The Anonymous-LulzSec battle with the FBI continued this weekend, with the Anonymous AntiSec offshoot going after government IT contractor IRC Federal.
Via the AnonymousIRC Twitter feed, Anonymous said it "laid nuclear waste" to the IRC Federal systems, "owning their pathetic windows box, dropping their databases and private emails, and defaced their professional looking website."
The group claims it unearthed a proposal for something called the Special Identities Modernization (SIM) Project, which is intended to reduce terrorist and criminal activity by protecting the identities of "trusted individuals" and revealing the name of people who pose a serious risk to the U.S. and its allies. Anonymous said it also found Department of Justice fingerprinting contracts, military biometrics development, and strategy contracts for a National Nuclear Security Administration Nuclear Weapons Complex.
The database also included Department of Energy log-in credentials, which Anonymous posted online.
"If you place any value on freedom, then stop working for the oligarchy and start working against it," Anonymous said in a message to IRC Federal. "Stop aiding the corporations and a government which uses unethical means to corner vast amounts of wealth and proceed to flagrantly abuse their power. Together, we have the power to change this world for the better."
The IRC Federal Web site is currently down.
Those manning the AnonymousIRC Twitter feed champion Operation Anti-Security, a joint effort between hacker groups Anonymous and LulzSec that targeted governments with which they disagreed. LulzSec recently disbanded, but much of their activity continues under the Anonymous name.
"We are Anonymous, we are AntiSec, we are LulzSec. And we are the people, who will be silent no more. Expect us," AnonymousIRC tweeted on Friday. The next day, the group said it is "probably not authorized to tell you this, but: We've talked to all 6 of the @LulzSec crew in the past 24h" and they are all "splendid."
Earlier today, Anonymous promised another release in a few hours, but did not elaborate on a target. The AnonOps Web site, however, said it has set its sites on Greece and Chile.