14 DAY TRIAL // In a surprising turn of events, Ghost Squad Hackers, one of the Anonymous subdivisions carrying out DDoS attacks against KKK members, had a change of heart this past weekend and launched similar attacks against the Black Lives Matter movement.
The attacks took place yesterday, and the Black Lives Matter organization was forced to take down their website for most of the day. The website is up and running at the time of writing this article.
The Black Lives Matter movement originated in the African-American community and started in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin. The organization campaigns for the rights of black people and against racially motivated violence against black communities in the US.
On the other hand, Ghost Squad Hackers are one of Anonymous most active subdivisions, being extremely involved in the #OpKKK movement.
#OpKKK started a few years back and involved Anonymous members launching DDoS attacks, defacing and leaking data about KKK members.
According to a series of tweets posted yesterday online, Ghost Squad Hackers justified their attacks against the Black Lives Matter by saying that "all lives matter" and that"racism is not tolerated in any form."
Towards the end of March 2016, several videos surfaced on YouTube, with Black Live Matters activists asking for "white genocide," which may explain Ghost Squad sudden turn against an organization that it was previously helping.
#OpAllLivesMatter https://t.co/yGMOpUu3BT #Offline #Defaced and #Ddos'd pic.twitter.com/Ps8aIRtYZJ — s1ege (@_s1ege) April 30, 2016
#OpAllLivesMatter #GhostSquadHackers https://t.co/yGMOpUu3BT #Defaced and #Ddos'd ~s1ege pic.twitter.com/TQFiuMEzfI — s1ege (@_s1ege) April 30, 2016