Anonymous Declare 'Total War' On Donald Trump, Threaten To 'Dismantle His Campaign' (businessinsider.com)

An anonymous reader writes from Business Insider's article: Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous hacktivist collective have vowed to relaunch cyber-operations against US presidential candidate Donald Trump [on April Fools' Day]. They threaten to "dismantle his campaign" by taking his election websites offline in a large-scale and orchestrated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. In December 2015, Anonymous officially "declared war" on Trump after a radical speech in which he said Muslims should be banned from entering the United States. The operation at the time resulted in a number of websites being targeted by hackers, but failed to have lasting impact. A new video statement has been posted to YouTube which claims the "loyalists and veterans" of Anonymous have decided to ramp up cyber-operations against Trump -- dubbed #OpTrump -- on a far larger scale than ever before. "Dear Donald Trump, we have been watching you for a long time and what we see is deeply disturbing. Your inconsistent and hateful campaign has not only shocked the United States of America [but] you have shocked the entire planet with your appalling actions and ideas. You say what your audience wants to hear but in reality you don't stand for anything except for your personal greed and power."
The websites targeted in the attack (so far) include trump.com, donaldjtrump.com, and trumphotelcollection.com. In addition, the hacktivists are also planning to release some of Donald Trump's personal information including a SSN, phone number, and contact information of his agent and legal representative.

Comments

Re:There's a much easier solution to Trump

[Anonymous Coward]

They aren't allowed out of the basement.

Re:There's a much easier solution to Trump

[Anonymous Coward]

And they only really #FeelTheBurn when their mom doesn't let their Hot Pockets cool off before she brings them downstairs.

Re:There's a much easier solution to Trump

[pak9rabid]

I thought you had to be at least 18 to vote ;).

Forget the Muslims

[cyber-vandal]

Trump's being attacked by the 72 virgins.

Re:Morons Just Don't Understand

[fluffernutter]

Except for the fact that Obama was the underdog because he made too much sense, and Trump is an underdog because people think there is no way in hell a radical bully loudmouth like that could ever be an American president.