A variety of reports have suggested that the hacktivist group Anonymous planned to release a significant data file reflecting the download habits of the users of a specific Australian ISP. According to the report, an Anonymous spokesperson said, "We're trying not to hurt people with (the) information but this is a rather large amount of data to deal with so we must be patient."
iTWire alluded to this threat in a report that touched on the recent Queensland Government website defacements..
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While researching this story, this writer was amused to note that there was code in the source of Anonymous' Par:anoiA site that continued to assist visitors afflicted with the DNSchanger malware.
Aren't they a nice bunch of boys!
