In Emails to UK Police, Anonymous Seeks Solidarity
The hacking movement known as Anonymous has made an unusual appeal to British police: "Stand with us."
Using email addresses apparently stolen from an online police forum, the cyber rebels sent a manifesto to several current and former British police officers.
A text of the missive seen by The Associated Press on Thursday pleads with officers "not to support the traitors against us."
Anonymous is a sprawling, Internet-based insurgency responsible for a slew of cyber-attacks, Web stunts, and eye-catching protests over the years.
Its activities have drawn international police attention and scores of supporters have been detained in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere.
London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement that it was investigating how Anonymous obtained the officers' email addresses.
Source: Agence France Presse
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