• A group calling itself "Anonymous" has challenged the Church of Scientology worldwide, instigating protests on individual Scientology centers and attacking Scientology websites. Some members of Anonymous claim the conflict was provoked when the Church attempted to block access to the Tom Cruise Scientology video that leaked on to the Internet in January of 2008.Gawker: Why Kids On The Internet Are Scientology's Most Powerful Enemy (January 21, 2008)

• 1. Effort against Scientology known as Project Chanology
  2. Anonymous organized a protest on Scientology churches worldwide on February 11, 2008
  3. Anonymous is a non-hierarchical internet-based organizationThe Star: Anons plan `polite' church protest (February 10, 2008)
  4. Anonymous hackers disrupted service on the Church of Scientology's website in January of 2008emorywheel.com: Scientology in the Crosshairs (January 28, 2008)
  5. 18-year-old Dmitriy Guzner was charged on October 17, 2008, for the hacker attack of the Scientology Web siteBrisbane Times: Teenage hacker admits...cyber-attack (October 17, 2008)
  6. Guzner is planning to plead guilty in courtBrisbane Times: Teenage hacker admits...cyber-attack (October 17, 2008)
  7. He has said he is a member of AnonymousBrisbane Times: Teenage hacker admits...cyber-attack (October 17, 2008)

• Quotes

  "'Anonymous' is perpetrating religious hate crimes against Churches of Scientology and individual Scientologists for no reason other than religious bigotry. Anonymous' claims of altruistic purposes are no different than those heard from any terrorist or hate group."—Statement from the Church of ScientologyThe Star: Anons plan 'polite' church protest (February 10, 2008)

  "Whether or not you believe an inkling of the impossible nonsense you trot out to masquerade as a religion, you are still guilty of the willing and knowing destruction of countless lives. You are charlatans of the highest order, and must be stopped in the name of reason, justice, honesty, and every other basic human virtue."—Messages from Anonymous to the Church of ScientologyProject Chanology: Project Chanology/Messages from Anonymous

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