Anonymous has named
four US State Senators in a list of public officials allegedly affiliated with
the Ku Klux Klan. Five mayors from towns in southern states were also named as
part of the ongoing Operation KKK, which aims to expose the identities of up to
1,000 members of the white supremacist group.

The names of the
politicians have emerged at the same time as contact details were published
that Anonymous claims belong to members of the KKK. 57 phone numbers and 24
emails were released by the group, alongside the message: "There is no
place for racism now we're more connected, the time to cooperate and better the
world is now."
Representatives of the
four Senators named on the list have been contacted by IBTimes UK for comment
on the matter, though none had responded at the time of publication. The local
chapters that each politician is allegedly associated with have also been
contacted.
A faction of the
amorphous hacktivist group claims to have obtained the information after
gaining access to a KKK Twitter account, which enabled more contact details to
be uncovered. A hacker by the name of Amped Attacks has claimed to be behind
the latest release, saying in a message posted alongside the list: "These
are the officials that have political power in the USA that are associated with
either KKK or racist related."
Amped Attacks has also
released evidence that they are behind attacks on Ku Klux Klan websites that
have forced them offline in recent days.
The hacker claims to
not be a part of Anonymous, only a supporter of the group's #OpKKK. Amped
Attacks revealed to IBTimes UK that the email addresses of the Senators were
found in databases held by several KKK sites: "All I can really say
without fully admitting to federal charges is that several databases were
dumped from different KKK websites that all linked their emails to the
politicians in question and the only way their emails would have been on there
to begin with is if they showed support when signing up for [the site] or
filled out an application."
What is #OpKKK?
Operation KKK, referred
to online as #OpKKK, first began in November 2014 during the protests in
Ferguson, Missouri.
When a local chapter of
the KKK warned protesters that "lethal force" would be used against
them, Anonymous took control of the KKK's main Twitter account and published
personal information of alleged members of the white supremacist group.
The campaign has
continued in 2015, with Anonymous threatening to reveal the identities of up to
1,000 KKK members on 5 November.
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