The internet was briefly huff up thick lines of hacker hype this workweek , abuzz over title that Anonymous was going toattack bloodthirsty Mexican drug lords . Anonymous , the net ’s antihero , versus Los Zetas , drug trash . Too defective it ’s completely bogus .
https://gizmodo.com/anonymous-on-a-warpath-with-zetas-drug-cartel-after-kid-5854754
The Guardian arguesAnonymous “ hideaway ” from their program to discover member of the notoriously red ( and spiteful ) cartel . The Daily Beast saysthe collective “ rethinks ” the surgical operation . But there was never really any # opcartel to commence with . Nothing to retreat from .
It ’s not just that # OpCartel has return zero Mexican yield — Anonymous is a case of its former ego . Their top shelf natural endowment is mostly arrested , their organization muddled since the LulzSec heyday , and , most importantly , Anonymous ’ appendage were right smart too frightened to even consider going after the drug game . And for good reason — security department firmSTRATFOR outlinesZetas ’ means of tracking down online trouble maker . And murdering them . They ’ve done it before , and had Anonymous unmasked Zetas and their cronies , it ’s likely some hacker stemma would ’ve spilled .
But this is all irrelevant . As I said , there was no plan . The original scourge video that started this all could have been made by anyone with a few dollar bill to corrupt a Guy Fawkes masquerade party . AlthoughSabu , the lone remaining Anonymous strongman , claimed # opcartel was in the works via Twitter , Anon groupies have shown nothing but the opposite on IRC :
Splendide : Dude that shits unsafe
…
combust : I personally do n’t bear opcartel and have not seen any suggestion from others that it is actual
root : THERE IS NO # OPCARTEL
Wolfy : blinking FB bullshit . we still dumbfound nubs running their mouths about that ?
anonpanda : yeah
katanon : lol Wolfy , yes . It ’s the meme that wo n’t pass
When Anon show a willingness to fuck the world with some ostensible sensation of purpose — they’re enormously powerful . But properly now , Anonymous is a victim of both its anterior strength and current genus Anemia : burdened with their own reputation , and too rickety to execute on it .
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