The vigilante hacktivists of Anonymous have announced an online attack on the IMF for its treatment of the Greek people.
The struggle of the of the Greek people against the IMF has taken a new turn recently, as Anonymous declared its intention to launch a series of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks on the Fund in retaliation for the IMF’s treatment of the Greek people.
Anonymous (wiki), a loosely-knit and leaderless organization of online activists, rose to fame (or notoriety, depending on your position in the balance of power) following a series of hack attacks that took down the websites of major corporations like Visa and MasterCard after they had withdrawn their services to WikiLeaks.
Ever since the Greek crisis began, the EU and IMF have together forced Greece to accept draconian austerity measures and a fire-sale of state assets to enable it to continue servicing its major debts to large European banks like Kommerzbank and Société Générale, which greedily brought up Greek bonds in the lead-up to the crisis.
As a result, wages in Greece have fallen some 20-30 percent, while unemployment has soared to 15 percent. Suicide rates are reported to have nearly tripled. Even before the crisis, a survey showed that a third of all Greeks lived below or near the formal poverty line of 500 euros per month. IMF measures are only aggravating this human tragedy.
The people of Greece have been taking for the streets for eight consecutive days now, demanding the government stop appeasing international lenders and start listening to its own people. The international media have largely ignored the unprecedented protests, which saw 100,000 amass in Syntagma square on Sunday, and another 50,000 last night.
The Anonymous campaign is meant to help put the Greek struggle on the map of the international media by undertaking a high profile cyber-attack on the IMF’s online resources. When the attacks will take place, and whether they will be successful, remains to be seen, but the announcement certainly managed to make some headlines already.
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go anonymous!! be fierce!
Well done Anonymous. Power to the People!
Do it for all PIIGS
Go Anon
Slowly we are getting closer to the source of the problem.
http://www.thedailybell.com/2399/Why-Arent-EU-Protests-Aimed-at-Central-Banks.html
Finally, real targets. I salute you anon, from one anon to another, tear down the World Bank and Federal Reserver while your at it, oh and dont forget Rothschild also.
We do not Forgive
We do not Forget
We will never Surrender
We are Legion
EXPECT US
Its on!!!
etsi gamhste to kapitalistika gourounia!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bCFHTbRnWM
dear anonymous please help the Greek People as they are suffering and it will get worse the best thing is to give them hope by attacking banks deleting the peoples DEBT and attacking IMF scum please again help the people are ready to take a stand and also die for the cause all we need is help. the greek people have now been forced to pay taxes on there houses that the tax has already been paid but that is not all they have added this tax to the electricity bill so if you do not pay it your electricity will be cut off and this law was passed. PS greek gov networks are usually easy to hack including PM emails and MP emails. please do your best or shall i say worse
Thank you
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