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The advanced hacking group Anonymous has announced that their new target is the social-media giant Facebook, which the group has accused of misusing private data, not respecting users' privacy and co-operating with clandestine government agencies and security companies.
Anonymous stated its belief that Facebook was selling the private information of users to the governments of Egypt and Syria - and the latter's defence ministry website was hacked by the undercover group on 8 August.
The hacking group alerted users to "prepare for the post-Facebook reality", telling the world to "prepare for a day that will go down in history - 5 November 2011", when the group has said it will take the social networking site down.
-- ONTD
I might be cheering, since I sort of project onto Facebook all my woes with e-life, which is absurd, I know, however, after those DDoS attacks against LiveJournal, shutting us down for days at a time, I have developed a sympathy for such victims. Besides, people would just flock faster to Google's new social network rather than return to LJ.
Anonymous stated its belief that Facebook was selling the private information of users to the governments of Egypt and Syria - and the latter's defence ministry website was hacked by the undercover group on 8 August.
The hacking group alerted users to "prepare for the post-Facebook reality", telling the world to "prepare for a day that will go down in history - 5 November 2011", when the group has said it will take the social networking site down.
-- ONTD
I might be cheering, since I sort of project onto Facebook all my woes with e-life, which is absurd, I know, however, after those DDoS attacks against LiveJournal, shutting us down for days at a time, I have developed a sympathy for such victims. Besides, people would just flock faster to Google's new social network rather than return to LJ.
