Anonymous denies it gave ultimatum to Westboro

We saw a threat purportedly made by hacker group Anonymous against Westboro Baptist Church, and a quick, taunting response from WBC. However, the whole thing was a hoax, perpetrated by WBC for publicity and IP harvesting reasons.

"You thought you could play with Anonymous. You observed our rising notoriety and thought you would exploit our paradigm for your own gain," said the group in a press release. "When Anonymous says we support free speech, we mean it. We count Beatrice Hall among our Anonymous forebears: 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.' "
The hacktivist group said that, along with looking for more attention, the Westboro Baptist Church wanted to lure DDoS attackers into a "honeypot."
"They've got their ports wide open to harvest IPs to sue. Don't DDoS, and boycott Operation Westboro," warned Anonymous.

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Pity - we were so looking forward to the perverted hate that is this cult being curtailed.

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