Published time: November 05, 2012 17:58
Edited time: November 06, 2012 02:33
Reuters/Paul Hanna
A worldwide day of protests and cyber attacks against governments,
banks and security firms has been launched by Hacker collective
Anonymous to mark Guy Fawkes Day. Hundreds of people marched in London,
while another rally hit Washington, DC.
Around 200 Anonymous supporters, according to RT’s
London Bureau, assembled in London’s Trafalgar Square for Operation
Vendetta, a march to the Houses of Parliament. The group itself claims
over 9,000 people joined the action.
The demonstrators were carrying banners reading, “
We are Anonymous. We are the legion” or “
Stop creating imaginary debt!” At the Houses of Parliament they were stopped by police.
Minor
scuffles broke out outside parliament as a few protestors attempted to
push police lines back, but the bulk of OpVendetta remained peaceful.
RT
London Bureau’s photo shows police stopping OpVendetta march from
entering the House of Parliament on November 5, 2012 (Image from
twitter.com)
The “
march, strike and protest”
in London, as well as a similar event planned outside of the US White
House in Washington are meant to pay homage to the 2005 film V for
Vendetta.
“On November 5th 2012 WE THE PEOPLE will march on
Washington DC peacefully and unarmed to arrest all members of congress,
the president, and all supreme court justices where they will be held
without bond until a full independent investigation and trial have been
completed. We must re-elect our government within 90 days in order to
stave of unrest,” organizers behind the march announced.
Image
by RT’s Sara Firth OpVendetta march participants gathering at the House
of Parliament in London on November 5, 2012 (Image from twitter.com)
A rash of cyber attacks were reported on Monday in line with the the 5th of November "V For Vendetta" inspired hacking spree.
Several
Australian government sites were targeted during the global day of
protest, while Argentina’s government bank was also reportedly hacked.
An
attack on Internet security firm Symantec was originally attributed to
the hacktivist collective, but a non-Anonymous affiliated group called
@Doxbin later claimed responsibility for taking their site down.
