2020 has been a wild ride so far. First, there was the COVID-19 pandemic, which has already killed millions worldwide, then the world economy was put on hold, and now, protests against racial discrimination are popping up all around the world, gathering especially large crowds in the United States and France. You'd think all of this was enough...
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But George Floyd's murder at the hands of a police officer in the USA and Donald Trump's questionable statements made the discrimination that black people still suffer around the world loud and clear, and Anonymous has something to say about it.
This well-known but anonymous hacker group released a video of a puppet this year. In the video, the organization threatens to disclose sensitive information on the United States and demands that the police be punished for Floyd's murder. They also claim to have exposed an alleged paedophile ring.
Paul Walker, Michael Jackson, Kurt Cobain...
But they didn't stop there. In addition to all this sensitive information, Anonymous also shared details of how they believe five famous people, who until now, we had thought to have been victims of an accident or suicide, actually died.
According to the network of hackers, Paul Walker, Chester Bennington, Michael Jackson, Avicii, and Kurt Cobain's deaths were the result of elaborate murder plots.
Although these claims have yet to be confirmed, some people have already grown to consider Anonymous a reliable source, and the video, as well as the claims made in it, have gone viral. While this is to be taken with a grain of salt, if any of the information in the video proves to be true, it could be big.