The fascist response to Anonymous

This may well be the story of the day.


The gloves are coming off and the Pentagon has announced that Anonymous and computer hacking are the 'new terrorism' and that this 'threat' would be met by force


Clearly, the authorities are very frightened by the inroads made by Anonymous and by the resistance to the growth of fascist power.


While we still have an internet it is inconceivable that such clumsy, strong-arm tactics could ever work against a determined and highly flexible opposition.  


Does anyone know about the Partisans in World War 11?

Anonymous 'may soon be able to hack into power grid', warns US national security chief

The Anonymous hacking group may soon have the ability to launch an attack on global power networks, a US official has warned

the Telegraph, 

22 February, 2012

The claim was immediately rejected by the loosely-linked group of hackers, who accused the National Security Agency of "fear-mongering" after its director, General Keith Alexander, made the claims in the Wall Street Journal.

Hackers also launched a "comments flash mob" attack on the newspaper's website, and warned "We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us!"

Gen Alexander is said to have warned that the hackers could develop the ability to bring about a limited power outage across the United States and beyond within a "year or two".

In the report, Gen Alexander was said to have briefed the White House and other top officials about the growing threat from Anonymous.

He said that cyber-attackers could disable or damage computer networks linked to national grids across the globe.

The general has not spoken publicly about the supposed fears, but one unnamed industry executive told the newspaper: "The industry is engaged and stepping up widely to respond to emerging cyber threats.

"There is a recognition that there are groups out there like Anonymous, and we are concerned, as are other sectors."

Anonymous has no official spokesman but the claims were immediately rejected via the YourAnonNews Twitter account, which is often used by the group to announce events and news.

One tweet said: "Why would Anons shut off a power grid? There are ppl on life support / other vital services that rely on it. Try again NSA. #FearMongering."

Other tweets from the account described the alleged comments from General Alexander as "fear-mongering at its best" and "ridiculous".

Kollektiv, a German group which is linked to Anonymous, carried out a flash mob attack on a number of Facebook pages operated by the Wall Street Journal's German edition.

Text posted hundreds of times under various different articles read: "Dear editors of the German Wall Street Journal, You equated Anonymous with Al Quaeda in your February 2012 article and the related coverage.

"With this type of coverage you may be able to stir up fear in the United States, but not in the land of poets and thinkers!

"With this comment, we would like to oppose the deliberate dissemination of false information and express our displeasure with your lobby journalism.

"We are Anonymous. We are millions. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us!"

Individuals and groups have used the Anonymous banner to carry out a series of high profile attacks in recent years, including on the US Justice Department for seeking to close down file-sharing websites, and on banks which withdrew support for the Wikileaks whistleblowing site.

At the weekend, the AnonOps Communications website, which is also linked to Anonymous, announced it would continue its assaults on "corrupt corporate and government systems". The group has already crippled the websites of the FBI and CIA.

Here are two videos with analysis from RT - 

Pentagon: Cyberattacks are acts of war

RT

Members of Congress have warned that the US will suffer a catastrophic cyberattack and claim it will be America's new Pearl Harbor. 

The Pentagon is now prepared to meet cyberattacks with physical assaults. The Pentagon has said more than likely the attack will come from abroad and US officials claim online hackers are terrorists, but groups like Anonymous are seen as freedom fighters by many. 

So is the line between terrorist and activist becoming distorted? 

David Seaman, journalist and host of the DL Show, joins us to answer some of these questions.

Are hackers the new terrorists?

Is the threat of a cyberattack at the magnitude of 9/11 on the horizon? 

Well, the members of Congress think so. Lawmakers continuously caution the US will suffer a cataclysmic cyberattack and claim it will be America's twenty first century Pearl Harbor. 

The Pentagon has announced that cyberattacks will be met with military attacks and US officials claim online hackers are the new terrorists and must be stopped. So are hackers the new terrorists? Barrett Brown, founder of Project PM, joins us with his