Anonymous Vows Continued Attacks on Companies Opposing WikiLeaks
Dec 20, 2010
A pro-WikiLeaks hacker has stated that an Internet insurgent group will continue targeting companies that oppose the whistleblowing website.For the first time, the cyber-insurgent "Bass" from the group Anonymous spoke on camera, revealing details about their operations and their expanding membership. "Our pool of targets is actually very limited," the masked spokesman told Sky News. "We are going after the agencies that were directly involved in the censorship of WikiLeaks. "They include PayPal, which cut off services and withheld funds, Visa and MasterCard for similar actions, and Amazon for terminating their service support. "We don't attack the media, even those critical of us. We don't target any news outlets," he emphasized. "Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks, despite some actions against us, are not our targets." In their last attack, the group mobilized 9,000 volunteers as part of a "hive-mind" e...
