HACKERS TO KILL FACEBOOK ON NOV. 5th, 2011
A hacker collective, “Anonymous” vows to take down the social networking giant this November.
Anonymous will attack Facebook Nov 5, in protest of the government-social networking complex. Facebook is taking the threat seriously and is planning a counterattack against the hackers.
“They have no chance,” a hacker told WWN in a secret meeting held Palo Alto. “There is nothing Facebook can do to stop it. The algorithm has already started. They are going down.”
Media outlets around the world picked up the story and highlighted the two-week old video, which went viral this week.Many “IT specialists” at top technology companies are calling the threat a hoax, but the hackers believe this is just a counter move by Facebook and government agencies to keep people using Facebook.
“The U.S. government has been working with Facebook for the last two years, collecting data on every American and citizens around the world. They are planning to control us all. We will not let that happen. Facebook will die on November 5th, 2011.
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A hacker collective, “Anonymous” vows to take down the social networking giant this November. Anonymous will attack Facebook Nov 5, in protest of the government-social networking complex. Facebook is taking the threat seriously and is planning a counterattack against the hackers. |
The video first appeared on July 16 when a newly created YouTube channel — FacebookOp — uploaded the video “Message from Anonymous: Operation Facebook, Nov 5 2011.”
The manifesto urges the audience to kill Facebook over privacy-related concerns.
The speaker in the video claiming to be Anonymous encouraged hacktivists to “join the cause and kill facebook for the sake of your own privacy – and your freedom.”
Some have speculated that Mark Zuckerberg works for the CIA.
“Everything you do on Facebook stays on Facebook regardless of your privacy settings, and deleting your account is impossible,” the posts read. “Even if you delete your account, all your information stays on Facebook and can be recovered at any time.”
“Facebook has been selling information to government agencies and giving clandestine access to information security firms so they can spy all the people from all around the world,” the post added.
For personal safety reasons, Anonymous has neither confirmed nor denied it is connected to the video.
In recent months, Facebook has faced criticism about its privacy-related policies. In May, a Senate panel questioned Facebook executives for allegedly failing to prevent underage people from having access to the network. Security software company Symantec also has said third-parties like advertisers had access to sensitive data of millions of Facebook users for years.
Facebook has denied there was any security breach, saying no private information could have been passed to third parties. The site also said the Symantec report had ignored contractual obligations of advertisers and developers that prohibit them from obtaining or sharing user information in a way that violates its policies.
WWN has learned that the CIA and FBI are looking for “Anonymous” and plan to do “everything in their power” to stop the November 5th attack.
News broke yesterday that the hacktivist group Anonymous is vowing to destroy Facebook on November 5, 2011 (Guy Fawkes Day). Now there is speculation that it’s all just a hoax. After a little digging, I’ve found that the collective group Anonymous doesn’t support what a few of its members are reportedly up to.
I contacted Facebook last night to see what the company thinks about a possible Anonymous attack. Facebook did not get back to me, so today I decided to look for more information myself. First, let’s look at how this all started.
These account names are a little odd: why not just use one of the many other mediums that Anonymous has used in the past? Furthermore, the released video, embedded above, is not of the usual computerized voice and visual production quality that we’re used to from Anonymous.
The dates are also questionable: why didn’t this news spread like wildfire three weeks ago? Whenever Anonymous or LulzSec declare a new target, the world definitely notices. Furthermore, while Guy Fawkes Day is a perfectly understandable choice, it’s very far away. There are 112 days between July 16, 2011 and November 5, 2011: Anonymous rarely gives more than a few days notice, if at all.
My suspicions were confirmed via a few Twitter accounts that Anonymous has previously used to talk to the media and the general public. They have given accurate information regarding the organization and its actions in the past, so I’m not as hesitant to believe what they are saying.
GroupAnon, which has some 26,000 followers, sent out these two tweets:
No one can speak for the whole of #Anonymous. There are some anons who support #OpFacebook whilst others do not. | #AnonOps
@Anonymous_SA Exactly! #OpFacebook is just an Op, it’s not Anonymous…
AnonOps, which has some 45,000 followers, sent out these four tweets:
We prefer to face the real power and not to face to the same medias that we use as tools. #OpFacebook #Anonymous
#OpFacebook is being organised by some Anons. This does not necessarily mean that all of #Anonymous agrees with it.
Dont be silly. Important things are happening in the world to deal with quirks like #OpFacebook. Lets keep our style & moral #Anonymous
TO PRESS: MEDIAS OF THE WORLD… STOP LYING! #OpFacebook is just ANOTHER FAKE! WE DONT “KILL” THE MESSENGER. THAT’S NOT OUR STYLE #Anonymous
spread the new video like AIDS NOU!!! youtube.com/watch?v=SWQTS8…
Also, here is the original “press release” from the YouTube video posted by FacebookOp:
Attention citizens of the world,We wish to get your attention, hoping you heed the warnings as follows:
Your medium of communication you all so dearly adore will be destroyed. If you are a willing hacktivist or a guy who just wants to protect the freedom of information then join the cause and kill facebook for the sake of your own privacy.
Facebook has been selling information to government agencies and giving clandestine access to information security firms so that they can spy on people from all around the world. Some of these so-called whitehat infosec firms are working for authoritarian governments, such as those of Egypt and Syria.Everything you do on Facebook stays on Facebook regardless of your “privacy” settings, and deleting your account is impossible, even if you “delete” your account, all your personal info stays on Facebook and can be recovered at any time. Changing the privacy settings to make your Facebook account more “private” is also a delusion. Facebook knows more about you than your family.You cannot hide from the reality in which you, the people of the internet, live in. Facebook is the opposite of the Antisec cause. You are not safe from them nor from any government. One day you will look back on this and realise what we have done here is right, you will thank the rulers of the internet, we are not harming you but saving you.The riots are underway. It is not a battle over the future of privacy and publicity. It is a battle for choice and informed consent. It’s unfolding because people are being raped, tickled, molested, and confused into doing things where they don’t understand the consequences. Facebook keeps saying that it gives users choices, but that is completely false. It gives users the illusion of and hides the details away from them “for their own good” while they then make millions off of you. When a service is “free,” it really means they’re making money off of you and your information.Think for a while and prepare for a day that will go down in history. November 5 2011, #opfacebook . Engaged.This is our world now. We exist without nationality, without religious bias. We have the right to not be surveilled, not be stalked, and not be used for profit. We have the right to not live as slaves.
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