Scientology Hackers Ask Pirates To Join Their War

Written by Ernesto on January 27, 2008

Anonymous, a small group of scriptkiddies and high-level hackers started a war against the Church of Scientology this week. TorrentFreak managed to get an exclusive Q&A with the controversial group, in which they ask Pirates to join their fight.

In an attempt to punish Scientology for abusing copyright laws and brainwashing of its members, Anonymous launched a series of DDoS attacks to remove the Church from the Internet. It seems, however, like this this is only the beginning.

“We will continue our efforts to bring down Scientology, but we need the help and support of another Freedom fighting community, the pirates.” one of Anonymous’ members told TorrentFreak, and the group gave us the opportunity to ask a couple of more questions.

TorrentFreak: Can you briefly describe what “Project Chanology” is?

Anonymous: Project Chanology is the project to bring down Scientology. Nothing more, nothing less. Why that name? Well, we’re working from IRC ‘Channels’ against ‘Scientology’. Mix those words together and add the project in front, and you have it.

TorrentFreak: How did Anonymous start? and how many people take part in it?

Anonymous: Anonymous is an old group of friends. I don’t exactly know the date, but it has been raised by some friends who wanted to test out their hacking skills. Since then, they created Anonymous, and let it be open for anyone who wants to join. That made it into a new kind of hackers-group. It consists of two spheres. The outer sphere is for new people. They mostly are low-skilled and are “scriptkiddies”. Since they have a very good contact with the inner sphere (we’re all friends fast and easily), anyone is allowed to join the inner sphere of high-level hackers. This is a loose representation since it doesn’t fit always. But, this made it for sure into a group of scriptkiddies with the right tools and high-level hackers with the right skills.

TorrentFreak: What is your main motivation to ban Scientology from the Internet?

Anonymous: Scientology is a malicious organization. Here’s a YouTube clip that proves more. Also, they’re frequently taking off content from the Internet. Like a clip in which Cruise promotes Scientology too much, criticizing health science, etc… it would have brought Scientology in a bad situation. So they took it off all sites with an army of lawyers. This is censoring. This is bad. This is against Net Neutrality. This is taking away our freedom and our right to fight for that freedom.

TorrentFreak: Don’t you think your actions violate the freedom of speech?

Anonymous: It does violate the freedom of speech. Of course, we know that. But there should be a refinement. Anonymous fights for freedom of speech in a way they have always used, but a little bit rougher however. For a greater sake.

TorrentFreak: Do you see any parallels between your fight against Scientology and the conflicts between pirates and the entertainment industry?

Anonymous: Yes. Most of us are pirates too. We have no big money to start lawsuits. But the enemy, the MAFIAA and Scientology are both big companies. They misguide the law, they change the law. Scientology members have infiltrated in many governments. Just like the MAFIAA.

TorrentFreak: What is your ultimate goal for “Operation Chanology”?

Anonymous: Our ultimate goal is to let Scientology say in public that they are misleading many people. And that they are destroying the futures of many people.

TorrentFreak: How do you plan to accomplish this goal, apart from the DDoS attacks?

Anonymous: We have IRL raids in planning stage, we have real life protests and demonstrations coming up. We are infiltrating their networks with zip bombs. We are sentencing them.

TorrentFreak: You told us that you wanted the pirates to help you to free the Internet, how can people help?

Anonymous: People can help Anonymous by joining the IRC, get one of the DDoS tools and start firing the DoS. IRC is at irc.partyvan.org. Channels are #Target , #Lazer and #Xenu. There are also many local channels. They can also help us by joining protests, by telling other people about this, by telling their media, etc… The force of humanity will save many lives.

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Update: As many already argued, it turns out that the person interviewed here is an Anonymous member from the “outer sphere”, who is not as informed as he appeared to be. Sorry.

“I know that I’m not as informed as the inner sphere. However, I had a source which I thought was from there, providing me many answers. He faked his status.
But we do not have one spokesperson. We do not have a leader.
We unite as one, divided by none.
Together, we will bring them down in their glory.
We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us.”

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Tags: anonymous, Chanology, ddos, scientology

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126 Jan 27, 2008 at 21:59 by Necromanson

[quote comment="273561"][quote comment="273098"]Scientology is a crazy religion but so what? So is Christianity and most others. [/quote]

Note: $cientology ™ is a company, not a religion. Their sole purpose it to make profit.[/quote]

So is Wal-Mart. BURN THEM TO THE GROUND!!!!

Sarcasm aside, I still maintain this is a waste of time. I also find it irritating how many opinionated cocksuckers come out of the woodwork on these anonymous forums. Knock off the “We Are Legion” bullshit, it seems more like “We are spoiled children who have nothing better to do than sit around on computers and anonymously preach our opinions like assholes.”

Try going outside or getting laid for a change, but please, wear a condom. We don’t need anymore fuckheads like you running about.

127 Jan 27, 2008 at 22:20 by a/s/l

this is a silly raid set up by 4chan and unfortunately it will do nothing but draw more attention to scientology and their money making schemes. pirates should stay well out of religion.

read img.4chan.org/b/ for about 5 minutes and you’ll see plenty of info all about the raid.

in b4 rules 1 and 2. i don’t fucking care, it’s a shit website anyway.

128 Jan 27, 2008 at 22:47 by Anon

There is no inner sphere or outer sphere. There is only Anonymous. We are legion and resistance only makes us harder.

Expect us.

