Today is not a good day for the KKK.
On Sunday evening, the hacker collective known as Anonymous said it broke into two of the Ku Klux Klan’s Twitter accounts, @KuKluxKlanUSA and @YourKKKCentral, after a Missouri chapter of the hate group threatened protestors in Ferguson, Mo. ZDNet reported Monday.
The chapter recently distributed fliers threatening “lethal force” against what it described as “the terrorists masquerading as ‘peaceful protesters.'”
In response, hackers took over two KKK Twitter accounts, and soon those accounts sported the Anonymous logo. Inaugurating the hashtag, #OpKKK, the @KuKluxKlanUSA account promised to release a statement on Monday “regarding the seizing of this account.”
UPDATE: Anonymous will release a statement on THIS account tomorrow at 03:00 GMT (21 hours from now) regarding the seizing of this account.
— Ku Klux Klan (@KuKluxKlanUSA) November 17, 2014
The compromised account also tweeted an image of a hooded Klansman hanging from a noose.
By Monday morning, the stakes were higher: A Twitter account associated with the hackers, @AnonCopWatch, began tweeting photos, and in some cases names, of people it said were KKK members.
Those tweets spawned another hashtag: #HoodsOff.
16 NOV 2014 09:11:47
You should’ve expected us. #OpKKK continues to be a success. Freedom will prevail. pic.twitter.com/FUrNzBpVOa
— Ku Klux Klan (@KuKluxKlanUSA) November 16, 2014
ZDNet says it received two unconfirmed statements from Anonymous affirming the takeover. The second message said that the hacker group was in possession of KKK members’ personal information:
Also…. we have compromised personal accounts (which give us more faces), tied up their phone lines and filled every voicemail and inbox with love. We have barely scratched the surface, keep that pencil out….
