posted on Dec, 31 2011 @ 11:32 PM
Originally posted by InsideYourMind
Something interested that popped into memory, if you remember when the HB Gary comparny got hacked (a security firm who tried to smear wikileaks). If
i remember rightly, the leaked emails from that event revealed the security firm was trying to create an army of "spam-bots" to persuade public
opinion... in other words propaganda which benefits the organizations who hired them. I wouldn't be surprised if there are companies out there right
now (such as HB Gary) creating false claims & aims in the name of anonymous.
The reason why I pay attention to Anonymous and take them seriously at all is how unlikely I think this is to actually happen. I mean a company or
firm flying under the Anonymous Banner in any organized effort. That would be like standing at the alter of a Church and declaring you're God. Maybe
nothing happens...maybe you really regret ever saying it. Only the most foolish would really tempt fate in such a blatant way. So it is with
Anonymous, IMO.
My thinking is real simple and the same reason I don't give much credence to the Government using the Anony banner much, if ever. Anonymous has a lot
of script kiddies who love to use the name, but just occasionally, there are hacks that demonstrate true talent..even brilliance. There IS a core
within the group that I'd class as among the best in the world. Those are who one would have to watch for after using the name "in vain", as it
were.
Bad judgement and stupid things, I'm sure they'd ignore..and heck, that's the whole point. Deliberate and malicious misuse of their banner? I think
they'd respond to and if they can't destroy a target...I mean the core people...then no one can. It's about the last group on Earth I'd want to
cross in a TRUE sense...so I'd guess what we see is generally legitimate as at least having come in good faith..if not good skill or judgement in
every case.