#opKKK Anonymous denied involvement in recent leak

#opKKK – The hacking collective Anonymous is denying involvement in the Monday leak of alleged Ku Klux Klan members that included several US senators.

A few days ago the popular Anonymous collective has posted a video message on YouTube and a message on Twitter to announce that it is holding a list of names of the Ku Klux Klan
members.

The popular collective announced its initiative under the operation dubbed #OpKKK, the target in this phase of the operation started last year is the Ghoul Squad, a group that is considered an organization belonging to the KKK.

“We will release, to the global public, the identities of up to 1,000 Klan members, Ghoul Squad affiliates and other close associates of various factions of the Ku Klux Klan across the United States.”

Unfortunately, other groups or individuals within the collective are abusing the Anonymous brand to conduct their personal initiatives and gain notoriety. As reported by the Register the group Anonymous” (PUTNAIOOACA) posted on Pastebin a message threatening to out members of the Ku Klux Klan too.

“we will be revealing about 1000 of your klan member identities.” the Anonymous PUTNAIOOACA said. “We are not attacking you because of what you believe in as we fight for freedom of speech, We are attacking you because of what you do to our brothers and sisters.” “You messed with our family and now we will mess with yours.”

But PUTNAIOOACA collective seems to be interested in revealing the identities of the KKK members working in the institutions ( Law enforcement, politicians, and any public servant or government representative)

As promised, early this week someone disclosed online a list of alleged Ku Klux Klan members that included several US senators. The official account for the @Operation_KKK took the distance from the announcement and posted the following message.

The information disclosed by other groups alleged to belong to Anonymous, but not members of #OpKKK, Pastebin, includes total phone numbers and email addresses allegedly belonging to KKK members. The list contains the names of at least 4 U.S. Senators and 5 City Mayors.

Obviously something went wrong, experts speculate that a faction of the collective has moved independently and it wants to influence the @Operation_KKK’s effort. Other experts speculate that someone want to use the Anonymous Brand and the #opKKK to launch a smear campaign against prominent personalities.

At the time I was writing Anonymous is inviting all to join it today for an ALL DAY town hall conversation on race, racism, terror & free speech.( #OpKKK #HoodsOff)

For any information about #OpKKK Anonymous invited to refer to the official .@Operation_KKK twitter account

Hey guys, tomorrow November 5 is Guy Fawkes’ Day … what will happen?

Stay Tuned!

Pierluigi Paganini

(Security Affairs – Anonymous #OpKKK, hacktivism, KKK)

Pierluigi Paganini

Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer. Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US. Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines. Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.