Westboro Baptist Crazies respond to “Anonymous” (Updated)
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Members of Westboro Baptist Church, known for protesting at funerals of fallen U.S. service men and women, might be facing a hacked website soon.
The group of controversial protesters from Kansas, which responded to last month’s shooting rampage in Tucson with “thank God for the shooter — 6 dead,” has been threatened by the notorious collective of unnamed Internet-hacking activists calling itself “Anonymous,” which vows to inflict “irreversible” damage to the hate group’s website.
You might remember Anonymous, the “hactivist” group that successfully disabled sites backed by the regime of former Egypt president Hosni Mubarak before he was swept from power by protesters, in addition to disrupting a number of websites in support of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The group has proven it’s capable of following through on its threats.
In a sharply worded open letter, Anonymous called the small group of Westboro Baptist Church members “an assembly of graceless sociopaths and maniacal chauvinists and religious zealots,” citing the way the group has condemned men and women who have died in the armed forces, as well as “prayed for and celebrated the deaths of young children.”
The Anonymous hackers continued with a warning: “Cease and desist your protest campaign in the year 2011, return to your homes in Kansas, & close your public websites.” The group states that “the damage incurred will be irreversible, and neither your institution nor your congregation will ever be able to fully recover.”
Update: Megan Phelps-Roper, granddaughter of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps, offered this defiant tweet in response to the “Anonymous” threat:
Thanks to Jess and Deb for the tips and to Yahoo News
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I’m glad they did that. I know how to do a DOS/DDOS attack, but alas it requires more than one computer. And you could get arrested.
This is going to be good. Where’s the popcorn?
The plot thickens…. Supposedly Westboro is the source of the original and the reply. Done so they could collect IP’s and sue for fee’s.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/71567
Their reply is so juvenile that I had to laugh. Up against the sophistication and technical skillz of Anonymous, these superstitious prats will fall. It will be a virtual rapture. I can’t wait!
Go anonymous.
Is there anyway they can hack into this guy’s head (no, not literally) and and undo the damage done to his brain when he was born.
Westboro Baptist do not realize who they are up against. I read how ANON hacked into that security firm and these guys are major players. Top of the technical food chain.
Let’s see….how does that go?
“For the day of their calamity is near, and the impending things are hastening upon them.”
Great quote Krell!
Less words same concept from me, Ye fucked up Phelps, we’re coming. See you are not the only philosophizer speechifying up in here mr K:) Oh and check your email, your spam folder too just in case.