So what do they plan to do? Do they want to destroy all facebook information? Facebook must have all kinds of backups including one that is off the grid. I’m sure traffic on the internet can be shut down when it appears some kind of attack is going on. But I just don’t see how they could kill off Facebook, or even destroy any information permanently, unless they were big enough (like the size of the Chinese hacking corps), and if they have insiders playing with them.
So if they can’t destroy Facebook, then what is left? A denial of service attack? How long would that last? How effective could it be? These big companies have faced so many of these they could probably fend them off while reading the paper on the john.
It seems to me that it is very unlikely there is anything Anonymous can do physically or in terms of service. Even if they had an EMP weapon, they’d have to identify Facebook servers all over the world, and run simultaneous attacks on all of them.
And then there’s the “advantage of surprise” argument others have mentioned.
Seems like this is more of a publicity stunt than anything else. Like a movie plot. Who is anonymous?