What happened to anonymous?
Anonymous has ceded the media spotlight to other activist groups in recent years—spates of arrests and the rise of other causes have seen to that. Today, the group is an even looser affiliation of hackers than it was before, organized to make it more difficult for law enforcement agencies to track down networks of individuals.
What is the anonymous video on Facebook?
The Anonymous video, posted on May 28 to a Facebook page affiliated with the group, and now viewed almost 2 million times, is a montage of news footage and a masked narrator, complete with trademark electronic voice.
Did Anonymous take down the new WikiLeaks website?
Anonymous did not claim responsibility for taking down the website, but an account claiming affiliation with the group did retweet the news it was down. Given the way in which Anonymous is organized—as that loose affiliation of hackers, it would only take a self-styled member to be involved in an attack for it to seemingly fit under its banner.
The iconic video style of Anonymous returned after years of inactivity. (Image: Anonymous/Facebook) Once a feared collective of hacktivists, Anonymous has largely remained silent in recent years. Since earlier today, they claim to have suddenly become more expressive.
What is anonymous’s message on May 29?
The message highlights the inaction of US police officers who stand by perpetrators of violence and do nothing, thereby being complicit to such acts of violence as well. It ends with a resounding sentence, stating that beginning May 29, Anonymous will be exposing the “many crimes” of United States police departments.
What does anonymous say about firing an officer to save face?
Towards the end of the message, Anonymous says, “You may have fired the officer to save face, but it is obvious that this type of behaviour is condoned, if not encouraged in your department, as it is in others.