Operation #Orlando  Press Release & Public Info

 

Operation Orlando is an operation by Anonymous against Orlando,FL for arresting Food for bomb supporters for feeding homeless people in a area that’s controlled by a city permit.

The group Food not Bombs has been feeding homeless people within Orlando city where the area that this permit covers is the greater town center district, this area has a high rate of homeless people. The law which was passed 6th July 2010 by the city states that any person found feeding groups of 25 or more without the correct permit, shall be arrested and jailed.

The problem with this permit, besides being a permit is that you may only apply for 2 permits a year which restricts the amount of “legal” food supply they can do for the homeless.

A full copy of the draft can be see here

In the draft u can see it states a full 2 mile radius around town hall is where people can not feed the homeless, and i have confirmed it that this area has a high rate of homeless people seeking shelter, warm places to sleep and food to eat.

Orlando city has been under cyber attacks by Anonymous putting websites offline for hours at a time, in a earlier interview with the examiner.com an Anonymous user stated :

We messed up the mayors campaign site so bad it croaked, and I would point out we kept the pigs web site down most of the day.

Operation Orlando has been targeting Orlando city politics in one of the latest big operations that anonymous has taken out. These take downs include hours of downtime where some of Orlando’s city’s important computer networks are unreachable due to attacks. These attacks are not just direct ddos attacks with other methods being used as well.

Over the social networks there has been massive support shown for this and pretty firm statements fromOpOrlando2011 that this will continue until the the law changes and Food for Bombs supporters are not arrested for feeding the homeless.

In a press statement by Anonymous to the media it states that Anonymous does not stand by Food for bombs nor the city of Orlando, that they stand next to the hungry.

 

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Anonymous Operation Orlando Press Release

The hacktivist group Anonymous may be setting its sights on the city of Orlando, Florida next, if an anonymous press release which has landed in our inbox is to be believed (see bellow). The group is threatening to take down a different city-related website every day, starting with Orlando Florida Guide, which doesn’t even appear to be owned by the city of Orlando (it is registered to an organization called Utopia, administered by a man named Steven Ridenour). So any random website extolling the virtues of Orlando could be targeted.

The DDOS attacks are justified in the press release as retaliation for the repeated arrests of members of a non-profit group called Food Not Bombs, which feeds homeless people in a park without a permit. The leader of the group, Keith McHenry, was also recently arrested.

“This is a declaration of war,” writes Anonymous in its press release describing “Operation Orlando.” It warns the entire city that “Anonymous will now begin a massive campaign against you and your city web assets. Everyday we will launch a new DDoS attack on a different Target.” Its first target will be Orlando Florida Guide, which it threatens to take down between 10 AM and 6 PM tomorrow. No reason is given as to what the site or its owner did to incur the wrath of Anonymous, other than its local boosterism. It’s not even the City of Orlando‘s official website.

 

Anonymous Operation Orlando - Press Release

June 21, 2011

Hello Orlando this is Anonymous --

We would like to thank all the media for doing such a lovely job of raising this issue to a global level. We hope you continue to follow Op Orlando on our special Twitter feed located @ http://twitter.com/OpOrlando2011

For clarity, we are mostly standing for Food Not Bombs free speech rights, if nuns were feeding we don't think this would be happening. It is the FNB message that you don't like, and we see this as just another back-handed attempt at censorship.

This being a censorship issue we do not need Food Not Bombs permission to join in this fight. We have plenty of credentials in the area of fighting for free information and speech.

And when it does come to the food issue, we stand with NIETHER Food Not Bombs nor the City of Orlando. No, we stand with the hungry people. The Mayor says they have other options, but it seems self evident that people who stand in lines 50 or 100 deep for a hunk of bread and bowl of soup are HUNGRY. The public space being used to peacefully offer them food is a human right you must not interfere with.

Anonymous is reasonable. We are not here to harm, but to help. We will therefore be generous and call a 48 hour cease fire in Op Orlando. We have made our point. We call on the City of Orlando to reciprocate in this cease fire and not arrest anyone for feeding in the park for 48 hours.

We highly encourage everyone especially the City of Orlando to re-assess their positions. Let calm heads and open hearts prevail and peace and justice rule your community. Don't let Orlando become known for being on the wrong side of human rights, or on the wrong side of history.

We Are Everywhere - We Are Legion - We Never Forget - We Never Forgive - Expect Us


SIGNED – Anonymous

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