Tango down: After the Ku Klux Klan threatened to use “lethal force” against Ferguson protesters, the hacktivist collective known as Anonymous declares “cyber war,” hacks the KKK’s Twitter accounts, exposing and humiliating racist Klan members.
According to a Nov. 16 report issued by ZDNet , two Twitter accounts belonging to the Ku Klux Klan, @KuKluxKlanUSA and @YourKKKCentral, have been seized by Anonymous as part of the new campaign, Operation KKK ( #OpKKK ).
Operation KKK ( #OpKKK ) is new campaign to harass, humiliate and expose the racist organization that earlier this week began distributing a flyer stating that they would use “lethal force” against Ferguson protesters if provoked, according to the Huffington Post . The flier reads:
“You have been warned by the Ku Klux Klan. There will be consequences for your actions against the peaceful, law abiding citizens of Missouri.”
In response to the KKK’s flier, Anonymous began an online campaign using social media to reveal the identities of KKK members in the Ferguson and St. Louis area, as well as hacking their social media accounts.
In a video published Nov 14, 2014, Anonymous made the following statement, warning the KKK:
Greetings world, we are Anonymous
KKK it has came to our unfortunate attention that you have been interfering with Anonymous.
We are not attacking you because of what you believe in as we fight for freedom of speech…
We are attacking you because of what you did to our brothers and sisters at the Ferguson protest on the 12th of November.
Due to your actions we have started Operation KKK. The aim of our operation is nothing more than Cyber Warfare. Anything you upload will be taken down, anything you use to promote the KKK will be shut down.
DDos attacks have already been sent and have infiltrated your servers over the past 2 days… d0x's have also been launched on leaders of the KKK. All information retrieved will be given to the public.
You messed with our family and now we will mess with yours…
Let the cyber war begin.
We are legion.
We do not forgive
We do not forget
Ku Klux Klan you should have expect us.
On Saturday Anonymous posted photos and personal information, including addresses and job positions, of Klan members living in the St. Louis area and on Sunday Anonymous took control over the main Twitter accounts for the Klan.
On Sunday Anonymous posted a tweet announcing the takeover, featuring a lynched Klansman, which has been re-tweeted over 3,200 times.
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