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subtomic · Oct 29, 2011

I don't think even the most creative of screenwriters could have come up with this.

Online hackers threaten to expose cartel's secrets
Group called Anonymous demands release of one of their own who was kidnapped
By DANE SCHILLER, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Updated 11:41 p.m., Friday, October 28, 2011

An international group of online hackers is warning a Mexican drug cartel to release one of its members, kidnapped from a street protest, or it will publish the identities and addresses of the syndicate's associates, from corrupt police to taxi drivers, as well as reveal the syndicates' businesses.

The vow is a bizarre cyber twist to Mexico's ongoing drug war, as a group that has no guns is squaring off against the Zetas, a cartel blamed for thousands of deaths as well as introducing beheadings and other frightening brutality.

"You made a huge mistake by taking one of us. Release him," says a masked man in a video posted online on behalf of the group, Anonymous.

"We cannot defend ourselves with a weapon … but we can do this with their cars, homes, bars, brothels and everything else in their possession," says the man, who is wearing a suit and tie.

"It won't be difficult; we all know who they are and where they are located," says the man, who underlines the group's international ties by speaking Spanish with the accent of a Spaniard while using Mexican slang.

He also implies that the group will expose mainstream journalists who are somehow in cahoots with the Zetas by writing negative articles about the military, the country's biggest fist in the drug war.

"We demand his release," says the Anonymous spokesman, who is wearing a mask like the one worn by the shadowy revolutionary character in the movie V for Vendetta, which came out in 2006. "If anything happens to him, you sons of (expletive) will always remember this upcoming November 5."

The person reportedly kidnapped is not named, and the video does not share information about the kidnapping other than that it occurred in the Mexican state of Veracruz during a street protest.

Anonymous draws its roots from an online forum dedicated to bringing sensitive government documents and other material to light.

If Anonymous can make good on its threats to publish names, it will "most certainly" lead to more deaths and could leave bloggers and others open to reprisal attacks by the cartel, contends Stratfor, an Austin-based global intelligence company.

"In this viral world on the Internet, it shows how much damage could be done with just one statement on the Web," said Fred Burton of Stratfor, which published a report Friday that probes the implications of the cartel drawing the activists' ire.

Mike Vigil, the retired head of international operations for the Drug Enforcement Administration, said the Zetas must take Anonymous seriously.

"It is a gutsy move," Vigil said. "By publishing the names, they identify them to rivals, and trust me, they will go after them."
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fair warning - video apparently has cursing in Spanish

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BrieflySpeaking · Oct 29, 2011

hmm. interesting. would love to see all this information leak

bullardfan · Oct 29, 2011

wow. to quote marc anthony in hackers, "now that's cool."

Big MAK · Oct 29, 2011

How about they leak it all anyway?

lean · Oct 29, 2011

From the Top Rated Comments:

Señores, esto no es anonymous, son gente del mismo gobierno, quieren contrapuntear a los anonymous contra los zetas.....no se dejen engañar, lo malo de ser anonymous es que cualquier pendejo puede decirse anonymous y usar el nombre para mal, esto rebasa el nivel de peligrosidad. Anonymous es un movimiento que hace manifestaciones pacificas. Esto esta manipulado
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Rough translation courtesy freetranslation.com

Gentlemen, this is not anonymous, they are people of the same government, they want contrapuntear to the anonymous against the zeds. ....no they be left to deceive, it evil to be anonymous is that any idiot can be told anonymous and to use the name for badly, this surpasses the level of danger. Anonymous is a movement that does demonstrations pacificas. This is manipulation
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Just to keep things in perspective. This message doesn't likely seem to be from the "real" Anonymous and what the "real" Anonymous is is pretty nebulous to begin with.

RedRedemption · Oct 29, 2011

Awesome.
Don't stop there hackers, get what you want then release all the information anyway.
Blackmail them to hell.

Rocket River · Oct 29, 2011

RedRedemption said: ↑

Awesome.
Don't stop there hackers, get what you want then release all the information anyway.
Blackmail them to hell.
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Agreed
maybe expose all their money launderers.
You put a KyBosh on the money
and these syndicates will fold like origami

Rocket River

IBTL · Oct 29, 2011

Big MAK said: ↑

How about they leak it all anyway?
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for real.

They should start a website baiting the zetas, and then playing jokes on them, scamming them etc. Sorta like the nigerian email scam baiters, but in this case the zetas.

i'm not sure what kind of fun we could have with the name of a taxi driver that works for the zetas.. maybe crank calling him or ordering a hundred pastor tacos delivered to his pad

Xerobull · Oct 29, 2011

You guys seem to think that the Zetas are all a bunch of low-IQ thugs. There is some serious smarts at the top. Anon may be biting off more than they can chew...I have no doubt that the Zetas have the resources to go to war with them.

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