What ever happened to?

Founder of hacktivist group Anonymous is trying to take down far-right cult QAnon

The founder of hacktivist group Anonymous has "come out of retirement" to take down far-right conspiracy theorists QAnon.

Aubrey Cottle was unmasked as the mastermind behind the notorious hacker group in a report in The Atlantic in August. The group caused chaos on and offline from the late 2000s.

This week, Cottle is taking part in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on forum site Reddit, and revealed he made the decision to go public to bring "the QAnon game to a conclusion".

What is Aubrey Cottle doing now?

Cottle's AMA covered everything from whether he is married (yes) to the worst thing he uncovered hacking (child pornography).

But his focus going forward is to discredit and de-platform the charlatans crafting this out-of-control ARG (Alternate Reality Game) gone wrong.

"Right now my only end-goal is bringing the QAnon game to a conclusion," he wrote.

When asked how dangerous the group could become, he said: "Given the US is on the verge of a full-blown civil war and these QAnon 'useful idiots' are on the frontlines?

"Extremely (dangerous)."

What is Anonymous?

Anonymous began on internet message board 4chan in the early 2000s and reached its height as an activist/hacking collective with thousands of members by 2012.

The group is know for its signature Guy Fawkes mask from the graphic novel and film V for Vendetta.

One of Anonymous' most notable attacks was on the Church of Scientology, and the group also took on Paypal and Mastercard for blocking WikiLeaks donations in 2010.

Dozens of people have been arrested for their involvement in the group internationally, including two men from Australia.

In 2012, Time called Anonymous one of the "100 most influential people" in the world but it has faded into the background in recent years.

What is QAnon?

QAnon is a far right conspiracy theory group that believe a cabal of Satan-worshipping paedophiles run a global child sex-trafficking ring.

The theory also claims the cabal are plotting against US President Donald Trump, and has attracted high profile supporters.

Members believe that a person or people who use the pseudonym "Q" and claim to be a high-ranking government official "drops" coded information on forums such as 4chan.

None of the group's theories are based in fact and older and more vulnerable people have been lured into spreading the claims of the far-right cult.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/founder-of-anonymous-hacker-group-aubrey-cottle-says-taking-down-qanon-in-reddit-ama/f104e6d5-6f7b-4df2-a178-1821ce921376

>>13568424

Sunday 5 August 2018

The war against QAnon is declared. You are not Anonymous.

Hello boys and girls, it’s time to learn your A B C’s.

"L." "M." "N." "O." "P." "Q." Op Q, Op Q Anon.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMN (#OpQ) RSTUVWXYZ.

Greetings Q, We are Anonymous.

We’ve been watching the interwebs from deep within our basements, flinging data bits and bytes here and there – living the stereotypical hacker life, you know; eating Doritos and drinking the Dew, (we do the dew – that shit’s trademarked by the way), and we’ve been watching the world burn at the hands of idiots.

We’ve slapped around a few people for being ignorant morons, sure – we’re totally not sorry for taking down racist websites or helping antifascist movements, leaking ICE data, and also all the little things we do when people don’t pay attention…

Anyhow Q, we’ve been watching you too – and you’re quite funny.

We were all like “yo, check this troll out! He has them convinced that he’s on the inside and they’re eating it up like sheep!” We all knew who was responsible for Q, and we thought the insanity would end with a final punch line of lulz – yet u 8 chan freaks never delivered that shit. Nope, you tossed it aside and let it grow into a deformed Alex Jones conspiracy thought bubble. Someone is gonna get hurt, so we have to put our foot down and start some shit with you all, oh kay? We don’t know if you can hang with the real thing, cuz believe it or not – we’re kind of upset that you’d try to even associate yourselves with our decentralized collective. That crazy pedophile conspiracy you Q’s are throwing around while ignoring

Trump’s own connections makes us wonder why?

Seems you have some kooky political agenda. We don’t like brainless political agendas; hell we don’t even like political agendas at all, so get your asses ready for a thrashing of butt hurt. You got all these foolish people all riled up with no proof, no leaks. We have plans. We will not sit idly by while you take advantage of the misinformed and poorly educated.

In our collective we all have our differences and internal drama but we do have one thing in common; none of us are happy with your bullshit. And oh my god, oh no – it’s teh real “Anonymous” they deep state fedz oh my god ohmygod insert conspiracy theory omg help.

We gonna wreck you.

We are Anonymous,

We are legion,

We do not forgive,

We do not forget.

We’re sure you know we’re coming, how could you not?

https://www.anonymous-france.info/anonymous-operation-qanon.html

>>13568442

I guess Q won because I didn't hear from them anymore. I recall they were popular. Infiltration, perhaps.