A hacker collective, “Anonymous” vows to take down the social networking giant this November.

Anonymous will attack Facebook  Nov 5, in protest of the government-social networking complex.  Facebook is taking the threat seriously and is planning a counterattack against  the hackers.

“They have no chance,” a hacker told  WWN in a secret meeting held Palo Alto.  “There is nothing Facebook can do to stop it.  The algorithm has already started.  They are going down.”

Media outlets around the world picked up the story and highlighted the two-week old video, which went viral this week.

Many “IT specialists” at top technology companies are calling the threat a hoax, but the hackers believe this is just a counter move by Facebook and government agencies to keep people using Facebook.

“The U.S. government has been working with Facebook for the last two years, collecting data on every American and citizens around the world.  They are planning to control us all.  We will not let that happen.  Facebook will die on November 5th, 2011.

 The video first appeared on July 16 when a newly created YouTube channel — FacebookOp — uploaded the video “Message from Anonymous: Operation Facebook, Nov 5 2011.”

The manifesto urges the audience to kill Facebook over privacy-related concerns.

The speaker in the video claiming to be Anonymous encouraged hacktivists to “join the cause and kill facebook  for the sake of your own privacy  – and your freedom.”

Some have speculated that Mark Zuckerberg works for the CIA.

“Everything you do on Facebook stays on Facebook regardless of your privacy settings, and deleting your account is impossible,” the posts read. “Even if you delete your account, all your information stays on Facebook and can be recovered at any time.”

“Facebook has been selling information to government agencies and giving clandestine access to information security firms so they can spy all the people from all around the world,” the post added.

For personal safety  reasons, Anonymous has neither confirmed nor denied it is connected to the video.

In recent months, Facebook has faced criticism about its privacy-related policies. In May, a Senate panel questioned Facebook executives for allegedly failing to prevent underage people from having access to the network. Security software company Symantec also has said third-parties like advertisers had access to sensitive data of millions of Facebook users for years.

Facebook has denied there was any security breach, saying no private information could have been passed to third parties. The site also said the Symantec report had ignored contractual obligations of advertisers and developers that prohibit them from obtaining or sharing user information in a way that violates its policies.

WWN has learned that the CIA and FBI are looking for “Anonymous” and plan to do “everything in their power” to stop the November 5th attack.

Check out the video here:

LONDON –  Weekly World News is in talks to acquire Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World.

Rupert Murdoch is in talks with WWN’s Neil McGinnis to sell the shuttered London tabloid to Weekly World News.   The  media in London is buzzing with the takeover rumors.  McGinnis flew to London last night to seal the deal.

“Weekly World News is the only news organization that is capable of bringing respectability back to News of the World,” Rupert Murdoch told BBC News.  ”We think WWN can revive the paper and make it the storied news gathering organization that it once was.”

Rupert Murdoch shut down the News of the World last week amid the paper’s phone-hacking scandal.

As allegations multiplied that its journalists hacked the voicemails of thousands of people, from child murder victims to the families of Britain’s war dead, the tabloid hemorrhaged advertising, alienated millions of readers and posed a growing threat to Murdoch’s hopes of buying broadcaster BSkyB.

Ergo, News of the World was shut down.  And now… WWN is making a move to takeover.

Praising a fine muck-raking tradition at the paper, which his father bought in 1969, James Murdoch wrote in a statement to stunned staff that the explosion of a long-running scandal over phone hacking by journalists had made the paper unviable.

News of the World was a national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011, printing its last edition on July 10th

It was originally established as a broadsheet by John Browne Bell, the Bells sold to Lascelles Carr in 1891; in 1969 it was bought from the Carrs by Rupert Murdoch’s media firm News Ltd. Reorganized into News International, itself a subsidiary of News Corporation, it was transformed into a tabloid in 1984. News of the World was the Sunday sister paper of The Sun.  The newspaper concentrated on celebrity-based scoops and populist news. Its fondness for sex scandals gained it the nicknames “News of the Screws” and “Screws of the World”. 

It had a reputation for exposing national or local celebrities as drug users, sex freaks or criminals, setting up insiders and journalists in disguise to provide either video or photographic evidence, and phone hacking in ongoing police investigations.

