A former US military intelligence expert and Iraq war veteran has ‘outed’ himself as a one-time member of the notorious hacking collective Anonymous, revealing how he got involved and why he’s turning his back on the masked movement.
Mike Jones, who claims to be ‘an original member’ of the group, has openly discussed with US-based news organisation KPRC2 how his eventual support for the collective quickly spiralled into disillusionment.
When asked why he initially aligned himself with Anonymous, Jones said the first reason was injustice. “After 9-11 there was a swing of taking people’s civil liberties,” he said in an interview.
“There was a knockdown of people’s rights and there was a fight for gaining that back. We kind of got together, put our heads together and labelled ourselves, basically, freedom fighters. [The hacks] were aimed at people and organisations that we felt were on the wrong side of the law to begin with. We were looking for new ways, new ways of thinking.” For the full article click here
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