In a previous entry, I stated that getting banned from Google+ was the worst thing that happened to Anonymous.  This led to them creating their own social networking site, AnonPlus, and challenged hackers to hack their site.  I still stand by this but it is really hilarious that they got what they were looking for–they also got hacked!

Yesterday, Anonymous hacked and defaced Syria’s Ministry of Defense Website, which caused it to be shut down and is still not available on the web.  Syrian hackers retaliated by hacking the AnonPlus social network website.  The Syrian hackers left this message, both in Arabic and English:

“In response to your hacking to the website of the Syrian Ministry of Defence, the Syrian people have decided to purify the internet of your pathetic website. Your website has been hacked, and here we leave you these photos showing the scale of terrorism committed by Muslim Brotherhood Organization, whose members have been killing Syrian citizens – civilian and military. You are defending this terrorits [sic] organization and this is our response. here is photos of the Syrian Army Martyrs”

And ended with ghastly photos on AnonPlus.  CAUTION: The photos contain images that might not be for those who have weak stomachs.  Proceed at your own risk.  Click here to view the page.

The Syrian Electronic Army is believed to be the one that made the attack on AnonPlus as stated in a post in ComputerWorld and a Tweet by CitizenLab.

But this hacking of AnonPlus isn’t the first time someone broke into their site as hackers in Turkey have defaced it just days after the site was launched.  They left an image of a dog wearing a suit and a message that read:

We Are TURKIYE We Are AKINCILAR

This logo suits you more … How dare you rise against to the World … Do you really think that you are Ottoman Empire? We thought you before that you cannot challenge with the world and we teach you cannot be social Now all of you go to your doghouse …

The actual hacking wasn’t entirely what pissed of AnonPlus’ creator.  It was actually the grammar and content of the Turkish message that ticked him off and he retaliated with a few choice words of his own.  Click here to view the content of his message.

On other Anonymous news, hacking incidents escalated when Jake Davis, who is believed to be ‘Topiary’ one of the Anonymous hackers, was arrested though is now out on bail.  They released 10GB of police data entitled “Shooting Sherriffs Saturday” that included private email spools, password information, address and social security numbers, credit card numbers, snitch information, training files, and more to show their support and solidarity for Davis.

“We stand in support of all those who struggle against the injustices of the stat and capitalism using whatever tactics are most effective, even if that means breaking their laws in order to expose their corruption,” Anonymous hackers said in the blog. “You may bust a few of us, but we greatly outnumber you, and you can never stop us from continuing to destroy your systems and leak your data.”

And at the DefCon convention held last week, a fight broke out between ex-Anonymous members and current members which lead to the revelation of the identities of some of the hackers.  Though the fight didn’t really blow-up full scale and nothing was resolved, ex-Anonymous member Jennifer Emick thinks that Anonymous just helped the FBI identify them, making it easier to round up suspects.

As with any large groups, there will always be someone who do not believe in what you are fighting for and became a member just so they could belong to a group.  They usually create factions against members, turning them against each other or sometimes even recruiting people like them who are easily swayed.  Anonymous will fall sooner or later.  If not by the hands of the authority, they’re downfall might come from within.