The Anonymous hacking collective had a major operation going called OpDeathEaters which focused on child abuse & child trafficking. I didn't pay that much attention but I do remember them releasing some interesting information. Look at the accusations against Saville at the BBC. The guy was allegedly a monster.
My own personal belief is that child trafficking is more common than people believe it is. I've seen what appears to be extremely well organized setups designed to exploit kids. They're well funded, they appear legit & they raise an eyebrow. Of course raising my eyebrow isn't cause for charges or even an investigation.
Thanks for mentioning Anonymous. They do a lot of good work when it comes to taking down child porn sites. We were discussing them in a recent thread on terb, so I'll quote my post here:
"I'll post carefully here and the Mods can edit if they think I'm oversharing.
Anonymous members contacted me regarding cybercrimes I reported involving members of the Vancouver industry. Those alleged cybercriminals eventually ended up continuing their alleged (innocent until proven guilty in a court of law) cybercrimes on several Toronto forums, including the 'old cesspool'. (not to be confused with the current blue cesspool)
Anonymous had been observing one person in particular, so when they saw that I was having issues with this person, that's what motivated them to contact me. (I've passed on this info to perb Mods.)
A black hat Anon was upset enough to join perb and post about what was happening. That scared the crap out of me, and everyone else. I was terrified when Anon's first started contacting me, because I didn't know anything about them or what they were trying to do.
We actually discussed what was happening on the old cesspool, and I was told that the blatant criminal activity taking place on that website owned by RS, was enough to possibly have action taken against them. I was told that if that was to happen, it would have to come from overseas somewhere. This was several years ago now, so things have probably changed since then.
It is interesting to note that Anonymous does pay close attention to our forums and will act if they find a serious reason to do so. I think they're more likely to doxx problematic individuals, than to try to take down an entire board.
I repeat what I was told before, that afaik, no action has ever been taken against p/t/merb and they wouldn't be interested in doing so unless they suspected we were involved with child sexual abuse and exploitation - and I guess I should add trafficking of sex workers.
The Anon's I've communicated with were high profile and highly respected in the BC and Canadian community. I'll always be grateful to them for teaching me how to stay safe and anonymous online, as they were way ahead of the learning curve for most people in the escort industry.
When cyberbullies posted me (and Fred and perb Mods) on TheDirty, they couldn't 'out' me because there was nothing to out. I've never posted a face pic or full nude shot, never used my real name on anything connected to the industry, and I have no skeletons in my closet, so all they could do was post lies and defame my reputation. I actually got clients from TheDirty article because the trolls posted a really hot pic of me. Even Nik Richie commented and said I had a nice ass for a milf.
Anonymous didn't attack the old cesspool afaik, it was taken offline due to RS being taken to court by several industry members. I won't post details here, but I know exactly who did what to make it happen - and I taught them how to do it after I learned how to apply Internet Defamation Laws to our industry forums.
Sometimes Anonymous does what no one else is capable of doing, and if it's for a good cause, I thank them for it.
Anonymous does a lot of good work on behalf of the industry, and they have groups dedicated to exposing those who abuse sex workers and children."
Anonymous hack Freedom Hosting II, lock down nearly 10,000 dark web websites accessible through Tor
By Vijay Prabhu on FEBRUARY 4, 2017
The world’s leading online hacktivist group, Anonymous is known for its million march protests, DDoS attacks and hackings in the online world. However, what is unknown is its DDoS attacks and hackings on the dark web domains. One such attack was launched today by an Anonymous-affiliated group, which took down nearly 10,000 onion websites which are accessible only through Tor browser.
Visitors to more than 10,000 Tor-based websites were met with an alarming announcement this morning: “Hello, Freedom Hosting II, you have been hacked.”.The Anonymous announced the hack attack on Twitter and said that they took down these dark websites to protest against child porn and drug peddling. These 10,813 websites were still offline at the time of writing this article.
In the message to Freedom Hosting II, Anonymous has offered to sell the compromised data back to them for a token ransom of 0.1 bitcoin, or just over $100, although it is unclear whether the offer is in earnest.
Anonymous claimed that they have stolen the data from the hacked servers and found that child pornography made up more than half the data stored on the servers. While it is impossible to verify Anonymous claim about child porn being stored on dark web servers, empirical evidence proves that they may be right. The original Freedom Hosting was hacked by FBI and other law enforcement in 2013, resulting in a number of child pornography prosecutions. At the time, the service hosted as many as half of the websites accessible only through Tor, commonly referred to as the Dark Web.
https://www.techworm.net/2017/02/hac...-dark-web.html
Rehteah Parson's dad says that without Anonymous those who sexually assaulted and then persecuted his daughter would never have been charged.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...service=mobile
While experts and officials decry recent instances of vigilantism by the hacktivist group Anonymous, one beneficiary of the group’s activism is adamant that justice would never have been served without involvement by the clandestine organization.
Glen Canning said he believes Anonymous’ threats to publicly identify the boys allegedly involved in the cyberbullying that predated his daughter Rehtaeh Parsons’ death prompted Halifax police to reopen their investigation and eventually lay charges.
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