[Curtman]

Online hackers threaten to expose cartel's secrets

Quote:

An international group of online hackers is warning a Mexican drug cartel to release one of its members, kidnapped from a street protest, or it will publish the identities and addresses of the syndicate's associates, from corrupt police to taxi drivers, as well as reveal the syndicates' businesses.
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"We demand his release," says the Anonymous spokesman, who is wearing a mask like the one worn by the shadowy revolutionary character in the movie V for Vendetta, which came out in 2006. "If anything happens to him, you sons of (expletive) will always remember this upcoming November 5."

The person reportedly kidnapped is not named, and the video does not share information about the kidnapping other than that it occurred in the Mexican state of Veracruz during a street protest.

Anonymous draws its roots from an online forum dedicated to bringing sensitive government documents and other material to light.

[jeff744]

And that is why you don't piss them off.

[commanderkai]

Anon isn't exactly something to really be supporting of. They do good, and then they do bad. The PSN hacking issue was a very silly thing for them to do, and killed a lot of public support for them. If they actually focused their efforts on pedophiles and the cartels, then I wouldn't have an issue with them at all.

[Themista]

That's a very selfless act they're doing. We can only imagine all the evil prevented by their acts, and people saved from abuse and degradation.

[Guy_Fawkes]

Selfless act? Are you fucking serious?!