FRIDAY, FEB 25, 2011 18:11 ET
Anonymous shuts down Westboro Baptist Church site -- during a live interview
After asking for peace, the renegade hacker group launched its first attack on the infamous Christian group VIDEO
Anonymous
Less than a week ago, a rumor spread that the vigilante hacker organization Anonymous had declared war on the Westboro Baptist Church. Though quickly dismissed as a hoax, the headline-grabbing possibility spread through the media faster than an offensive Kanye West tweet. Given the clandestine nature of Anonymous -- as the name implies, all of the member so of the group are, in fact, anonymous -- the truth proved elusive. Regardless, the Westboro Baptist Church started a smear campaign against Anonymous and insisted that their message could not be silence. In the words of WBC: "Bring it."
Hoping to clear the air, radio talk show host David Pakman invited a Shirley Phelps-Roper, spokesperson from the Westboro Baptist Church, and an (anonymous) member of Anonymous onto his show for a live web chat. Pakman moderated the conversation, and the banter started out almost cordial. However despite Anonymous' continued denial of a war or plans of an attack, Phelps-Roper persistently insulted the group and its representative. After Phelps-Roper tells the Anonymous representative he's going to Hell, Anonymous says, "I have a surprise for you."
Anonymous unleashed an attack during the insults and directed the audience towards downloads.westborobaptistchurch.com with a noticefrom Anonymous:
Watch the full interview here. The attack happens around the 9:00 mark:
MidweekPolitics | Feb 24, 2011 | 5,961 likes, 72 dislikes
A source from Anonymous confronts Shirley Phelps-Roper from the Westboro Baptist Church, calling the supposed letter sent to Westboro by Anonymous a hoax, and then proceeds to hack the Westboro Baptist Church website during the interview.
Website screenshot before being removed by Westboro: http://img19.imageshack.us/i/anonymou...
The David Pakman Show is an internationally syndicated talk radio and television program hosted by David Pakman
--On the Bonus Show Behind the scenes from today's interviews, pressure from Fox News CEO Roger Ailes for a publisher to cover up an affair, an 11000 year old skeleton, much more.
http://www.davidpakman.com
http://www.davidpakman.com/membership
http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow
http://www.twitter.com/davidpakmanshow
http://feeds.feedburner.com/davidpakm...
24/7 Voicemail Line & Studio Number: (219)-2DAVIDP
Broadcast on February 24, 2011
Website screenshot before being removed by Westboro: http://img19.imageshack.us/i/anonymou...
The David Pakman Show is an internationally syndicated talk radio and television program hosted by David Pakman
--On the Bonus Show Behind the scenes from today's interviews, pressure from Fox News CEO Roger Ailes for a publisher to cover up an affair, an 11000 year old skeleton, much more.
http://www.davidpakman.com
http://www.davidpakman.com/membership
http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow
http://www.twitter.com/davidpakmanshow
http://feeds.feedburner.com/davidpakm...
24/7 Voicemail Line & Studio Number: (219)-2DAVIDP
Broadcast on February 24, 2011
At the time of publishing this post, all of the Westboro Baptist Church's various sites -- including godhatesfags.com -- were inaccessible.
No comments:
Post a Comment