Project Chanology is a movement started by an Internet group with the goal of destroying the Church of Scientology, operating on the belief that it is "a vast money-making scheme under the guise of religion."Official Site: Project Chanology
Reasoning
According to the Project Chanology website:
"We are doing this for the ex-Scientologists who dare not speak up in fear of the cult, for the innocent members who are defrauded out of their savings and broken down mentally, for those who have lost a relative or friend to the cult and for those who have already lost their lives"Official Site: Project Chanology
Dmitriy Guzner
18-year-old Dmitriy Guzner was charged on October 17, 2008, for the hacker attack of the Scientology Web site. According to news reports, Guzner is planning to plead guilty in court. He has said he is a member of Anonymous.Brisbane Times: Teenage hacker admits...cyber-attack (October 17, 2008)
References
Fast Facts
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Also known as
Operation Chanology
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Created by the Internet group Anonymous
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Launched January 21, 2008 via a YouTube video called "Message to Scientology"
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Prompted to organize after Scientology removed a YouTube video of Tom Cruise discussing the churchOfficial Site: Project Chanology
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Tactics include protests and hacker attacks on Scientology websites
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Hope to get Scientology's tax-exempt status revokedOfficial Site: Project Chanology
