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Anonymous continues its hack offensive against Westboro Baptist Church |
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Source: arsTechnica - Posted by Dave Wreski
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Over the weekend, Anonymous was stirred to action against an old nemesis: the Westboro Baptist Church. The most recent feud came in the wake of WBC’s appalling reaction to the Sandy Hook shooting Friday in Newtown, CT.
Anonymous’s offensive increased in intensity as WBC announced plans to picket a vigil for the elementary school’s victims. The hacker collective has since managed to hijack a high-profile Twitter account as well as take down WBC’s site, among other claimed victories.
Anonymous, like much of the world, has a deep-seated hatred for the wildly intolerant WBC. Upon discovering WBC’s unsympathetic reaction to the shooting, Anonymous began by doxing some of the church’s members that it could find on Twitter. It also encouraged followers to sign a whitehouse.gov petition recognizing WBC as a hate group.
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