The events surrounding the war on Scientology recently initiated by the 'Anonymous' hacker group are moving at a rapid rate.

This page is dedicated to logging the events as they occur. Below you will find links to videos, files and web sites of any events related to this topic. If you know of anything we missed, send us a message and we will add it.

[Jump to the most recent events]

 

January 21st, 2008

• Anonymous issued on Youtube.
• Anonymous acquire complete controversial Tom Cruise Scientology video and make available for download.

January 23rd, 2008

• Anonymous acquire proprietary Scientology documents and make them available for anyone to download.

January 24th, 2008

• Anonymous send out this press release outlying their intentions and reasons for declaring war. DDOS attacks begin on primary Scientology web sites.
• Blogs start getting spammed with 'Anonymous' comments.
• Sky News airs a story titled "" and interviews a computer security expert.
• Meeting organised by Anonymous to be held at the London Church of Scientology on the 10th of Feb 2008. No further details revealed.
• In a display of irony, the Anonymous web site becomes inaccessible due to heavy traffic flow.
• Religious Freedom Watch issues a $5000 reward (cached URL here) on behalf of Scientology for information leading to the identification and criminal or civil prosecution of the Anonymous group.

January 25th, 2008

• DDOS attacks on primary Scientology web sites were successful, as evident on this page. (at time of this entry, 2 of the sites seem to have made a partial recovery).
• NBC airs a story titled "Group Wants To Destroy Scientology".
• News.com.au submits a story titled "Internet group declares war on Scientology". Scientology representative responds.
• The 'Anonymous' theme shows early signs of being embedded into pop culture.
• News.com contributes a story titled "Anonymous hackers take on the Church of Scientology".

January 26th, 2008

• Anonymous acquire Scientology training manual and make it available for download.
• Anonymous respond to the media coverage of events .
• A second address to Scientology , although this is potentially a fake.
• Scientology's annual OT Summit 2007 DVD is ripped and made available for download on The Pirate Bay, posted by 'anon.assistant'.
• Scientology web sites show further signs of recovery, after having moved the sites to Prolexic Technologies, a company that specialises in protecting against DDOS attacks.
• Hacker group 'The Regime' threatens Anonymous via .

January 27th, 2008

• 'The Regime' hack the Anonymous web site (711chan.org) and leave the message "This website has been deleted due to copyright claims from the Church of Scientology."
• Anonymous site comes back online, with a message for 'The Regime' they are "Still Alive".
• Anonymous get revenge by hacking 'The Regime' web site. (screenshot).
• Anonymous release , this time via a Youtube video, clarifying their position and intentions.

January 28th, 2008

• Scientologists ask the Feds for help squash in Internet attacks (info provided by Rof).
• is released via Youtube, claiming knowledge of Scientology practices the public do not know about.

January 29th, 2008

• A hacking group known as 'The Goons' incorrectly identify California resident John Lawson as the saboteur responsible for the hacks (thanks Jake).

January 31st, 2008

• Two Scientology centers were closed as authorities investigate source of envelopes containing a white powdery substance. (potentially unrelated to Anon).

January 29th, 2008

• A hacking group known as 'The Goons' incorrectly identify California resident John Lawson as the saboteur responsible for the hacks (thanks Jake).

February 3rd, 2008

• Anon Launches: .

February 10th, 2008

• Live video feeds of the Feb 10 meeting are put online.
• Anon release correcting some misconceptions.
• Protestors in Adelaide demonstrate outside the Church of Scientology.
• Scientology 'raids' take place at several locations, including Texas, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, , Florida, Michigan, Sydney, , Washington, Huston, , Orlando and .

Update: Unless something significant happens in this 'war', consider this event log dead.