Mexico's Zetas Drug Cartel Threatened By 'Anonymous' Hacker Group

[Jacob]

So the question is, will they be able to find these anonymous guys? What will they do if the anonymous guys live outside of Mexico?

On the other hand, what will the Zetas do if anonymous does release compromising information on them? Everyone predicts violence of some sort, but what will the Zetas do if they can't actually silence the info dumps or whatever?

[jimmy olsen]

So the question is, will they be able to find these anonymous guys? What will they do if the anonymous guys live outside of Mexico?

On the other hand, what will the Zetas do if anonymous does release compromising information on them? Everyone predicts violence of some sort, but what will the Zetas do if they can't actually silence the info dumps or whatever?

Houston Chronicle says the dude making the threats sounds like a Spaniard.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Online-hackers-threaten-to-expose-cartel-s-secrets-2242068.php

If they really do have a list of actual collaborators and gang members and release it then a bunch of them are gonna end up killed by rival gangs. That way Anonymous can point at what happened and say "Don't fuck with us or this will happen."

Of course on the downside this will result in retaliatory killings against bloggers and hackers in Mexico and on the border as well as general intensification of the on going gang warfare. Whether they can actually find anonymous members is questionable, but if they can't they'll just kill some high profile Mexican bloggers as a warning.

What's worse, if the names that they release aren't actually Zeta co-conspirators they're going to end up dead anyways. Of course some of the low level collaborators were black mailed into working with the Zetas, so even if the info on them is accurate disclosing their names is still morally gray.

[Razgovory]

I don't think a bunch of Script Kiddies really want play rough with drug cartels.  Well, they may think they can get away with it, but they'll learn the hard way it's a bad idea.

[Eddie Teach]

Yeah, it's a terrible idea. The cartels have plenty of money to hire computer gurus to track them down.

[HisMajestyBOB]

It's so nice of those kids sitting at home in middle America to release information that gets people horribly killed by drug gangs.

[Jacob]

So it seems the conflict is off, and anonymous achieved their stated goal. The Zetas released the kidnapped hacker and made some dire threats if any names were released. In return, anonymous decided not to release the list of names.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/anonymous-calls-off-outing-of-narco-cartel-after-release-of-kidnapped-member.ars

[Ed Anger]

So it seems the conflict is off, and anonymous achieved their stated goal. The Zetas released the kidnapped hacker and made some dire threats if any names were released. In return, anonymous decided not to release the list of names.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/anonymous-calls-off-outing-of-narco-cartel-after-release-of-kidnapped-member.ars

You know the Zetas are making a list and checking it twice. To see who was naughty and who was nice.

[fhdz]

So it seems the conflict is off

Postponed. Anonymous has made an enemy who doesn't care about the rule of law.

[Jacob]

So it seems the conflict is off

Postponed. Anonymous has made an enemy who doesn't care about the rule of law.

Alright. It seems like the conflagration is off. Presumably, Anonymous is still sitting on the list so the Zeta's won't want to do anything unless they can make sure they get the list as well.

In other anon news, apparently they got info on a whole bunch of kiddie porn lovers: http://gawker.com/5855604/elaborate-anonymous-sting-snags-190-kiddie-porn-fans

[fhdz]

In other anon news, apparently they got info on a whole bunch of kiddie porn lovers: http://gawker.com/5855604/elaborate-anonymous-sting-snags-190-kiddie-porn-fans

Saw that. Pretty damned awesome, if you ask me.

[jimmy olsen]

So it seems the conflict is off, and anonymous achieved their stated goal. The Zetas released the kidnapped hacker and made some dire threats if any names were released. In return, anonymous decided not to release the list of names.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/anonymous-calls-off-outing-of-narco-cartel-after-release-of-kidnapped-member.ars

I'm amazed that guy isn't dead!

[Sheilbh]

In other anon news, apparently they got info on a whole bunch of kiddie porn lovers: http://gawker.com/5855604/elaborate-anonymous-sting-snags-190-kiddie-porn-fans

Saw that. Pretty damned awesome, if you ask me.

Definitely.  Not the first time they've done it either I don't think.

[Razgovory]

So it seems the conflict is off, and anonymous achieved their stated goal. The Zetas released the kidnapped hacker and made some dire threats if any names were released. In return, anonymous decided not to release the list of names.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/11/anonymous-calls-off-outing-of-narco-cartel-after-release-of-kidnapped-member.ars

Curious.

[DGuller]

I wonder why Zetas and the likes haven't been classified as terrorist groups yet.  Surely their tactics qualify for the label.

[Eddie Teach]

I guess only non-profits qualify.