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An affiliated group, Anonymous, gained attention last week for apparently taking down Web sites like MasterCard’s in a show of support for WikiLeaks Why is Ano
by gasull 16y ago
An affiliated group, Anonymous, gained attention last week for apparently taking down Web sites like MasterCard’s in a show of support for WikiLeaks
Why is Anonymous "affiliated"?
Flagged for being plain disinformation.
EDIT: This article reports that the crackers themselves said they are unrelated with Anonymous:
http://thenextweb.com/media/2010/12/12/gawker-media-is-compromised-the-responsible-parties-reach-out-to-tnw/ http://thenextweb.com/media/2010/12/12/gawker-media-is-compr...
EDIT2: Why the downvotes?
- cfinke 16y agoIf you read it in context, they're saying that Anonymous is affiliated with 4chan, not with the hackers: > The hackers suggested they had chosen Gawker out of > spite. They said Gawker writers had been critical of the > online message board 4chan, a chaotic group that mounts > attacks on Web sites and individuals. > > An affiliated group, Anonymous, gained attention last > week for apparently taking down Web sites like > MasterCard’s in a show of support for WikiLeaks, the > organization that facilitated the release of secret State > Department cables.
- gasull 16y agoThis is at best unclear. It could mean affiliated to the site just mentioned in previous paragraph, 4Chan, or to the group the article is talking about, Gnosis.