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# Facebook Threat

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Anonymous hacker: Plot to 'kill Facebook' is a misunderstanding

A hacker claiming to have begun ‘Operation Facebook’ says the plan had been abandoned before a video about it was released.

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Aug 11th 2011, 9:00 AM

Anonymous threatens to "destroy" Facebook on 5 November

Hacking group has issued online warnings against the social network, which it calls the “medium of communication you all so dearly adore”.

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Aug 10th 2011, 9:34 AM