'Anonymous' hacker group declares cyber war on Hong Kong government, police

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1607579/anonymous-hacker-group-declares-cyber-war-hong-kong

By Jeremy Blum
scmp.com
02 October, 2014

Hacker group Anonymous has declared war on the Hong Kong government and 
hacked into a number of Hong Kong websites, citing the treatment of 
protesters during Occupy Central as the main impetus for the attack.

In a video sent to American news portal News2share on Wednesday, Anonymous 
compares the tear gas and pepper spray used by Hong Kong riot police on 
Occupy Central protesters to American police tactics used in Ferguson, 
Missouri earlier this year.

The group also threatens to disclose personal information and deface 
multiple Hong Kong websites over the coming days. Due to the nebulous 
nature of Anonymous, it is almost impossible to verify the extent of the 
attacks and the locations and identities of the hackers behind them.

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