Elected Officials on Leaked List of Alleged Ku Klux Klan Members
By Danika Fears
November 2, 2015 | 11:38pm
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Internet hackers have started revealing the names of alleged Ku Klux Klan members — and one list published Monday includes a handful of elected officials.
While “hacktivist” group Anonymous said it would dump data on more than 1,000 members of the KKK this Thursday, dozens of phone numbers and e-mail addresses were leaked on the Internet starting Sunday night.
That list included Lexington, Ky., Mayor Jim Gray and Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana. Both men denied having anything to do with the hate group.
“I have no idea where this information came from, but wherever it came from, it is wrong,” Gray said.
Coats tweeted Monday, “I have never had any affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan.”
The names, posted to the site PasteBin, came from the Twitter account TheAnonMessage.
Another group claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous distanced itself from the early release.
“We believe in due diligence and will NOT recklessly involve innocent individuals #OpKKK,” wrote Twitter user Operation KKK.
November 2, 2015 | 11:38pm
Anonymous says it will expose KKK members
White supremacist who killed three outside Jewish centers is sentenced to death
KKK member built death-ray machine to kill Muslims and Obama, prosecutors say
Internet hackers have started revealing the names of alleged Ku Klux Klan members — and one list published Monday includes a handful of elected officials.
While “hacktivist” group Anonymous said it would dump data on more than 1,000 members of the KKK this Thursday, dozens of phone numbers and e-mail addresses were leaked on the Internet starting Sunday night.
That list included Lexington, Ky., Mayor Jim Gray and Sen. Dan Coats of Indiana. Both men denied having anything to do with the hate group.
“I have no idea where this information came from, but wherever it came from, it is wrong,” Gray said.
Coats tweeted Monday, “I have never had any affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan.”
The names, posted to the site PasteBin, came from the Twitter account TheAnonMessage.
Another group claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous distanced itself from the early release.
“We believe in due diligence and will NOT recklessly involve innocent individuals #OpKKK,” wrote Twitter user Operation KKK.
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