Anonymous targets Activision CEO after Call of Duty insult

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The Anonymous hacker collective is now targeting Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg after the release of trailers for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 in which Anonymous is implied to be America’s new enemy in a dystopian future war scenario.

The video flashes images of the Guy Fawkes mask clad Anonymous member, making a not-so-subtle assertion that hacker collectives will be behind what Oliver North called a “nightmare scenario.”

“If you can hack a bank, you can hack a drone,” says UAV pilot Maj. Hercules Christopher as the Guy Fawkes mask appears again in another video that is part of the ad campaign.

Anonymous has posted a document on peoplesliberationfront.net detailing Hirshberg’s private information, including his home address, phone number and email address. The post also includes his total compensation for 2010, totaling $13.9 million.

“So Activision Why you done goofed? We are not the enemy but, well you want it you got it. Eric Hirshberg DOX. #OpPirateAllActivision,” read the post, DOX referring to a dump of personal data.

Twitter account YourAnonNews jeered at the implication of Anonymous posture itself as America’s future war enemy as well.

“If #Anonymous are the bad guys in CoD how will it be an FPS (first person shooter) anymore? We do nawt fight with gunz. We haz lazerz 4 dat,” read the tweet. the video can be seen below



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Source: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/the-grid/anonymous-lashes-out-at-activision-following-call-duty-trailer

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67891Posted:

Why are they targeting the guy WTF did he do?

AAmbitionsIsBackPosted:

StVincent
AAmbitionsIsBack I like how they stole this from someone who posted it in the forums like more than an hour ago and didn't give credit.


It's clearly states at the bottom, "Source: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/the-grid/anonymous-lashes-out-at-activision-following-call-duty-trailer"


Go look at the originally poster. Clearly shows the same source....

StVincentPosted:

AAmbitionsIsBack I like how they stole this from someone who posted it in the forums like more than an hour ago and didn't give credit.


It's clearly states at the bottom, "Source: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/the-grid/anonymous-lashes-out-at-activision-following-call-duty-trailer"

DepositPosted:

RVP People say anon dont give a crap but you do realize their are over 1000 people in the anon group all over the world and 1 of the main hacker's now work for a police force lmfao

Do they really?

AAmbitionsIsBackPosted:

I like how they stole this from someone who posted it in the forums like more than an hour ago and didn't give credit.

BeetPosted:

this reminds me of the hype for hamefront....bummer

RVPPosted:

People say anon dont give a crap but you do realize their are over 1000 people in the anon group all over the world and 1 of the main hacker's now work for a police force lmfao

InvokerPosted:

Impersonally think its an over reaction, 1: V for Vendetta uses that mask to signify Guy Fawks and his destruction, and Guy Fawks was a terrorist, just as the video showed
2: if anything, sue activision for copying a mask from a film

RozyPosted:

They are just made that "The Future Is Black" and not White.

XenoPosted:

Scary stuff :o