Hacker group threatens cyber attack if city evicts Occupy Toronto protesters
Posted November 13, 2011 2:32 pm.
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TORONTO – The hacker group Anonymous is standing up for Toronto’s Occupy movement.
In a video released on YouTube, the group threatens to launch a cyber attack on the city if officials interfere with the month-long demonstration.
“Well it seems next week, authorities want to put an end to the Occupy movement in Toronto. We, Anonymous, are taking that as an interruption and we will not let that happen,” said the robotic voice on a video that was uploaded on YouTube.
The video says Toronto will be “removed from the Internet” unless the city promises to leave the protesters alone.
“You have said that by next week the occupiers shall be removed, and we say by next week if you do not change your mind, you shall be removed from the Internet,” said the robotic voice.
The group Anonymous has become increasingly associated with international hacktivism, often undertaking protests with the goal of promoting Internet freedom and freedom of speech.
Most recently, the group hacked credit-card companies that froze WikiLeaks accounts. WikiLeaks is an organization that publishes private, secret and classified information from anonymous sources.
Mayor Rob Ford has asked the occupiers to dismantle their tent city in St. James Park.
A few protesters tried to set up a new base in the park behind the Ontario legislature this weekend, but their efforts cut short.
Police shut down the fledgling camp Saturday night and brought the demonstrators back to the original site.
