The return of the hacker group Anonymous after the death of George Floyd

A group of hackers called "Anonymous" has re-emerged after violent protests erupted in dozens of cities across the United States.

There was a time when this group was in the headlines and the target of its cyber attacks were those whom they held responsible for committing 'injustices'.

However, after years of silence, protests following the death of George Floyd have now come to light, and the group says it will expose "many crimes" committed by Minneapolis police.

However, it is difficult to prove what this group did or did.

Who are Anonymous?

The Anonymous Group has no central figure or leadership. They say they are a 'legion'.

Anyone without a central command can claim to be part of a group.

This also means that the priorities of the group members can be quite different and the organization does not have a single agenda.

But in general, it can be said that they are a group of hackers who take action against those who 'abuse power'. To do this, they hack websites and take some off the Internet.

His symbol is the Guy Fox Mask, best known for Alan Moore's novel V for Vendetta, which wears a revolutionary corrupt fascist government overthrowing him.

What has the group done in the past?

Anonymous has been blamed for a number of cyber attacks in connection with the death of George Floyd. Earlier, the Minneapolis Police website was temporarily disabled.

It is suspected that the DDOS attack was used. This attack is relatively uncomplicated and the attack sends so much information to any website that it cannot handle the data and stops working just like if many people start buying the same thing from a website. So she stops working.

In addition, a list of e-mail addresses and passwords attached to the police department is circulating, which is said to have been leaked by the same organization.

But there is no evidence that police computers have been hacked.

A page on the website of a UN agency commemorated George Floyd and marked the group.

There are also unconfirmed reports on Twitter that songs are being played on police radios and their communication system is being affected. However, experts say that instead of being hacked by the group, it is more likely that the protesters have acquired some radios and are blocking communications through them.

In addition, members of the organization are spreading allegations against President Trump in an old civil court case in which the plaintiff withdrew before the trial began.

Can the group's return be trusted?

The BBC's Nick Bryant in New York says the recent protests over racial discrimination in the United States are perhaps the worst since the death of Martin Luther King.

In this context, a Facebook page linked to the organization said that "many more crimes of the police department will be exposed.

But on the same page, there are videos of UFOs and China dominating the world, with one voice talking about the past.

However, the page received a lot of attention after the Minneapolis Police website was shut down.

Has Group Anonymous done the same thing in the past?

The group's first major operation was against the Church of Scientology in 2008, in which they deactivated the church's website, made prank calls, and sent blank faxes to disrupt communications.

Since then, he has supported the global financial crisis, the Arab Spring, the Occupy Wall Street. They also targeted Sony when it launched its crackdown on PlayStation Creek.

He has supported many such movements and has staged anti-establishment rallies around the world. However, he has stayed away from the mainstream media for many years