[Facepalm] Hacker Group Anonymous Vows To Destroy Facebook On November 5

[JoshLowry]

http://www.businessinsider.com/anony...acebook-2011-8

Hacktivist group Anonymous, which has been responsible for cyber-attacks on the Pentagon, News Corp, and others, has vowed to destroy Facebook on November 5th (which should ring a bell).

Citing privacy concerns and the difficulty involved in deleting a Facebook account, Anonymous hopes to "kill Facebook," the "medium of communication [we] all so dearly adore."

This isn't the first time Anonymous has spoken out against social networks.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/anonymous-facebook-2011-8#ixzz1UZFC0l56

[PastaRocket848]

that's gonna take a pretty big botnet....

[specsaregood]

that's gonna take a pretty big botnet....

Or just a single/couple of compromised workstations with admin access to their servers/networks.

[sailingaway]

I agree facebook is putrid, but by what right does Anonymous play God?

[dannno]

I agree facebook is putrid, but by what right does Anonymous play God?

To the extent that Facebook works with "Satan" aka the Federal Govt. I suppose

[Romulus]

Anonymous = NSA?

[Travlyr]

Anonymous = NSA?

Very likely.

[Carehn]

Anonymous = NSA?

Kinky!

[squarepusher]

this will be an interesting challenge, I wonder if they can pull it off. BTW, is this Lulzsec?

[IPSecure]

Coincidence?

U.S. Government Monitoring Facebook for Federal Reserve Protests
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