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Anonymous Threatens Robin Hood Attacks Against Banks

Posted by samzenpus on from the forced-charity dept.

gManZboy writes "Just in time for the holidays, hacktivist collective Anonymous has announced that it has teamed up with like-minded group TeaMp0isoN to donate to charity. The catch: they're using stolen credit data from big banks to make donations, in a campaign they're calling Operation Robin Hood. Is the #OpRobinHood campaign for real, or like previous threats against Wall Street and Facebook, just another hoax? Aesthetically, at least, the OpRobinHood video ticks all of the traditional Anonymous aesthetic requirements: a mashed-up 'p0isoaNoN' logo (green on black), a liberal dose of swelling choral music (via that movie trailer staple 'Europa,' by Globus), together with selected clips of Kevin Costner as Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves."

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  1. The Real Crime by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    is bringing up that terrible Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves movie. That's unforgivable.

    1. Re:The Real Crime by Darinbob · · Score: 4, Funny

      They should have used Men in Tights!

  2. While they're at it by GodfatherofSoul · · Score: 3, Funny

    Send the home addresses of stay-at-home wives of bankers to sexual predators getting out of jail. Since obviously 2 wrongs make a right, might as well go all out.

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  3. Re:Ready, fire, aim by mbkennel · · Score: 5, Funny

    First they ignore you,
    then they laugh at you,
    then they fight you,
    then you get the attention of Fox News,
    then you get incinerated by a Predator drone.

  4. Re:Ready, fire, aim by cultiv8 · · Score: 4, Funny

    profit!

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  5. Re:Ready, fire, aim by Wizard+Drongo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Providing the unseen "?" is "Sell drone-aircraft to the US Government", then yes, next step is Profit.

    Otherwise, next step is "Feed local bacteria for several weeks.".

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  6. Re:Ready, fire, aim by Ihmhi · · Score: 4, Funny

    then you get incinerated by a Predator drone.

    A friendly Predator drone.

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  7. Re:Ready, fire, aim by qxcv · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sweet, let's all take Gandhi quotes out of context and use them to justify credit card fraud.

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