Open Letter by Anonymous hackers released on Twitter

[the_tyrant]

Dear US Citizens,

We, Anonymous, would like to offer you, America, the opportunity to join and support our movement.We are a group that formed on the internet--one that knows no constructs or absolutes, and one that has recently grown exponentially. We would like to introduce an Operation. An Operation that involves Americans getting our Natural Rights and dreams back. Right now, you can help by passing on the Information. Information is Power. Share the Power of the Information with other like-minded individuals. The more people we represent, the more Power we have, both as individuals and as Anonymous. Thank you for your time and your Power.

CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Many events have taken shape over the course of only a few years, and slowly our system has been working towards the gains of itself rather than the gains of its people. While we all have watched and rallied against the system working against us, there have been other gains of the system that have gone without a peep as backroom deals and bargaining allow for the passing of legislation and research funding that has resulted in the loss of more liberties such as censorship, phone and Internet surveillance and eminent domain laws, Not to mention the higher taxes, lower wages, and loss of work due to exports deals. We repeat the history of our mistakes instead of evolving our society. Generations in the past spoke of what we face as current issues, the only difference being that of our technological advancements. We have forgotten such words our society has found guidance and value in:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to affect their Safety and Happiness.
"In the past few months, Anonymous has made headlines through the actions of a few. The media tries to instill fear of which Anonymous is as a "group", and in the process failed to recognize it as an "ideal" that is gaining momentum. Anonymous is an ideal that the people can use to further help other people. In this case, you're not being heard and transparency in government operations is non-existent in many matters. Mobilize yourself to find your information, and we'll be giving you resources to further help you. Take the information you find and tell your government your demands.

We want AMERICANS to wake up! We want AMERICANS to read! We want AMERICANS to think, and above all question all things! We want AMERICANS to analyze, criticize, critique and learn to read between the lines, to expose and to deconstruct! We want you to believe in the infinite power of the people! We want you to learn that we're all truly brothers and sisters in humanity regardless of all the artificial barriers that have been set up to separate us!

"Think For Yourself, Question Authority" - Timothy Leary

Inform. Educate. Guide. Evolve. Wake up the People. The time for the next step in our species' social
evolution has come!

To effectively reform the system that has enslaved us, we must consider following the advice and example of those who have preceded us. Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and JFK are good places to start. All took fierce positions against central banking, government corruption and corporate power.

The time has come for us to unite, the time has come for us to stand up and fight! You are Anonymous! We are in the information era.

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

Below:
• Grievances and demands
• Additional objectives

Grievances and demands
A starting point for reform could be established by citing a list of worthy objectives provided by
ampedstatus.com :

* Enforce RICO Laws
* Break Up the Big Banks
* End the Fed
* Break Up the Mainstream Media / encourage citizen journalists
* Shut the Revolving Door
* End Closed Door Lobbying
* Increase Government Transparency
* End Corporate Personhood
* Amend Campaign Finance
* Verify All Votes
* Investigate War Profiteers
* Investigate War Crimes
* End the Wars
* Restore Civil Liberties
* Uphold the Constitution
* Clean Air, Water & Food
* Reduce Healthcare Costs, Profiteering
* Make Healthcare a Human Right
* Improve Education For All, Reduce Costs
* Reform Prison System
* Reform drug laws (Stop spending so much money on drugs! NYC spent $75million alone on
* marijuana arrests. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/17...spends-75-
* millio_1_n_836868.html )
* Immigration Reform
* Rebuild Infrastructure
* Protect Internet Freedom
* Empower States’ Rights
* End Corporate Welfare
* Fair taxes for everyone!
* Enforce corporate responsibility
* Force corporations to apply local labor laws in their global operations
* Strengthen environmental laws and force corporations to clean up their act
* Work for a real separation of church and state - and a real split between corp and state?
* Reinstate Habeus Corpus
* Allow felons who have paid their debt to restore voting rights
* Stop prison labor from competing with local businesses

Additional objectives

* End lifetime appointments to the SCOTUS
* Abolish the "Patriot Act"
* Abolish the lobbying system (no paid lobbyists)
* Close Guantánamo
* Establish and define "financial terrorism" as a treasonous act and prosecute offenders
* vigorously
* Enshrine gender equality in the constitution
* End corporate money in the election process
* "Reduce non-emergency military funding"

If the government doesn't negotiate with conventional terrorists, why does Anonymous expect that the US government will negotiate with them?

and DDOSing sites to make a country agree with drastic changes like this is like holding your breath until you are allowed to walk around naked in public
- not going to happen

somehow I have this feeling that Anonymous is not acting alone, maybe someone like Kim Jiong Il is behind them. The person who had the idea of using a group like Anonymous to disrupt the US is a pure genius
Why wage cyber war on the US if you can get their own citizens to do it themselves?

and i bet Anonymous is not actually worthy of concern, the others who would "play along" to do some hacking at the same time and the 4chan people with their Denial of service software is going to cause much more damage than Anonymous

And yes, i believe Anonymous is at least loosely organized. It is a forum originated movement, and I bet it does have de-facto leaders (just like how you can probably figure out the leaders of the subsim modding scene)

There is not a de-jure leadership. Instead, the leaders use their influence to "lead the community". People follow them because they are perceived to be skilled, wise, or knowledgeable etc, not because they have a rank or something like that.

[Ducimus]

[Torplexed]

"Think For Yourself, Question Authority" - Timothy Leary

[Takeda Shingen]

A collective of internet thugs cowering behind their monitors are offering me a chance to join them! Where do I sign up?

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

A collective of internet thugs cowering behind their monitors are offering me a chance to join them! Where do I sign up?

SHHHHHHHH... the first rule of signing up to join Anonymous is that you DON'T TALK ABOUT signing up to join Anonymous.

[UnderseaLcpl]

Resolved: A motion is made that henceforth, Anonymous should henceforth be referred to as "Aninnymus", Anony-mice", or some other suitably insulting or clever derivative thereof; preferably more clever than the examples given.

All in favor say aye.

[Feuer Frei!]

[HunterICX]

Anonymous....cowardly guy fawkes mask wearing attention whores that should learn to actually hack instead of seeking media attention.

NEXT!

HunterICX

[tater]

Funny they want to "uphold the Constitution," then enumerate many demands that are contrary to the Constitution.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by tater

Funny they want to "uphold the Constitution," then enumerate many demands that are contrary to the Constitution.

Just because its not in the Constitution or goes against something in it doesn't mean its not a good idea, that's why we can add amendments to the thing.

[Oberon]

Something tells me that they've got too big for their masks. Ah well, that's the beginning of the end for Anon then, when they start trying to shoot for the moon.
Either that or the US will label them as terrorists and arrest the lot.

[the_tyrant]

development

Anonymous hit Warner Bros in latest Operation Payback attack


Hacktivists name DDoS targets.
The Anonymous hacktivist collective temporarily took down the website of Warner Bros Records with a distributed denial of service attack yesterday.

According to unconfirmed reports, the group was also attempting to download Warner Bros emails and archived material.

http://www.securecomputing.net.au/Ne...ck-attack.aspx

you know, these guys aren't even doing DDOS correctly