Anonymous backs down on Westboro attack

By Dan Kaplan on Feb 23, 2011 9:53AM

Or did Baptists plant the threat against them for publicity?

The hacking collective known as Anonymous has backed down from earlier threats to take out the websites of the Westboro Baptist Church. In a news release posted to its website on Sunday, the hacking group said that an open letter posted to AnonNews.org last week, which called for the controversia...

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