129 Jan 27, 2008 at 22:56 by the way

[quote comment="273578"]d00d, let’s steal their e-meter hardware and circuit bend it…[/quote]

That’s the most awesome thing I’ve read today.

130 Jan 27, 2008 at 23:06 by Jaymuhz

You forgot Rule 1 and 2.

131 Jan 27, 2008 at 23:12 by Non-Ident

We are anonymous, we are legion.

We have no religion, no race, no creed.

We exist because we can. We need no excuse.

132 Jan 27, 2008 at 23:16 by Rebelanon

It’s actually

United as one divided by zero.

133 Jan 27, 2008 at 23:53 by a/s/l

stop with all the “we are legion” bullshit as if you are serious and dark, you’re all just wasters who spend your time posting shit on a website like everyone else, you are not legion, you most likely would forgive and you probably forget an awful lot of stuff.

this is not world of warcraft now kiddies.

134 Jan 28, 2008 at 00:00 by Demosthenes2010

you have just entered the very heart, soul, and life force of the internet. this is a place beyond sanity, wild and untamed. there is nothing new here. “new” content on 4chan is not found; it is created from old material. every interesting, offensive, shocking, or debate inspiring topic you’ve seen elsewhere has been posted here ad infinitum. we are the reason for “not safe for work”. we are the anonymous army. cross us and you will fail. anonymous is everywhere. you depend on us every day. we bag your groceries, we fix your computers. anonymous sees you before you see him. sitting at desks around the world right now is a nameless, faceless, unforgiving mafia composed of the best of the best.

We are 4channers. the people devoid of any type of soul or conscience. products of cynicism and apathy, spreading those very sentiments daily. anonymous is the hardened war veteran of the internet. he does not forgive or forget. we have seen things that defy explanations. heard stories that would make any god-fearing, law abiding citizen empty their stomach where they stand. we have experienced them multiple times and eagerly await their return.

4chan is a place of sheer genius and utter stupidity, and there is often a thin line dividing the two. here you will see a state of mind that exists in most human beings, but is rarely if ever shown. this is a place where taboos do not exist. 4chan cannot simply be regarded as a simple website or imageboard. it is so much more than code. 4chan is alive and constantly changing. this is a subculture, a self-governing sect of the world. rich in history and foundation. to become a 4chan user is to speak a different language. to leave behind any methods of conventional thinking you once knew.

There are things here that you will not understand and things you never will understand. if you cannot accept this then GTFO now. because there is no turning back.

This is 4chan, this is /b/ ”
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Pretend there is a bar or gauge if you will. The pressure that this measures goes up every time you see scat porn or a snuff film. Every time you are rick rolled or see the internet uncover yet another corporate/government scandal. After you go through another flame war or download another movie. After every won CS game and WC3 tourny. After every photoshopped pic of an elephant ass raping a child whose blood flies through the air to land on an animated gif in just the right way to make you laugh in that way that makes 90% of the god fearing people of this world cringe or scream in disgust. I AM the internet. We are the internet. We are the 10-30 year olds who were raised on this stuff. The bnet kiddies who are growing up to be your best and brightest. We are desensitized. Nothing is sacred. Nothing holds meaning. Chuck Palaniuk never could have guessed what would happen if we didnt break free from corporate America.

Fox news, there is a future scarier than Fight Club. Your country club loving, yacht owning, fag hating patrons just can’t imagine what they are facing…. you can’t imagine the power we possess. We own the networks. We own the world. We are cruel not because we hate but because we don’t care and the power that gives us is infinite….

135 Jan 28, 2008 at 00:19 by Zoness

People tend to forget that once something gets onto the internet it has this tendancy to stay there forever. Saying they are going to ban scientology from the internet, is not only impossible but sort of scary.

I think Scientology makes real, honest religions look bad and it is definately a threat. I also think it is impossible to ban something from the internet. While the group sort of has my support in its ideals its lack of true organization is sort of discouraging.

136 Jan 28, 2008 at 00:33 by hhh

I haven’t seen the word “BRAIN-WASHING” enough on this page!

137 Jan 28, 2008 at 01:08 by Cicero

I live in the Clearwater, Florida, area where these freaks have their World Headquarters. After working with these yahoos in L.A. in the entertainment industy, I came home to Florida and have watched first hand how they have literaly taken over the town and it’s government. The media is afraid to say much, because everytime they do they get their asses sued off. The city government and the city cops are bought and paid for, and local businesses have to watch what they say or they risk having their business license “inspected” for possible revocation. Their little sailor boys and girls, looking and acting like the Nazi versions of Gopher and Julie from “The Love Boat,” walk around town like they own the place (guess they kind of do) and intimidate the hell out of the locals and tourists. After seeing some of the treatment they have given “former” members and following the stories of their acts of vengence against those who speak out against them, I really wonder why the U.S. Government STILL classifies them as a religion and allows them tax-exempt status? Even the Sighintologists themselves don’t call their oganization a “religion.” What the fuck? So, cliff ‘em all as far as I’m concerned. Let ‘em move on to their next incarnation, after life, flying spaghetti monster tanning booth, or whatever. Fuck ‘em all.

138 Jan 28, 2008 at 01:09 by annoyance

anonymous a bunch of snot nosed brats.

139 Jan 28, 2008 at 01:23 by Non-Ident

In the spirit of 4chan, how about we all just calm down and post some photoshopped nazi porn on a 12 year olds myspace?

140 Jan 28, 2008 at 01:43 by me

lame…

141 Jan 28, 2008 at 02:06 by Anonymous