{"id":39494,"date":"2016-06-04T22:20:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-05T02:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=39494"},"modified":"2016-06-04T22:20:09","modified_gmt":"2016-06-05T02:20:09","slug":"anonymous-declares-war-on-mainstream-media-attacks-fox-cnn-nbc-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=39494","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Anonymous&#8217; Declares War On Mainstream Media: Attacks Fox, CNN, NBC And More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->by Nick Bernabe<br \/>\nTheAntiMedia.org<\/p>\n<p>As of June 1st, Ghost Squad Hackers \u2013 the same group leading <a href=\"http:\/\/anonhq.com\/?s=OpIcarus\" target=\"_blank\"><em>#OpIcarus<\/em><\/a> \u2013 have <strong>launched a series of coordinated attacks against leading members of the corporate mainstream media. <\/strong>Giving credit where credit is due,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mic.com\/articles\/144830\/anonymous-is-preparing-an-all-out-assault-on-the-mainstream-media\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Tec.mic<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/news.softpedia.com\/news\/anonymous-announces-opsilence-month-long-attacks-on-mainstream-media-504760.shtml?utm_content=bufferdf48b&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Softpedia<\/em><\/a> were the first to report the operation. But their reports only tell a portion of the whole story, we will explain why in a moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Broadly speaking, the goal of the <em>#OpSilence<\/em> is to attack all the corrupt major news networks that mislead and censor information from the general public.<\/strong> More specifically, the news agencies who conceal the crimes of Israel, while misleading the population about the mistreatment of the Palestinian people. The operation is off to a quick start, Ghost Squad has successfully\u201d\u00a0<strong><em>carried out DDoS attacks on CNN and FOX News<\/em><\/strong>\u201d already just this month. More attacks are promised, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techworm.net\/2016\/06\/anonymous-announce-opsilence-msm-bring-cnn-fox-news-servers.html\" target=\"_blank\">NBC and MSM appears to be their next target<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/s1ege_\/status\/737839575087886336\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"737839575087886336\" data-twitter-event-id=\"3\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\"><a class=\"MediaCard-borderOverlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/s1ege_\/status\/737839575087886336\/photo\/1\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">View image on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 47.0000%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset\n                    NaturalImage\n\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/s1ege_\/status\/737839575087886336\/photo\/1\" data-scribe=\"element:photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Cj1VLnuXAAEdof9.jpg\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"600\" height=\"282\" data-srcset=\"http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCj1VLnuXAAEdof9.jpg%3Alarge 821w,http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCj1VLnuXAAEdof9.jpg 600w,http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCj1VLnuXAAEdof9.jpg%3Asmall 340w\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded \n<p>                    is-deciderHtmlWhitespace\" cite=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/s1ege_\/status\/737839575087886336\" data-tweet-id=\"737839575087886336\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand u-floatRight\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"u-hiddenInNarrowEnv\"><a class=\"FollowButton follow-button profile\" title=\"Follow s1ege on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/s1ege_\" data-scribe=\"component:followbutton\">Follow<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor\" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/s1ege_\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/738644168277393408\/Naqb8C3J_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/738644168277393408\/Naqb8C3J_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/738644168277393408\/Naqb8C3J_normal.jpg\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"s1ege\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">s1ege<\/span> <span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@s1ege_\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@s1ege_<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"http:\/\/mail.foxnews.com\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/T7LxqJjzQN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-expanded-url=\"http:\/\/mail.foxnews.com\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">http:\/\/<\/span>mail.foxnews.com<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a> &#8220;FOXNEWS&#8221; Email server has been crashed for 8+ hours by <a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GhostSquadHackers?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">GhostSquadHackers<\/span><\/a> <a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OpSIlence?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">OpSIlence<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/s1ege_\/status\/737839575087886336\" data-datetime=\"2016-06-01T02:53:57+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: 01 Jun 2016, 02:53:57 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2016-06-01T02:53:57+0000\">10:53 PM &#8211; 31 May 2016<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<ul class=\"Tweet-actions\" data-scribe=\"component:actions\">\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--reply TweetAction-icon\" title=\"Reply\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--retweet TweetAction-icon\" title=\"Retweet\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAction TweetAction--retweet web-intent\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/retweet?tweet_id=737839575087886336\" data-scribe=\"element:retweet\"><span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:retweet_count\">27<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">27 Retweets<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--heart TweetAction-icon\" title=\"Like\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAction TweetAction--heart web-intent\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/like?tweet_id=737839575087886336\" data-scribe=\"element:heart\"><span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:heart_count\">26<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">26 likes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When <em>Tech.mic<\/em> and <em>Softpedia<\/em> presented their coverage of the hacks, they included images and references directly to Anonymous. But upon reading these articles, Ghost Squad had a message of their own that they want everyone to hear:<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/s1ege_\/status\/738149215486894080\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"2\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded \n<p>                    is-deciderHtmlWhitespace\" cite=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/s1ege_\/status\/738149215486894080\" data-tweet-id=\"738149215486894080\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand u-floatRight\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"u-hiddenInNarrowEnv\"><a class=\"FollowButton follow-button profile\" title=\"Follow s1ege on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/s1ege_\" data-scribe=\"component:followbutton\">Follow<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor\" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/s1ege_\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/738644168277393408\/Naqb8C3J_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/738644168277393408\/Naqb8C3J_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"http:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/738644168277393408\/Naqb8C3J_normal.jpg\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"s1ege\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">s1ege<\/span> <span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@s1ege_\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@s1ege_<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ALL OF THE MEDIA WHO REPORTS ON OUR ATTACKS<a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OPSILENCE?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">OPSILENCE<\/span><\/a> IS GSH OP NOT ANONOP WE ARE NOT AND I REPEAT NOT ANONYMOUS<\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/s1ege_\/status\/738149215486894080\" data-datetime=\"2016-06-01T23:24:21+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: 01 Jun 2016, 23:24:21 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2016-06-01T23:24:21+0000\">7:24 PM &#8211; 1 Jun 2016<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<ul class=\"Tweet-actions\" data-scribe=\"component:actions\">\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--reply TweetAction-icon\" title=\"Reply\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--retweet TweetAction-icon\" title=\"Retweet\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAction TweetAction--retweet web-intent\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/retweet?tweet_id=738149215486894080\" data-scribe=\"element:retweet\"><span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:retweet_count\">20<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">20 Retweets<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"Tweet-action\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--heart TweetAction-icon\" title=\"Like\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"TweetAction TweetAction--heart web-intent\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/like?tweet_id=738149215486894080\" data-scribe=\"element:heart\"><span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:heart_count\">22<\/span><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">22 likes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is no secret<strong> Ghost Squad has a close affiliation with Anonymous<\/strong>; I am sure this is how the group got started in the first place. The group insists they speak for themselves, they are essentially trying to get their own reputation \u2013 credibility.<\/p>\n<p>But there is a second layer to this discussion highlighting <a href=\"http:\/\/anonhq.com\/americas-primary-season-sparked-civil-war-within-anonymous\/\" target=\"_blank\">the recent divide within Anonymous<\/a>. There has been a \u201cCivil War\u201d of sorts in recent months, and the reputation of the Anonymous collective as a whole has been damaged. Last winter, prominent hacktivist group<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghostsec.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Ghostsec<\/em><\/a> also cut their ties with Anonymous. <a href=\"http:\/\/anonhq.com\/anonymous-may-inadvertently-harm-counter-terrorism\/\" target=\"_blank\">In a statement they said<\/a>\u00a0\u201c<strong><em>Anonymous has a habit of shooting in every direction and asking questions later.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d In other interviews they imply that Anonymous has developed a reputation for behaving immature \u2013 more concerned with silly DDoS\u2019ing attacks than changing the world.<\/p>\n<p>Since the quarreling of <a href=\"http:\/\/anonhq.com\/anonymous-opsilence\/#OpWhiteRose\" target=\"_blank\"><em>#OpWhiteRose <\/em><\/a>many people have splintered off, or left Anonymous entirely \u2013 just another in the long list of strange effects Donald Trump has had on the entire world. Ghost Squad is one of the groups effected by this \u2018Civil War.\u2019 In the time since this happened last March, the group has exploded onto the scene, quickly becoming <a href=\"http:\/\/anonhq.com\/anonymous-remains-trending-hacktivist-group-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">one of the most influential and talked about hacking groups<\/a> in the entire world in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>I have no doubt about the origins of this operation though, this goes back to<em>#OpMediaControl <\/em>which began last June. The operation called for the hacking of every major news network in the United States, testing their email systems, DDoS\u2019ing web sites, attempting to hack in teleprompters or live feeds \u2013 anything you could think of. Last I heard back in December, they were still trying to recruit people to join them for an event this summer. Sound familiar to what Ghost Squad is doing right now?<\/p>\n<p>The following video was from <em>#OpMediaControl<\/em> release last June:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A6fbuRM_F6o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For the purposes of accuracy, <em>AnonHQ News<\/em> reached out to our contacts in\u00a0<em>#OpMediaControl.<\/em> We gave them a preview of the article and asked them what they thought. They showed us a <a href=\"http:\/\/hackerstalks.com\/anonymous-opmediacontrol-refresh-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a> dating May 28, 2016, a video proclaiming that<em>#OpMediaControl<\/em> has been re-engaged. Of course, <em>#OpSilence<\/em> proceeded to begin June 1st. In another interesting note, earlier last month <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4mDxRN1-uXXftmVL1tOYnA\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Anonymous Resistance Movement<\/a>, one of the groups behind <em>#OpMediaControl,\u00a0<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=snU17yjqb44\" target=\"_blank\">conducted an interview with GhostSquad<\/a>. So as you can see, the two groups are well acquainted with one another \u2013 these operations are no coincidence.<\/p>\n<p>Ghost Squad may be stepping up from the pack here, but make no mistake, this operation has been in the making for over a year and Anonymous led the way.<\/p>\n<p>__<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-06-04\/anonymous-declares-war-mainstream-media-attacks-fox-cnn-nbc-and-more\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-06-04\/anonymous-declares-war-mainstream-media-attacks-fox-cnn-nbc-and-more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}