By Jessica Vander Velde, Times Staff Writer
Monday, October 3, 2011
TAMPA — The Occupy Wall Street protest is coming to Tampa, and it appears a notorious hacker group has a message for Tampa police:
Get in our way, and we will wipe you off the Internet.
In a YouTube video, a masked man warns that police brutality will be the department's downfall.
"If you wish to have the Tampa Police Department alive as a whole — and this is metaphorically speaking — then stay away from the protesters," he says.
The video is attributed to "hacktivist" group Anonymous, best known for its cyber attacks on Sony, Bank of America and the Iranian government.
It's unclear if Anonymous is truly behind the video, or if the masked man is acting alone.
"That's the thing about being anonymous," said James Buckner, the city of Tampa's chief information officer. "You don ...