[aes256]

1) These script kiddies are not Anonymous;

2) The majority of the sites affected appear to be hosted with a single company;

3) If any of the deleted databases held important information, there will be backups.

Edit: 4) The leaked passwords appear to be site-specific; all are six characters long, around a third of them are '123456'

[pav3l]

>1) These script kiddies are not Anonymous;

I think you may be overestimating "the real Anonymous".

[OriginalSyn]

I think you may both be misunderstanding who "Anonymous" is.

[sgdesign]

Isn't the point of "Anonymous" precisely that nobody (and everybody) is "Anonymous"?

[OriginalSyn]

Yes. Anyone and everyone is, has been and can be "Anonymous"

[rdtsc]

> 1) These script kiddies are not Anonymous;

So what are their names then ? /s

[woah]

This is a great comment. I can't believe people are thick skulled enough to not understand this concept.

[aes256]

'Anonymous' is a movement, not simply a label for anyone who is not easily identifiable. The movement has a distinct ethos and a set of guiding principles.

When I say the script kiddies conducting these particular attacks are 'not Anonymous' I mean that they are not attacking in accordance with this ethos.

[dylukes]

Either way, you can bet the major news companies will either make a huge deal of this, or say nothing at all...