Anonymous Cancels Operation Cartel as Los Zetas Track Hacktivists
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Anonymous Cancels Operation Cartel as Los Zetas Track Hacktivists
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Re: Anonymous Cancels Operation Cartel as Los Zetas Track Hacktivists
#2Sounds like Los Zetas tracing the Anonymi is just coincidentally concurrent to their decision not to release the information. The real reason why they're not releasing it is because the civilians they were intending to expose aren't actually members of Los Zetas, and would just get killed by the cartel if they were to be exposed.
Re: Anonymous Cancels Operation Cartel as Los Zetas Track Hacktivists
#3I applaud their desire to try and fight the cartel but its extremely dangerous and don't fault them for pulling back.
Re: Anonymous Cancels Operation Cartel as Los Zetas Track Hacktivists
#4Speaking truth to powe....what? Oh yes, well then nevermind!
Re: Anonymous Cancels Operation Cartel as Los Zetas Track Hacktivists
#5There's so many ways to analyze this and so many possible ulterior motives. It's also unfortunate that their anonymity is under threat, even if they don't release the info they are still in danger.
Re: Anonymous Cancels Operation Cartel as Los Zetas Track Hacktivists
#6I applaud their desire to try and fight the cartel but its extremely dangerous and don't fault them for pulling back.
Indeed. I don't live in Mexico, but from what I've read the Zetas are like a rogue cartel among the Mexican drug cartels. They kidnap "civilians", kill policemen, compromise the security of the local population, etc, things that the other cartels apparently frown upon.
See, for instance, the Mata Zetas (Zeta Killers). It's unlikely that Anonymous can play this game.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/09/mexico-gov...
(take care if you stumble into videos, they're disgusting even if not explicit)
Re: Anonymous Cancels Operation Cartel as Los Zetas Track Hacktivists
#7Sounds like Los Zetas tracing the Anonymi is just coincidentally concurrent to their decision not to release the information. The real reason why they're not releasing it is because the civilians they were intending to expose aren't actually members of Los Zetas, and would just get killed by the cartel if they were to be exposed.
Wouldn't anyone who actually knew much of anything about the cartel situation already know this before the original announcement?
Re: Anonymous Cancels Operation Cartel as Los Zetas Track Hacktivists
#8Sounds like Los Zetas tracing the Anonymi is just coincidentally concurrent to their decision not to release the information. The real reason why they're not releasing it is because the civilians they were intending to expose aren't actually members of Los Zetas, and would just get killed by the cartel if they were to be exposed.
And they probably won't bother to trace actual Anonymous folks exposing this information but may end up targeting random people who are into computers, or even heavy social media users.
Re: Anonymous Cancels Operation Cartel as Los Zetas Track Hacktivists
#9This whole op was fishy from the get-go. For one, the person speaking in the original video had a mainland Spanish accent but used Mexican vocabulary. Two, no anons within Mexico spoke out in support of the op. Three, nobody was able to verify the claim that an anon was kidnapped in the first place. Four, nobody could figure out where this op was discussed or planned. It came out of the blue without any previous involvement from the main organizing channels.
The whole thing is just bizarre.
Re: Anonymous Cancels Operation Cartel as Los Zetas Track Hacktivists
#10The lulz stop when people start getting killed.