14 DAY TRIAL // In March, a video published on YouTube announced that Anonymous would attack the South Korean government for wasting tax money, distorting the media and suppressing citizens. Three suspects have been arrested, the South Korean National Police Agency's Cyber Terror Response Center announced on Wednesday.
The individuals behind the video claimed to be part of the Anonymous movement. They launched Facebook and Twitter pages to gain support for their operations.
However, according to police, cited by The Chosun Ilbo, the initiators of the campaign are some students who don’t appear to have any hacking skills.
A 17-year-old identified as Kang, a 14-year-old named Bae and a 23-year-old university student whose surname is Woo have been arrested for making the threats.
Kang has told police he is a member of Anonymous. However, other members of the hacktivist movement have denied that there are any plans to attack South Korean government websites as part of a campaign dubbed OpKorea.
Of course, anyone can call themselves “Anonymous,” so it’s difficult to determine which of the many video statements posted to YouTube by so-called members of the hacktivist movement are backed by someone with real hacking skills and which of them are just desperate attempts at attention.