Anonymous retreats from Mexico drug cartel confrontation | The Guardian
Plans by the hacker collective Anonymous to expose collaborators with Mexico’s bloody Zetas drug cartel – a project it dubbed “#OpCartel” – have fallen into disarray, with some retreating from the idea of confronting the killers while others say that the kidnap of an Anonymous hacker, the incident meant to have spawned the scheme, never happened.
The apparent climbdown by the group came as one security company, Stratfor, claimed that the cartel was hiring its own security experts to track the hackers down – which could have resulted in “abduction, injury and death” for anyone it traced.
… it is unclear how widespread support is within Anonymous for the original plan to expose “collaborators” – allegedly including police, taxi drivers and journalists – who work with the Zetas. >continue<
There is something terrifying and yet awe inspiring about the willingness of the Zetas to do whatever they want to do to get and maintain power. It is that real world horror that makes the Zetas a much more formidable foe for Anonymous than the CIA (which is impressive). This seems significant and somehow telling in ways that stretch beyond this situation. I wonder what Zizek would say about this?
(Source: pieceinthepuzzlehumanity, via zeitvox)
