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Member Claims Anonymous "Might Well Be the Most Powerful Organization On Earth"

Posted by samzenpus on from the time-for-an-army dept.

wasimkadak writes in with an interview with Anonymous member "Commander X" in which he talks about how the hacktivists are the most powerful group on the planet. "Christopher Doyon, a.k.a. Commander X, sits atop a hillside in an undisclosed location in Canada, watching a reporter and photographer make their way along a narrow path to join him, away from the prying eyes of law enforcement. It's been a few weeks of encrypted emails back and forth, working out the security protocol to follow for interviewing Doyon, one of the brains behind Anonymous, now a fugitive from the FBI. Doyon, who readily admits taking part in some of the highest-profile hacktivist attacks on websites last year — from Tunisia to Orlando, Sony to PayPal — was arrested in September for a comparatively minor assault on the county website of Santa Cruz, Calif., where he was living, in retaliation for the town forcibly removing a homeless encampment on the courthouse steps. The 'virtual sit-in' lasted half an hour. For that, Doyon is facing 15 years in jail."

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  1. Most powerful? by Robert+Zenz · · Score: 5, Informative

    Oh really?

    1. Re:Most powerful? by GameboyRMH · · Score: 5, Informative

      Also less powerful than Amazon's cloud hosting or Lolita City which survived Anonymous' best efforts (sadly).

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      "When information is power, privacy is freedom" - Jah-Wren Ryel
    2. Re:Most powerful? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      I checked Wikipedia: they were going to release information on Zeta only because they had kidnapped an anonymous member. Los Zetas actually released their member, that's why they rescinded on OpCartel:

      On 6 October 2011 a man identified himself as a member of Anonymous posted a video on the Internet (YouTube) under the account MrAnonymousguyfawkes stating that Los Zetas had kidnapped one of their group members and demanded Los Zetas Cartel release the individual.

      ...Meanwhile, a retired head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in Puerto Rico, Mike Vigil, warned that "Los Zetas should take Anonymous seriously."...

      ...On 4 November 2011, Anonymous posted on the Iberoamerican Blog that the kidnapped member had been released and that they had confirmed his identity. They also stated that they would not be moving forward with releasing the information they had of several cartel members.

  2. Re:The people by jamstar7 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Last I checked, the major players in the global financial network have actual power. And most central/federal governments, too.

    Only the people have the actual power. Financiers, governments, crackers, drug cartels, religions, etc. exist solely at the will of the people.

    Have you taken a good look around lately? The people got cut out of the loop decades ago. Time to wake up and smell the napalm.

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    Understanding the scope of the problem is the first step on the path to true panic.