I've read that Anonymous has found the names of about a thousand members of the Ku Klux Klan, and is preparing to release them.<\/p>
I'm hoping that none of the 10 other people in this nation with the same first and last name as I are members, because it could be Hell for the rest of us. I'm also hoping that Anonymous doesn't add names of people whom it dislikes, especially as I might be amongst them.<\/p>
A few years ago, I challenged their attack on <\/a>Stratfor<\/abbr><\/a>. Stratfor<\/abbr><\/a> was a journalistic enterprise, focussing on issues of global politics (including military action) and security, and publishing both free content and content that required a paid subscription. Some at Anonymous were sure that Stratfor<\/abbr><\/a> were, effectively, a criminal undertaking because<\/p> So Anonymous stole e.mail, e.mail addresses, and credit-card information from the Stratfor servers. If one had so much as subscribed to a free newsletter from Stratfor<\/abbr><\/a>, then one's e.mail address was made public, and one was subjected to hoax e.mail from Anonymous. Many who had simply paid for something from Stratfor<\/abbr><\/a> had their credit card information used to make contributions to charitable organizations (each of which then had to spend resources on returning the stolen money, at a net loss).<\/p> The e.mail itself was given to WikiLeaks<\/a>, which processed it with the help of other journalistic institutions. Some of these institutions shamelessly used the stolen information to their own advantage, though it didn't provide evidence of wrong-doing by Stratfor<\/abbr><\/a>. Indeed, after almost four years, no evidence of criminal wrong-doing has ever been presented<\/em>. Stratfor<\/abbr><\/a>'s greatest sin was gross incompetence<\/em> in the field of security.<\/p>