Murdoch said that McGinnis of WWN was the “toughest negotiator” I’ve ever met.   WWN plans on sending over a staff of 10 to replace the 200 people formerly employed by News of the World.

Lookout England… here comes Bat Boy!!

NEW YORK -  Murdoch’s News of the World hacked into the cellphones of top reporters at WWN!

Reporters and private investigators working for Britain’s News of the World hacked into the cell phones, emails and alarm clocks of Weekly World News reporters, editors and…  Bat Boy!

News of The World immediately responded to the findings saying,  “We just got confused.  News of the World is very similar to Weekly World News.  We were trying to hack into ourselves, but things went awry.”

Bat Boy was livid and has headed to London.  He vows to get every one of the reporters that hacked into his cellphone.

Scotland Yard is investigating.  WWN reporters Garrett Hawley, J.B. Smitts and Elsa Akesson all were hacked into.  Hawley said, “I feel like I’ve been violated.  They’ve published details of my relationship with Jennifer Aniston.  It’s horrifying.”

The News of the World‘s private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, possessed the PIN codes for all WWN editors as well.  Frank Lake was targeted by Mulcaire.  “They were trying to get revenge on us because we refused to sell WWN to Murdoch.  WWN has much more integrity than any of Murdoch’s papers,” said Lake.

The New York Times has joined forces with WWN to strike back at he News of the World.  Bill Keller, Editor of The New York Times, said “The WWN has been one of the premier newspapers in America for over forty years.  It’s outrageous what Murdoch and his minions has done to their editors and reporters.  We stand strong behind Bat Boy!”

Prince Harry and Prince William, who learned that News of the World hacked into Princess Di’s cellphone, are also joining forces with WWN to take on Murdoch.  “Our mum loved Bat Boy.  This barbaric activity will not stand.”   Some of the transcripts released by investigators actually reveal Princess Di in conversations with Bat Boy.

Thanks to The New York Times, a stone has been lifted on a whole squirming zoo of low life in the News of the Screws.

Communications expert John Nelson of Crew Green Consulting Ltd. in Shrewsbury analyzed the WWN tapes and independently confirmed that they were recorded by News of the World investigators.

WWN’s publisher, Neil McGinnis, is aggressively pursuing action against Murdoch.  Stay tuned..

LONDON – Kate Middleton’s phone has been hacked by the News of the World tabloid.

Though the messages haven’t revealed anything scandalous, lawyers for the royal family are expected to file a lawsuit against the British paper tomorrow morning.

According to Gerard Whitley, attorney for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the recently hacked voicemail messages were of a logistical nature regarding their July trip to North America.

A source within Buckingham Palace revealed that most of the messages dealt with the Duchess of Cambridge’s wardrobe. “She had a lot of designers from L.A. and Canada calling, wanting her to wear their pieces. There was one message confirming the shipment of the purple dress Kate wore in Ottawa on Canada Day. A brilliant choice, coupled with that lovely maple leaf pin. Beyond brilliant, really.”

The News of the World has been under scrutiny for years as a result of its practice of hacking into the phone messages of celebrities and politicians. There are currently a number of other well-known figures suing the paper.

LOS ANGELES, CA – Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman launched a website to solicit donations for her family, but it was immediately hacked by a group of vigilante mothers!

The website originally featured photos of all eight octuplets, a thank you note from Suleman, images of children’s toys and a large donation button for viewers to send money through. Suleman also provided an address where people can send items such as diapers and formula.

Suleman was perhaps not prepared for the backlash she was to receive, as the site was hacked and brought down within hours. The original homepage was left up but defaced, as seen in the screenshot below:

The site was tagged by the famous hacker group MOD, also known as the Mothers of Disappointment. The mysterious group has a history of attacking personal sites they disapprove of, including Britney Spears when she infamously hung dry her sons on a clothes line after a bath, and Angelina Jolie for being Angelina Jolie.

Weekly World News could not reach any members for comment, however reporters did receive a short note from an anonymous e-mail address:

mod will not tolerate the selfish acts of bad parenting
we will remain true to our mission despite any setbacks
viva la maternity
(call your mother, she misses you)

The site has since been restored, and Suleman’s PR representative has stated they are now taking extra security measures to arm against future attacks.