14 DAY TRIAL // With SOPA out of the way, there’s a new controversial cyber bill that’s seen as a threat by the online community and as a result, Anonymous and supporters revealed their intentions of launching not only cyberattacks, but also physical protests to ensure that the law will never pass.
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) determined the hacktivists to initiate Operation Defense, an op that has already made a number of victims, including US Telecom, TechAmerica, and more recently, Boeing.
The latest of the victims, the site of the airplane manufacturer, was down for around two hours on Tuesday, MSNBC reports.
Now, Anonymous has released a new video to reveal the names of other targets.
“Phase I of Operation Defense is running smoothly. We've managed to disable most of our targets. Our targets include any corporation involved in the support of The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act and those who were responsible in creating it,” the narrator of the video said.
US Telecom has already released a statement admitting that its systems have been targeted by the hacktivists and judging by the determination presented in Anonymous’ video, others may soon have the same fate.
“As an industry in the business of facilitating communications, we respect the right of those calling themselves ‘Anonymous’ to express their views and engage in lawful political advocacy,” USTelecom President & CEO, Walter B. McCormick Jr., said in a statement.
“But by launching a cyber attack in an effort to coerce, intimidate and stifle speech, members of Anonymous are acting contrary to the very freedoms and Internet norms that they espouse.”
The list of organizations appointed by Anonymous as being targeted includes AT&T, BSA, COMPTEL, Cyber Space & Intelligence Association, Exelon, Facebook (again), IBM, Intel, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Oracle, Symantec, Verizon Wireless, and many others.
According to the hackers, phase two of Operation Defense will commence on May 1 and it will include physical protests at facilities owned by the companies mentioned before.
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