Anonymous threatens, then cancels, attack on drug ring

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http://www.infoworld.com/t/security/anonymous-threatens-then-cancels-attack-drug-ring-177609

By Robert Lemos
InfoWorld
November 01, 2011

When the Anonymous movement has a bad day, supporters get arrested. When 
the Zeta drug cartel has a bad day, nearly three dozen of its members 
are killed and dumped on a Mexican highway.

Now the two worlds have collided: One arm of Anonymous has called out 
the Zeta gang for allegedly kidnapping a supporter. In a message posted 
earlier in October on the Anonymous Mexico blog, hackers that align 
themselves with the Anonymous philosophy promised to publicize the 
identities of Zeta collaborators, unless an unnamed supporter was freed.

"You have made a great mistake by taking one of us -- free him," the 
group said in a video posted online featuring a person in a black suit, 
red tie, and trademark Guy Fawkes mask popularized by the movie "V is 
for Vendetta." The only information released about the allegedly 
kidnapped Anonymous supporter refers to him being part of Operation 
Paperstorm, a grassroots effort to distribute pro-Anonymous propaganda.

The group that posted the video claimed it could identify journalists, 
police officers, and taxi drivers who collaborate with the Zeta crime 
syndicate. The gang, which operates in the eastern state of Veracruz in 
Mexico, has found itself embattled in a war over territory in the 
state's capital, also named Veracruz. In September, 35 bodies of alleged 
Zeta members were dumped out of two pickup trucks and onto a highway in 
Veracruz, purportedly by members of a rival gang.

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