We have 15,000 of your passwords and will wipe your hard drives clean.

[RgrF]

Anonymous’ threats towards North Korea come amid increased tensions on the Korean Peninsula with South Korea and the United States. The group explicitly stated, however, that it does not support the U.S. and is instead a fighter for freedom. wrote:

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[rgG]

"We got all over 15k membership records of Uriminzokkiri.com and many more,” the group wrote. “First we gonna wipe your data, then we gonna wipe your badass dictatorship ‘government.’”

Ooooo, I like that idea. It would target only the very few affluent people in power, because who else in NK even has a password or hard drive?

[rjmacs]

I am starting to love Anonymous more and more every day.

[deckeda]

If you were North Korea, would you trust a mostly-U.S. hacker outfit to NOT be working for or with the U.S. government? Even if they believe Anon is independent, $1 says they'll claim otherwise.

Methinks this hasn't been thought through very far.

[cbelt3]

deckeda wrote:
If you were North Korea, would you trust a mostly-U.S. hacker outfit to NOT be working for or with the U.S. government? Even if they believe Anon is independent, $1 says they'll claim otherwise.

Methinks this hasn't been thought through very far.

So what ? North Korea has been claiming that their vast famines are caused by secret US attacks. Instead of classic Stalinist central planning failures and Pol Pot level insanity.

Anonymous does make me nervous. While they may appear to be 'good'... the road to where is paved with what ? Amorphous organizations of criminals (face it... hacking is a criminal activity) can turn on you faster than a rabid Chihuahua that guzzled four shots of espresso.

[deckeda]

I'd rather not have the government be put into a position to defend itself because of something Anonymous did.

On the other hand, maybe they should.

[J Marston]

Anonymous makes me nervous, as I am nervous whenever one person or group is prepared to judge the case by themselves.

But in the case of North Korea, I would simply ask if such an action will contribute to the stability of a recklessly unstable international situation.