The hacker collective wants to stop Fox from belittling the protesters of Occupy Wall Street.
Anonymous has thrown its weight behind virtually every cause the last few years. They have attacked Scientology for its so-called evil practices, they brought down major banks’ website in support of Julian Assange’s Wikileaks, and they even went after Gene Simmons when he openly taunted them. Now, the group has released a video with a mechanized voice of a woman stating that they are in support of the ongoing protests in New York City and around the world. Anonymous believes that the pundits on Fox News have too often used libelous descriptions of the protesters to invalidate the protests, and the only recourse is to shut down the network’s website. The attack is called “Operation: Fox Hunt.”
“Fox is now the target of Anonymous because of their continued propaganda against the Occupations,” the woman’s voice says. “They use words such as filthy, disgusting and dirty to describe the protesters. Since they will not stop belittling the occupiers, we will simply shut them down.”
The date chosen for this attack? November 5th, also known as Guy Fawkes Day. Fawkes tried to blow up the Parliament building in 1605 to place a Catholic monarch on the Throne of England, and his likeness was popularized by the film adaptation of Alan Moore’s V for Vendetta. Anonymous adopted use of the Guy Fawkes mask to hide the identities of members when gathering in public – even though the proceeds from mask sales makes it way back to Hollywood, but that’s besides the point – and Fawkes has become a kind of de facto symbol for the group.
“Anonymous will not only shut down Fox News,” said Anonymous. “We will also engage in a propaganda campaign of our own, to show them how it feels to be chastised.”
The hackers of Anonymous have succeeded in taking down websites periodically before, so it is possible that the Operation Fox Hunt may work … at least until someone switches on a new server to deal with DDos attack.
Source: via Cnet
