So what did Anonymous end up doing yesterday? In the end, not much in the way of hacking. The November 5 threat was made in the video below. Starting June 1, Singapore’s government “required websites that regularly publish news on the city state to be licensed and pay a S$50,000 (U.S.$40,200) bond, to be forfeited on the publication of ‘prohibited content’ that ‘undermines racial or religious harmony,’” according to Bloomberg. Anonymous recently threatened to attack the Singapore government on November 5 in the event that they failed to roll back regulations imposed on media publications earlier this year. While Fawkes was not the mastermind of the plot, he was holding the explosives.īack to the present day. Though the plot was unsuccessful, the next year, November 5 was deemed an official day of commemoration, over time earning the name Guy Fawkes Day. The date has a deeper level of historical significance, however, which is also the basis for the “ V for Vendetta” plot: November 5 first became a day of infamy back in 1605, when a group of English Catholics attempted to assassinate King James of England, who was a Protestant. Why? Because November 5 is an important date for the mysterious hacker-activist collective, mostly due to the graphic novel and film “V for Vendetta.” (That’s also where their iconic masks come from.)
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