War On The Klu Klux Klan
Hacktivist group Anonymous has announced its intention to unmask active members of the Klu Klux Klan (KKK). Anonymous claim to have gained access to a number of Twitter accounts belonging to the Klan, which has allowed them to identify up to 1000 members of the KKK. Anonymous issued their threat to the secretive hate group via Twitter.
The unmasking will be a part of “Operation KKK,” an initiative launched in November last year after a KKK chapter threatened to intervene with deadly force at protests in Ferguson. The protests and riots in Ferguson were a result of the police shooting of African American teenager Michael Brown. The unrest sparked a number of violent incidents, and there were suspicions that a memorial to Brown, as well as the church that he attended, were burned by the KKK. Anonymous responded to the Klan’s activities with threats and warnings, and have kept up a campaign of harassing cyber-attacks, outing Klan members and, according to claims made to the Huffington Post, taking over the KKK’s Twitter account.
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There is also the fact that, despite the grand and sweeping statements made in the press release for “Operation KKK,” Anonymous’ activity on another level indicates that one of the drivers for this renewed burst of activity is something as petty as a personal “flamewar.” It appears that a “friend” of Anonymous recently suffered online harassment at the hands of an individual purporting to be a Klan member, and a tit for tat series of Denial of Service and other attacks were perpetrated as a result. There is also an odd inconsistency in their press releases, with the main release claiming that Anonymous’ belief in free speech means that they will defend the Klan’s right to exist, but resist its violent actions. Individual users, however, have told media outlets that the goal of Anonymous is to see the “KKK gone forever.”
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