Anonymous - Fawkes Virus, Initiated

[sce56]

Run time: 01:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmHMkg8u56w   Posted on YouTube: November 18, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheAnonMessage Views on YouTube: 20802   Posted on DU: November 20, 2011 By DU Member: sce56 Views on DU: 2554

 
"We are there.
We are coming.
We are here.
We are Anonymous.
You should've expected us.

Fawkes Virus, initiated.


TRANSCRIPT
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Greetings, Citizens of the world.
We are Anonymous.

When corruption and lies are attached with the system and function as one evil form of power, even the machines will side with The people. We are moving towards the new system of political and social functioning and governance in this world. We are moving very rapidly towards achieving that goal. We the people from all over the world are collaborating with each other through the Internet.

We are watching you all and your machines are working for us. The Fawkes Virus is here. It's beta testing has completed and is now a fully armed and operational piece of weaponry. It has already been released on Facebook and will be released on other social networking sites very soon. The Fifth of November was not "a fail" as many people called it, but the start of the attack. The Fifth of November is only the beginning.

You cannot run from us. We have your personal data. We have your psychological profiles. Corrupters will be exploited. The innocent will be deleted. The world will be reclaimed.

The corrupt fear us, the honest support us, the heroic fight with us.

Project Mayhem 2012, engaged.

We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us."


I suppose they mean we the people when they say the Fawkes Virus!

[stockholmer]

1. Anonymous Unleashes Facebook Worm, 'Fawkes Virus'

http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/none/290546-anonymous-unleashes-facebook-worm-fawkes-virus

[onestepforward]

2. Can someone tell me

why are they attacking FB? I know they support OWS and OWS uses FB to help spread information. I don't get it.

[sce56]

3. Read the story in reply#1

Back in July, Anonymous called on hackers to help it "destroy" Facebook on Guy Fawkes Day, under Operation Facebook. Weeks after the announcement was made, Anonymous clarified it was not actually taking down the social network, prompting many to think it was backing down.

Could the "Fawkes virus" be a reincarnation of Operation Facebook?

"After the worm gets under control, Anonymous will use this to its advantage against corruption, and as an alternative attack towards groups who take on Anonymous. We are Anonymous. We are a legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us," the video says.

A commenter of the YouTube video who bills himself as a "legitimate member of Anonymous" said the virus was aimed at Facebook servers, not user accounts.

[onestepforward]

4. Thanks!

I did read the story, but I was under the impression that it was general attacks, not targeted. I appreciate the clarification :)

[RZM]

5. Kind of creepy if you ask me

'Citizens of the world . . . we are watching you and your machines are working for us . . . you cannot run from us . . . the innocent will be deleted.'

[Merlot]

9. kind of sounds like big gov't or big corporations...

[RZM]

10. I think it stems from an over-inflated sense of importance

Anonymous seems to think they are the internet equivalent of demigods. Perhaps not all-powerful, but far more powerful than the average person or group. Problem is, they have yet to do anything that really matters a whole lot. If they scaled back their presentation (perhaps claiming to be mischief-makers rather than world-changing crusaders) I would have more sympathy. As it stands now, they seem like way more bark than bite.

[sandyj999]

6. I am not comfortable with this at all. nt

[DeSwiss]

7. K&R n/t

[gateley]

8. I found myself thinking "WE are the Fawkes virus". We HAVE

taken control of "their" machines as evidenced by what we've unleashed on YouTube, twitter, etc.

Cool!