Members of Anonymous fed up with reports that the online activist group is going to take down the social network said today that the threat is not real and was the work of one lone member without any support from others in the group. They said it doesn't make sense to shut down a site they use to get their message out.

"Anonymous is a movement we don't take kindly to when people try to (expletive) it up. Our movement relies on communicating with people around the world so we can help one another," a statement posted to Pastebin today said.

"One skiddy queer chap named Anthony [last name redacted] from the US in Ohio decided to take it upon himself to have some lulz with creating an imaginary opfacebook and pawning it off as a legit anon op," the statement said. "Despite us telling this mate several times we did not support his op, he continued to push his agenda for lulz. This op is phony but he continues to say it's an anon op."

The statement then provides an address, phone number, and other information ostensibly belonging to the individual named. (We've chosen not to include his last name in this post.)

"If you are against how we communicate on facebook, twitter, and anonops for example then you are against anonymous and become our enemy since you are trying to disrupt our movement," the statement says. "Because of this we decided to social the Opfacebook skiddy and hack him. Give this self-servicer a call and tell him what a piece of rubbish he is."

A woman who answered the phone number listed in the statement for the alleged provocateur confirmed that someone with his name lives there but said he was not home and wasn't involved with Anonymous. No doubt she'll be getting a lot of prank calls this weekend.

Anonymous sources and people familiar with the group have previously told CNET that the campaign against Facebook was the work of a rogue member and not a legitimate threat.

This case brings up the difficulty of dealing with a movement that lacks leaders and whose members are all nameless and faceless. If Anonymous can be anyone and no one is identified then no one is accountable for anything and anyone can take an action in the name of Anonymous. Some kid in his parents house in Ohio can make a threat that causes a media frenzy and public panic for naught.

Meanwhile, some threats made by Anonymous members can pose all-too-real risks to human life. Members of Anonymous in Mexico canceled a threat against the Zetas drug cartel after the return of an Anonymous member who was kidnapped. The message that innocent people would die if Anonymous exposed any information on cartel associates also played a part in that decision.

Learning to pick your battles is wise.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-57319073-245/anonymous-says-facebook-attack-was-never-real/?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-Security

What does this group aim to achieve by hacking sites. Is it a form of protest or what?

chickens!!

How do they expect us to take them seriously next time?

Ever since the so-called "arab spring", every dick, tom and harry is looking for yeye publicity. As I have said time without number, copy copy and borrow borrow doesn't work anymore these days. One must be original or at least build upon an existing thing to make it unique.

@afameva they are the real deal, i once wrote a lengthy article on a term "The StandAloneComplex" because they are the perfect example  actually it is usually a team of people that follow common goals like voicing out against government and others now because there is no real originator of the copied action, but merely a rumor or an illusion that supposedly performed the copied action.  its a long and complex stuff to explain but the thing is that anyone can use the name Anonymous to pull hacking activities now the problem is that though the person might be a fake in the real sense the person is a perfect copy of the "originator" who doesn't exist. there is no leader no organization just a group of people connected together "but not working" together by common goals. its a new kinda dilemma we're facing in this Generation. i hope i made sense   cuz its a confusing term.

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@afameva they are the real deal, i once wrote a lengthy article on a term "The StandAloneComplex" because they are the perfect example  actually it is usually a team of people that follow common goals like voicing out against government and others now because there is no real originator of the copied action, but merely a rumor or an illusion that supposedly performed the copied action.  its a long and complex stuff to explain but the thing is that anyone can use the name Anonymous to pull hacking activities now the problem is that though the person might be a fake in the real sense the person is a perfect copy of the "originator" who doesn't exist. there is no leader no organization just a group of people connected together "but not working" together by common goals. its a new kinda dilemma we're facing in this Generation. i hope i made sense   cuz its a confusing term.

LoL. .U made sense bro. .Simply put, you can deface nigeria.gov.ng with this as your reason: "Fuel subsidy must not be removed!" and claim to be Anonymous. . .The larger Anon won't rebuff you 'cos ure in accordance with their goals. .Anonymous is more than an organization. .It's an idea!

@Slyrox thanks bro u're the first person to grasp the concept.

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chickens!!

Ever since the so-called "arab spring", every Joystick, tom and harry is looking for yeye publicity.

Oga seun no go kill person for this forum.person no fit write d I ck,tom and harry again,as if d I ck no be person name.


@ topic we all knew it was one big joke right from the onset so,I'm not surprised.

joystick tom and harry? even facebook as big as it is wont do that to your comments

@topic, sorry oo, Anon. next time, do it, then claim responsibility.

Nice one der

Ever since the so-called "arab spring", every[b] Joystick[/b], tom and harry is looking for yeye publicity

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