Anonymous hackers threaten Mexican drug cartel

Source: MSNBC

Anonymous hackers threaten Mexican drug cartel
It warns Zetas gang to release kidnapped member or it will expose identifies

The Anonymous hacking collective has put a Mexican drug cartel squarely in its crosshairs, threatening to expose the identities of the syndicate and its supporters in retaliation for the alleged kidnapping of an Anonymous hacktivist in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

"You made a huge mistake in taking one of us," an Anonymous member says in a YouTube video. "Release him, and if anything happens to him, you will always remember this upcoming Nov. 5."

The drug cartel, known as the Zetas, is one of the most powerful and violent crime organizations in Mexico, responsible for extortion, assassinations and kidnapping along with illegal drug trade. If the Zetas don't release the unnamed Anonymous hacker they allegedly kidnapped, Anonymous says it will expose cartel secrets as well as the identities of the journalists, taxi drivers and police officers it believes are complicit in allowing the Zetas to thrive.

"We demand his release," the Anonymous representative, in a suit, tie and mask, says. "We want the army and the navy to know that we are fed up with the criminal group Zetas, who have concentrated on kidnapping, stealing and blackmailing in different ways."

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45105396/ns/technology_and_science-security/#.Tq7qsvSIlF8

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