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rug

(82,333 posts)
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 04:57 PM Dec 2012

Anonymous Hacks The Westboro Baptist Church: Posts All Their Personal Information

Posted: December 16, 2012
By Wolff Bachner

Commentary – Updated | The hacking collective known as Anonymous renewed their war on the Westboro Baptist Church today. After the haters from the infamous church posted their intentions to picket the funerals of the twenty children killed in the shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, Anonymous responded by re-posting the personal and professional information for members of the church on the Internet. Now the general public can contact the church members directly and tell them what they think about people who would desecrate the funerals of murdered children.

Westboro Baptist Church has been irritating Americans for years with venom filled message about their demented version of God. According to the many closely related and intermarried members of the Phelps family who make up the majority of the congregation of the so-called church, God enjoys killing children and soldiers. They constantly proclaim God hates homosexuals and plans to destroy America for not following the Westboro Baptist Church’s twisted version of Christianity. The incredible obsession with homosexuality expressed by Fred and family seems to many as a sure fire case of “thou dost protest too much.”

Anonymous has been after the Westboro Baptist Church for several months now, hacking their websites repeatedly. Recently, they accused the church of creating a fake letter from the hacking group in order to trick other hackers into attacking the website. Anonymous warned their supporters the church planned to harvest internet addresses and sue people. Suing people is apparently the primary activity of the Westboro Baptist Church when they aren’t screaming hate at funerals.

Of course, Westboro denied the charges and taunted Anonymous as incompetent hackers. They claimed their website was protected by God. Big mistake. A few days later, while a Westboro spokeswoman was boasting about how the church foiled Anonymous on a radio talk show, an Anonymous spokesman called in and hacked the church’s website in real time on the air.

http://www.inquisitr.com/440545/anonymous-hacks-the-westboro-baptist-church-posts-all-their-personal-information/

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Anonymous Hacks The Westboro Baptist Church: Posts All Their Personal Information (Original Post) rug Dec 2012 OP
People need to understand that the WBC is not really SomethingFishy Dec 2012 #1
I really shouldn't be cheering for Anonymous, but... AnnieBW Dec 2012 #2
104 recs and counting Electric Monk Dec 2012 #3
You know how you make them go away... WCGreen Dec 2012 #4
isnt that radio interview with the hack brettdale Dec 2012 #5
Have no idea... WCGreen Dec 2012 #9
Du rec. Nt xchrom Dec 2012 #6
God let that happen? BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #7
Anonymous Hacks The Westboro Baptist Church: Posts All Their Personal Information Coyotl Dec 2012 #8
Good malaise Dec 2012 #10
Where does WBC come up with the money to pull this crap? NNguyenMD Dec 2012 #11
The WBC family has at least Jumping John Dec 2012 #13
I wonder who would be crazy enough to hire these lawyers NNguyenMD Dec 2012 #14
Maybe people who don't know who they are. iandhr Dec 2012 #16
I was wondering that myself UndahCovah Dec 2012 #17
Love this! zappaman Dec 2012 #12
Hey a bright spot in an otherwsie gloomy day. Lionessa Dec 2012 #15
Where's all the lions when you need them? Fuddnik Dec 2012 #18

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)
1. People need to understand that the WBC is not really
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 05:04 PM
Dec 2012

a church, and they don't really believe what they say. They are a scam outfit. They do what they do to anger people, they choose mass shootings and soldiers funerals because they know it will anger people to the point of being beyond reason. They hope to get thrown out, assaulted, or have their rights violated in some way so they can sue for the money to do it all over again. They pay no taxes, they serve no purpose, they leech off of tragedy and the misery of others.

They are... War Profiteers.

AnnieBW

(10,429 posts)
2. I really shouldn't be cheering for Anonymous, but...
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 05:04 PM
Dec 2012

As a cybersecurity professional, people like Anonymous are the enemy. But, if they continue to fuck with WBC, I'm all for it.

NNguyenMD

(1,259 posts)
11. Where does WBC come up with the money to pull this crap?
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 05:58 PM
Dec 2012

It must cost thousands of dollars for each one of these trips, and they do multiple trips a year. Is the Phelp's estate rich or something?

 

Jumping John

(930 posts)
13. The WBC family has at least
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 06:20 PM
Dec 2012

4 lawyers in the family.


WBC's travel expenses exceed $200,000 annually.[192] According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Westboro is funded entirely by its congregation and accepts no outside donations.[193] The church has received money from lawsuits and legal fees.[193][194] For example, they sued the city of Topeka several times in the 1990s.[193] WBC received $16,500, and is pursuing another $100,000, in legal fees for a case won in court.[194] The WBC is considered a nonprofit organization by the federal government, and is therefore exempt from paying taxes.[195]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church
 

UndahCovah

(125 posts)
17. I was wondering that myself
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 07:06 PM
Dec 2012

These asshats turn up all over the country at frequent intervals. How the fuck do they pay for it? I doubt they work, because they wouldn't have time to be professional assholes.

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