As of June 1st, Ghost Squad Hackers – one of the groups participating in #OpIcarus – have launched a series of coordinated attacks against leading members of the corporate ‘main stream’ media. Giving credit where credit is due, Tec.mic and Softpedia were the first to report the operation. But their reports only tell a portion of the whole story, we will explain why in a moment.
https://t.co/T7LxqJjzQN “FOXNEWS” Email server has been crashed for 8+ hours by #GhostSquadHackers #OpSIlence pic.twitter.com/uS5zWm75SQ
— s1ege (@s1ege_) June 1, 2016
Broadly speaking, the goal of the #OpSilence is to attack all the corrupt major news networks that mislead and censor information from the general public. More specifically, the news agencies who conceal the crimes of Israel, while misleading the population about the mistreatment of the Palestinian people. The operation is off to a quick start, Ghost Squad has successfully”carried out DDoS attacks on CNN and FOX News” already just this month. More attacks are promised, NBC and MSM appears to be their next target.
When Tech.mic and Softpedia presented their coverage of the hacks, they included images and references directly to Anonymous. But upon reading these articles, Ghost Squad had a message of their own that they want everyone to hear:
ALL OF THE MEDIA WHO REPORTS ON OUR ATTACKS #OPSILENCE IS GSH OP NOT ANONOP WE ARE NOT AND I REPEAT NOT ANONYMOUS
— s1ege (@s1ege_) June 1, 2016
It is no secret Ghost Squad has a close affiliation with Anonymous; I am sure this is how the group got started in the first place. The group insists they speak for themselves, they are essentially trying to get their own reputation – credibility.
But there is a second layer to this discussion highlighting the recent divide within Anonymous. There has been a “Civil War” of sorts in recent months, and the reputation of the Anonymous collective as a whole has been damaged. Last winter, prominent hacktivist group Ghostsec also cut their ties with Anonymous. In a statement they said “Anonymous has a habit of shooting in every direction and asking questions later.” In other interviews they imply that Anonymous has developed a reputation for behaving immature – more concerned with silly DDoS’ing attacks than changing the world.
Since the quarreling of #OpWhiteRose many people have splintered off, or left Anonymous entirely – just another in the long list of strange effects Donald Trump has had on the entire world. Ghost Squad is one of the groups effected by this ‘Civil War.’ In the time since this happened last March, the group has exploded onto the scene, quickly becoming one of the most influential and talked about hacking groups in the entire world in 2016.
I have no doubt about the origins of this operation though, this goes back to #OpMediaControl which began last June. The operation called for the hacking of every major news network in the United States, testing their email systems, DDoS’ing web sites, attempting to hack in teleprompters or live feeds – anything you could think of. Last I heard back in December, they were still trying to recruit people to join them for an event this summer. Sound familiar to what Ghost Squad is doing right now?
The following video was from #OpMediaControl release last June:
For the purposes of accuracy, AnonHQ News reached out to our contacts in #OpMediaControl. We gave them a preview of the article and asked them what they thought. They showed us a press release dating May 28, 2016, a video proclaiming that #OpMediaControl has been re-engaged. Of course, #OpSilence proceeded to begin June 1st. In another interesting note, earlier last month Anonymous Resistance Movement, one of the groups behind #OpMediaControl, conducted an interview with GhostSquad. So as you can see, the two groups are well acquainted with one another – these operations are no coincidence.
Ghost Squad may be stepping up from the pack here, but make no mistake, this operation has been in the making for over a year and Anonymous led the way.
Sources: Softpedia, Tech.mic, Ghost Squad Hackers, TechWorm
You want to support Anonymous Independent & Investigative News? Please, follow us on Twitter: Follow @AnonymousNewsHQ
This article (#OpSilence – Ghost Squad Hackers Target Fox News, CNN, NBC and MSN) is a free and open source. You have permission to republish this article using a creative commons license with attribution to the author and AnonHQ. Join the conversations at www.anonboards.com
Perfect
Go after DC Caller and American News. They censor comments.
Lmmfao.. Se1ge is a22 year old wanna be haxxor named Cody Ray Long.. From Lakeland Florida.. Google his arrest record..Lmfao he’s a skidmark on the face of anonymous
Se1ge does no actual hacking… He can only DDOS.. Lmfao and can’t even do that right
http://bailbondcity.com/polk-inmate-LONG/2014-007212
His name is Brandon Singletary from Louisiana he’s a women beating piece of shit…
ANONHQ fix the first sentence right now! GSH does not LEAD #OpIcarus. This is an anonymous operation and yes they work on it too but they do not lead it! Solve this, you are anonymous right? Pick your side NOW. Anons will hate you for this for real.
ok I will report this, thanks.
Alright participating in
Please remove your first sentence. Opicarus has no leaders. GSH does not lead Opicarus. Your sentence is uncalled for. Opicarus has no affiliations with GSH. Thank you.
See that credit fags named “Ghost Squad Hacker” Any media that has deep Intel on #Olcarus won’t publish this,All what gsh want is attention
Please put Trump’s site and tweet sites on your list before he completely destroys us.
Perfect!
It’s my first day.
Can someone teach me everything there is to know. ? I’d need a place to stay for a while too.
Not sure if my etiquette jives with you… but I want to help, I’m savvy in the basics, but not really much of a hacker. My social skills have been fine tuned however, I’m good at reading a situation, and being resourceful with haste. I hold to the fact that violence is never a good option.
My strong suit would be negotiation I feel. High perception, intellect, charisma, maybe others but those three just popped into my head. I can do spying and espionage but only through love and understanding.
Lambada_Aperture:
Inspector Gadget called; he wants his Gateway Win98 PC back, you stoopid fuk
Also I’m pretty sure some government did an illegal operation on me in 2013. I feel like they replaced my right eye with a camera, or put some sort of biotech in my head after knocking me out with a Haldol injection. All just speculation however because I basically was unconscious for a period of time in the hospital.
Can’t really speculate which government however.
WOW Lambdas_Aperture. You talk like a complete moron.
“My social skills have been fine tuned” Think again.
Anonymous lost their way a long time ago. Going after dumb shit thtll never do a thing to change the world. I believed in anonymous at 1st… Not anymore. I agree tht anonymous acts immature sometimes and blah blah. Like I said, they lost their way. No leader, no dicipline. U guys need to create a chain of command or something bc u have “rogue warriors” or w/e u wanna call thm makin anonymous as a whole look bad.