After
announcing a global call to arms against the “corrupt global
banking cartel,” the hacker collective known as Anonymous, in
conjunction with numerous other hacktivist groups, have taken over 20
central banks offline, including striking at the heart of the Western
imperialist empire; the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, the Bank
of England and the Bank of France.
A press
release by Anonymous explained in the intentions behind the operation
know as #OpIcarus:
“The
banks have been getting away with murder, fraud, conspiracy, war
profiteering, money laundering for terrorists and drug cartels, have
put millions of people out on the street without food or shelter and
have successfully bought all our governments to help keep us
silenced. We represent the voice of the voiceless. We are uniting to
make a stand. The central banks which were attacked in recent days
were attacked to remind people that the biggest threat we face to an
open and free society is the banks. The bankers are the problem and
#OpIcarus is the solution.”
[...]
The
operation began with an initial attack on the Central Bank of Greece
and was quickly followed up with a similar DDoS attack on the Central
Bank of Cyprus. Last weekend, hackers reportedly targeted the Central
Bank of the Dominican Republic, the Dutch Central Bank, the Central
Bank of Maldives, and Guernsey Financial Services Commission,
according to the official @OpIcarus Twitter account, which has been
taken offline — presumably by Twitter. The National Bank of Panama
and the Central Bank of Kenya were also reportedly targeted a day
later, according to hacking news publication HackRead.
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