Anonymous Expects 300,000 Protesters to Join Demonstrations against Scientology

NBC11 reports that Anonymous, the hackers organization that waged war on Scientology, expects some 300,000 people to show up for the protests scheduled for February 10th.

An Anonymous woman told NBC11: "We are having members of Anonymous from all over the world join the protest at their local church of Scientology at 11 AM local time". She also added that "Everyone in the world is invited".

Anonymous is trying very hard to look more serious to the public eye, and shake away the image that they are a group of "hacking kids".

Anonymous successes thus far include a DoS attack on Scientology internet sites, and a campaign of Google bombing that made the Church of Scientology the first hit whenever anyone enters the search string "dangerous cult". Are they going to have the same success in the "real world"?

Anonymous is planning another large protest - two days after church founder L. Ron Hubbard's birthday - on March 15th.

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Anonymous VS Scientology

This creepy-yet-cool video has popped up in YouTube, following a massive onslaught on Scientology and its sites.

The video has been recorded by a group calling itself Anonymous, who seems determined to wage war against Scientology. In the clip, Anonymous is bashing Scientology with sayings as "Your methods, hypocrisy, and the artlessness of your organization have sounded its death knell".

What exactly is planned by Anon is unclear, but the battle has obviously began. The first step was probably the distribution of the Scientology secret files (click here for torrent). The second step was the DOS attacks on Scientology sites. This clip is the third step. I'm curious to see what would come next.

Top 20 Hackers in Movie History

Scott Willoughby has rated the Top 20 Hackers in the Movies.

A very interesting list. I love the fact that Neo is number one, although I really think Dade Murphy ("Crash Override") should be in a higher position.

Sneakers wasn't such an amazing movie, and I don't really think Martin Bishop deserves the fame of the 2nd place. Good to see David Lightman (War Games) ranked up in 4th place. After all, it was one of the first hacking movies ever, and a lovely one, too. Those huge floppy disks! Those were the days, indeed.