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The hacker group known as ‘Anonymous’
has posted a
video claiming
that they will attack the NYSE on October 10, 2011 in a declaration of war
against the stock exchange:
[Video Below]
Greetings, Institutions of the Media.
We are Anonymous.
The events transpiring within Wall Street have
caught our eye.
It seems that the government and Federal agencies
enjoy enforcing the law a little bit too much. They instate unjust laws as
mindless automatons, blindly following orders with soulless precision.
We witness the Government enforcing the laws that
punish the 99% while allowing the 1% to escape justice, unharmed, for their
crimes against the people.
We have observed this same Government failing to
enforce even the minimal legal restraints of Wall Street’s abuses. This
Government who has willingly ignored the greed at Wall Street has even bailed
out the perpetrators that have caused our crisis.
We will not stand by and watch the system take over
our way of life.
We the people shall stand against the
government’s inaction.
We the people will not be witnesses to your
corruption and ill gotten profits.
We will not labor for your leisure.
We will not assist you in any way.
This is why we choose to declare our war against the
New York Stock Exchange. We can no longer stay silent as the population is
being exploited and forced to make sacrifices in the name of profit.
We will show the world that we are true to our word.
On October 10th, NYSE shall be erased from the Internet. On October 10th,
expect a day that will never, ever, be forgotten.
Vox Populi, Vox Anon.
The Voice of The People is The Voice of Anonymous.
We are Legion. We are the 99%.
We do not forgive. We do not forget.
Wall Street: Expect us.
Considering Anonymous claims October 10th, 2011 will
be a day that will never be forgotten, we can only surmise that they will be
attacking the stock exchange of the NYSE itself, rather than the web site of the NYSE, though no additional information about this has
been provided.
If it is the NYSE exchange, then we can consider
this the first cyber attack of its kind (unless the
day of the
“fat finger” was a cyber op also), and it will be very serious in nature, the
consequences of which are hard to predict at this time. A government response
on the order of the internet
kill switch comes to
mind – though, admittedly, that may be blowing things out of
proportion.
Anonymous has thus far attacked the web sites of
various financial institutions around the world, as well as organizations
they believe to be operating against the interests of the general public, but
they have yet to do any significant damage (that we know of) on the level of
what may occur if they were to directly take aim at financial markets.
Of note is that October 10, 2011 is Columbus Day,
however, stock markets will reportedly be
Article originally published by Mac Slavo of www.shthplan.com here
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