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Old 11-02-11, 01:29 AM   #1
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11/1/11 – 11/1/11 – Since October 6, an interesting event has been unfolding in Mexico with a new group arising and threatening to expose the Zeta Cartel’s inter-workings at the beginning of November. It began on October 6, when a group of hackers by the name of “Anonymous” released a video stating that one of their members had been kidnapped by the Zeta Cartel in Veracruz. Anonymous– a group of “hacktivists” that advocates for freedom of speech in all aspects, the independence of the internet, and against certain global organizations and companies– demanded that their member be released. If the Zetas did not comply with this request, Anonymous threatened that, on November 5, they would ***“disseminate all information in the databases that the Zetas use to conduct their business, and they would additionally release names of people who are contributing to the Zeta Cartel such as government officials, taxi drivers, police, and journalists,” as quoted by Noticiero Televisa. The Anonymous video also stated that they were tired of this impunity and that the Zetas “made a big mistake by kidnapping one of their members, which is why they demand that their member is released because they are a group that does not forgive or forget,” quoted W.Radio.

As of October 28, however, Anonymous retracted from their so-called Operation Cartel (OpCártel), stating that they understood that by releasing this information, there was going to be an increased amount of violence against the people named by the leaked documents. This violence, they said, could potentially come from rival cartels seeking to overthrow the Zeta Cartel. According to El Universal, members of Anonymous were perhaps also uneasy about the fact that the Zetas were working on hiring experienced hackers to investigate who the members of Anonymous are and how to locate them.

After retracting their original threat to expose the Zeta Cartel at the beginning of November if the kidnapped victim was not released, members of Anonymous then stated on October 31 that Operation Cartel would indeed continue, however cautiously. According to El Universal’s updated article on this unfolding situation, the message was transmitted through various social networks, which stated that “this issue is now international and even if the Zetas try to stop Anonymous in Mexico and in the United States, they cannot stop Anonymous worldwide. This idea is not something or rather someone who can be shot or burned with acid. Anonymous knows that they are in danger but they would rather ‘die on their feet than live on their knees.’” In addition, Anonymous recommends that this is a great time for government officials to speak the truth, rather than wait for an embarrassing accusation through the information Anonymous will release. They also advised President Calderón to fight the cause, not the symptoms, in reference to his administration’s militarized campaign against drug trafficking and drug-related violence.

The release of information is set to happen on November 5 and, according to Anonymous, it will be “a day to remember.”

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Old 11-02-11, 12:25 PM   #2
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Big cojones. Good for them
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Hey, ?Anonymous?.....bring it on......let's see the Ratones scurry for cover
Old 11-03-11, 07:39 AM   #4
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Should be interesting!
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Ditto's... kinda like cell phones et al and the Taliban... will be interesting to see if Mexico incorporates the ultimate ... DRONES...
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The CIA / DEA are already flying unmanned drones over Mexico right now...
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What would be really interesting is to see how many involved are in government on this side of the border.
I hope they drop the list pronto.
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You know, if these guys can hack into the money trail, they could do some fund transfers and make sure that every orphanage and primary school in Mexico never has to worry about their budgets. Seems like a noble way to reverse some of the damage the cartels have done over the years.
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Drug Cartel Releases 'Anonymous' Hostage, But Battle Continues
Barrett Brown, a sometimes spokesman for the hacker collective Anonymous, said Thursday that the Zeta Mexican cartel had freed a kidnapped member of its group, but that he would continue to battle the violent gang on his own, outside of Anonymous.

The issue has divided the hacker community, with some Anonymous members calling for Brown to be stopped lest he get someone killed. Brown was unmoved, arguing in a Thursday Pastebin note that he will not abandon the plan "simply because there is a possibility of retaliation."

Last month, Anonymous posted a video online that pledged to release data about members of Zeta, as well as those who cooperate with the cartel, unless they released a member of Anonymous who was allegedly kidnapped during a protest in Veracruz. "Give us back our #Anonymous participant or many of you die within a week," Brown tweeted recently.

Brown said Thursday night that "the Anon who had been kidnapped last month by the Zetas has been released, although it appears that the Zetas concerned did not know that the individual was the Anon whose release had been demanded by those who instigated #OpCartel. As such, no bargain has been fulfilled."

Anonymous members in Mexico reportedly have access to documents that expose those who have worked with the cartel. Brown said in an earlier YouTube video that Anons were working dilgently to verify the authenticity in order to avoid exposing innocent people to danger. On Thursday night, Brown said "those who have been in possession of the e-mails have promised to provide them to me alone, which is to say that everything that proceeds from now on is my own work, and not that of Anonymous."

Brown pledged to "announce the next step in a few days."

Detractors criticized Brown as "foolish" for taking such a public stand (he did not cover his face on that YouTube video), but he called the opposition "among the most degenerate displays I have yet seen."

"The idea that I should refrain from assisting in the naming of probable criminals operating in a foreign country without a working judicial system lest I be murdered is a cowardly sentiment," he wrote. "No individual living in the free world should refrain from working to fight injustice simply because there is a possibility of retaliation."

Not everyone was impressed. "Sorry, gentlemen. #Anonymous majority does not support your idiotic #OpCartel, & YES our opinion matters," tweeted an Anon who goes by the name @Anachrynon on Twitter.

Brown responded that @Anachrynon has "no majority support, we don't need your help, and I left Anonymous months ago."

One Anon who is supporting the #OpCartel effort is a hacker known as Sabu. "How long are we to sit here idle while people die? Idle hands prolong this situation," he tweeted.

Sabu, howver, also said that he doesn't "speak for anonymous ... Those who want to work on the op can, and will."

"No one can take anonymous down as it is an idea. I am not starting a separate group. Accept it. You can't stop me," Sabu tweeted Thursday night.

To that point, those who follow Anonymous will know that the group does not have a central command. If you say you're a member of Anonymous, you're a member of Anonymous. Therefore, while a few members might be focused on the Occupy Wall Street effort, others might be targeting what they consider to be a corrupt government, and more still will be going after violent drug cartels.

Does Anonymous have any dirt on the cartel? Will releasing that information hurt the organization or just the low-level people associated with it? Stay tuned.

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Drug Cartel Releases 'Anonymous' Hostage, But Battle Continues | News & Opinion | PCMag.com





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