Hacker group posts names of paedophiles online
July 11th, 2012 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANSLondon, July 11 (IANS) A hacker group has posted the names and email addresses of paedophiles online as it launched a campaign against them, the Daily Mail reported.
The group, called Anonymous, posted a video on YouTube announcing the campaign, called Operation PedoChat. The names and email addresses were posted on the site’s Pastebin.
“Recently it has come to our attention that there has been a surge of websites dedicated to pedophiles for chat and picture sharing,” an member of the group said in the video.
The speaker called for the help of the public to put pressure on politicians and the media to shut down the sites, according to the newspaper Wednesday.
–Indo-Asian news Service
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