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Comment by truth on October 30, 2011 at 8:19pm

Anonymous threatens to destroy Fox News on Guy Fawkes Day

October 29, 2011 By Mike Flacy  

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With the Occupy Wall Street movement continuing to grow around the United States in various cities, hackers within Anonymous are targeting a news network over coverage of the protests.

Called “Operation Fox Hunt”, Anonymous recently announced plans on YouTube (video below) to digitally attack the Fox News website on the anniversary of  Guy Fawkes Day. Similar to previous assaults on other Web properties, the planned attack is likely another denial-of-service attack which will make the site unavailable for visitors for an extended period of time on November 5th. Anonymous is also planning to target former Fox News personality Glenn Beck as well as current Fox News representative Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly during “Operation Fox Hunt”. According to Anonymous, reasons for the attack include “ right wing conservative propaganda” and “belittling the occupiers” of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations.