Anonymous' 'Operation Payback' Twitter Account SUSPENDED

UPDATE: Anonymous' Operation Payback seems to be back on Twitter with several new Twitter accounts, including @Anon_Operationn and @AnonOperation.
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First its Facebook page was banned. Now, hacker group Anonymous' 'Operation Payback' Twitter account appears to have been suspended.

The pro-WikiLeaks Anonymous has been leading the charge against those have crossed WikiLeaks--including MasterCard and Visa, which stopped processing WikiLeaks payments.

Anonymous' account, @Anon_Operation, was suspended only a matter of minutes after it tweeted a link to leaked MasterCard credit card numbers (see tweet below).

Attempts to access the Twitter account now return an error message from Twitter that reads, "Sorry, the profile you are trying to view has been suspended." The account had over 20,000 followers.

Twitter has been the subject of controversy since WikiLeaks' data dump. First, Twitter was accused of censoring "WikiLeaks" from its list of Trending Topics (Twitter has denied these allegations, noting that it "absolutely [did] not" censor the term). Later, when asked whether Twitter might suspend or block WikiLeaks' Twitter account, the microblogging service replied only that it had no comment on the matter.

A Twitter spokesperson told The Huffington Post that it had "no on-the-record comment on the actions we take on specific user accounts."

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[anthonymfreed]

03:37 AM on 12/11/2010

Operation Payback Spokesman Leaves Name in PR Meta Data

The rogue hacker group Anonymous, which has been making headlines for their repeated DDoS attacks dubbed Operation Payback, issued a press release. The most interesting piece of information int the release, though, was the name of the text's author, which was present in the PDF's meta data...

https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/10196-Operation-Payback-Spokesman-Leaves-Name-in-PR-Meta-Data.html

[LvxLight]

03:03 PM on 12/09/2010

It's ok if all of this "cyber-war" nonsense eventually turns into obviously censored internet; it'll save me about $50/month. Right now I pay about $70/month for cable internet, but once the censored...err more censored.... internet comes into being I'll have no excuse to keep paying that $70/month. Instead I will only be paying about $20-/month for DSL and reacquainting myself with the newspaper, phone book, atlas, and local retail outlets.

If there's nothing worth seeing/ getting on the internet then there's no reason to purchase access to it; or no reason to purchase fast & expensive access to it.

[JackWhistle]

02:26 PM on 12/09/2010

There is no way to get total payback. How many lives have these cretin corporatists destroyed in their mad quests for power? They deserve the hangmans noose.

[kryan74]

05:10 PM on 12/09/2010

Look how you live and breath in American, yet hope and pray for the very thing that has given you so much. People who think Assange is some kind of hero are mentally challenged people. Period. You opitimize narcissism.

[Highnotes]

02:25 PM on 12/11/2010

...I can see your point.. you make it so succinctly.

[Kenneth Pont]

02:19 PM on 12/09/2010

Does anyone read the TOS or AUP anymore??? At the moment that any user uses their account to assist, facilitate or perform an illegal act (hacking) Facebook, Twitter, even your ISP has the right to terminate, block access or seek legal action. It has little to do with agreeing with a cause or not, but as a defense mechanism to avoid getting involved with illegal activity and becoming liable themselves. CYA, self-preservation, that's all Facebook or Twitter is doing.

[airmikee99]

03:48 PM on 12/09/2010

If Facebook and Twitter and even my ISP spent half as much time cracking down on real criminals, like phishers, spammers, and con artists, we would have a safe internet. Instead, they go after the easy targets and the real criminals have the entire playground.

[jox58]

12:00 PM on 12/09/2010

Reminds me of the '60s. The anti-establishment anarchists are coming back out. Maybe the Left is tired of staying in the background while the Tea Party on the Right had been getting all the attention and everything they want.

Both sides now have insurgents in the field.

[Gin Coleman]

11:45 AM on 12/09/2010

I'm coining a new word today. OVERENTITLEMENT.

[xeavor]

11:48 AM on 12/09/2010

that's the word I was looking for - thank you.

[JamieSamans]

11:40 AM on 12/09/2010

When "they" censor the Internet, it's evil, an infringement on free speech.
When WE censor the Internet, it's "a matter of national security."

"They" are US.

[xeavor]

11:37 AM on 12/09/2010

. I know everyone thinks they are fighting the good fight – and perhaps in the end it will bear the fruit they want, but I fear the true victim of this current cyber war is only going to be more of our freedoms. Up until now, our use of the internet has been for the most part unhindered – and again – we assume it is our God given right to the internet. “Abuse it and lose it.” They’ve been trying to find justification to strip away the traditional internet for a long time and guess what - your cyber war heroes are giving them the ammunition they need. In the end – the big corporations and governments will grow tired of the child throwing a tantrum and will enforce a whole new set of rules, rules that throw a large and looming shadow over the now ‘exciting’ cyber war.

[JackWhistle]

02:18 PM on 12/09/2010

Then things will get violent. Not a good idea.

[xeavor]

11:37 AM on 12/09/2010

I’ve been reading the back and forth of this so called cyber war for a while now and think it is interesting that people believe the approach of attacking VISA, Mastercard, etc, is justified. Everyone seems to be so upset that ‘everything’ isn’t shared with them. I’m sorry if the truth hurts, but the world is far from perfect on all fronts and sharing classified information isn’t going to help anyone. There is enough tension in the world already. There are enough wars. There is enough blood-shed already. Why stir the pot? I know, I know – we are losing freedoms, we deserve to know the actions going on behind the scenes – our government lies. Did anyone ‘really’ believe corruption wasn’t going on behind the scenes? It was a given. Bringing the facts to light however doesn’t help the already fragile peace. I know, ‘what peace – there’s war right now.’ It could be far worse. ---> continue to next comment.

[jspkim]

11:15 AM on 12/09/2010

Didn't we laugh at the Chinese and Iranian governments for censoring the internet?

[Robert Weller]

11:02 AM on 12/09/2010

anonoperation still seems to be suspended

[Tyler-Durden]

10:00 AM on 12/09/2010

now THIS is what i like to see!!

not the story above, but the positive feedback in the comments BELOW!!

THANX, to those of you who've voiced your support for openness in govt., freedom of the internet, and resistance to corporate aggression.

the corporate elites have taken control of our govt which was intended to be "of, by, and for the people". they've forgotten that "the people" includes US!!

unless "the people" join and fight back, the few with the money and the power will eventually crush us all just for fun. remember, to CEOs, we're just another LINE ITEM EXPENSE. called "labor".

[JamieSamans]

11:41 AM on 12/09/2010

Yeah! I agree! Let's take action!

Except I'm busy watching "Dancing with the Stars," and then I have a Tea Party rally where we're going to say we're really, really mad about Democra...umm... about *anyone* driving up the deficit and not cutting taxes.

Cuz, you know, any deficits resulting from lack of taxes are "spending problems." Yup.

[Tyler-Durden]

07:11 PM on 12/10/2010

no kidding, jamie. america has gotten too lazy and stupid for its own good.

[southernman]

09:54 AM on 12/09/2010

since I don't tweet my support for anonymous and wiki-leaks is purely symbolic

[peergin]

08:50 AM on 12/09/2010

I have a Visa card and will, of course, continue to use it. However, tomorrow I'll open a MasterCard account as well.

[Mary Pat]

08:48 AM on 12/09/2010

I get the feeling that Twitter can't block anyone and neither can the internet. I think there are millions of Assange supporters all over the world working together on this thing and they forgot more than the best techs who work outside ever knew about computers or the internet.

[JonPubliq]

09:08 AM on 12/09/2010

The "best techs" are all highly paid individuals who work for the government. Which side do you think they will choose? The "internet" comes down to nothing but a server, which like all servers can be turned off. *poof* there went your internet ;)

[themacks]

10:37 AM on 12/09/2010

your idea that the "best techs" work for the government is laughable at best and you have no idea how the internet works do you? the internet comes down to nothing but millions of servers and millions of routers and switches that are spread across the world. good luck turning them off. http://wikileaks.ch/mirrors.html

[markr1957]

01:14 PM on 12/09/2010

I guess you're not very computer-savvy to come out with that comment. Any PC savvy tech can turn any PC into a server/router, so that if enough of them do it they can support the entire worldwide web. It will be slower, but it will keep on running.