Video: Anonymous hacks Westboro Baptist Church website during on-air confrontation

By: Will Goodman
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(CBS) - In what has been a slow-boil, "on-off-on" battle between notorious online hacktivist group "Anonymous" and anti-gay, fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church, it appears a shot has finally been fired.

The Westboro Baptist Church recently made claims that Anonymous is targeting them and has pointed to a letter allegedly written by the group warning of attack against the church if they continue to protest at funerals. Westboro Baptist Church, led by the Rev. Fred Phelps, has drawn much media attention in the past for their fervent anti-gay stance and protests at the funerals of military servicemen displaying that belief.

During a live radio interview on The David Pakman Show, a source claiming to be from Anonymous called in to confront church spokesperson Shirley Phelps-Roper from the Westboro Baptist Church, saying that the letter was not in fact real. The caller then proceeded to hack a Westboro Baptist Church-owned website during the interview (which you can hear at 8:24 in the above video).

So was this "shot" simply a warning or the beginning of a real war now between these two groups?

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by proudlesbian31 July 9, 2011 12:36 AM EDT: holy sh8ttt im a proud lesbian and dont take what anyone thinks..wbc are ******* crazy...cause guess wat if im condemned to hell for being gay guess what you trifling nasty troll of a snatch your ****** ass has a seat reserved right next to me..i thought god was the only one that could pass judgement??? and if so who the **** do you think you are passing judgement your no better than me !!!!! GOD H8S WBC....you spychotic mother ******* you guys are the dog **** i wipe off my feet!!!! and whats soooo pathetic about these people is they are ****** cowards they gotta hide,,well let me tell ya something if your preachIng the word of god then he should protect your crazay ***** while in public,so with that being said you dont even have faith in your owN GOD for him to protect you while your in public...im with the one guy that posted above but i would do more than pickett outside theyre ****** house..AND WBC SAYS THANK YOU FOR IEDS..THAS EXACTLY WHAT I WOULD SHOW UP WITH THEN THEY WOULD KNOW THE TRUE ******* MEANING OF AN IED; Reply to this comment


by crazylady0420 July 4, 2011 9:20 PM EDT: first thing i see wrong with this religion is JESUS said"I CAME NOT TO CALL THE RIGHTEIOUS,BUT SINNERS TO REPENTANCE"if your church dont know where to find this it is Luke 5:32also JESUS also said"FOR THE SON OF MAN IS COME TO SEEK AND TO SAVE THAT WITCH WAS LOST" if your church dosent know where to find this it is Luke19:10.the westboro baptist church should practice all of the rules of the BIBLE or keep there mouths shut,especially when they obiviousley dont know what it means to be a true christian.; Reply to this comment

by mrsmartin08 May 31, 2011 4:50 PM EDT

I'd have to agree with @bobcaygen. I would be ashamed, (if I were to believe these ignorant degenrates) if she was the person chosen as spokesperson for myself & my church. That being said; she is NOT God! She spews hate & anger like the devil himself. Jesus quotes Lev.19:18: "Love thy neighbor as thyself." They show no love at all, clearly adverting from the Bible. Also another quote they should invest in taking some time and preaching -Luke 6:37 "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven." They have no place to tell anyone they are going to hell or anything of that nature, that is at God's descretion on Judgement Day! I wish I could be there to see their face's when God hands them the ultimate punishment. I pray that I never cross path's with these ignorant pieces of work, for that day my freedom of speech may be stretched quite far! God Bless America, Our Soldiers & Every Human Being!

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by proudlesbian31 July 9, 2011 12:38 AM EDT: IF I EVER HAVE A RUN IN WITH THIS SORRY EXCUSES FOR A HUMAN BEING THEYRE WILL BE NOOO TALKING !!!!!! where im from talkin gets you no whereeeee you talk with your fist lol

by Gaypeopleruletheworld May 24, 2011 9:40 PM EDT

That ***** can drop dead.
If being gay means your going to hell, the I'M GOING TO HELL AND IDGAFFF!

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by proudlesbian31 July 9, 2011 12:38 AM EDT: preach it baby im with ya lol


by jksc2 April 12, 2011 9:24 PM EDT: OVER 9000!

Trololol. WBC is nothing but a merry band of trolls.; Reply to this comment


by thankgodforsoldiers March 2, 2011 11:04 PM EST: if Anonymous needs money for destroying their website... ill be more than happy to donate and so should everybody. this people are making me so mad right now... i could picket infront of their homes all day if i know where they live!; Reply to this comment


by thankgodforsoldiers March 2, 2011 11:01 PM EST: so they are protesting our troops, protesting the Catholic Church and Gay People? this are sick people. the troops die for the very freedom that they so enjoy...the so called freedom of speech. the catholic church has been present since when??? and who are they condemn Gay people? most of the gay people I know are more principled and educated and talks eloquently than her! seriously this people are nuts! someone please wake them up from their pretense of so called religion.; Reply to this comment

by arkajun-2009 March 2, 2011 5:39 PM EST

I sure hope the members of Westboro BC can walk the walk now that they have talked the talk...Thanks to them,the vicious,hateful rhetoric that they have spewed on our honorable soldiers, can now be turned against them...Now they will have to endure the backlash that thousands of Americans are feeling. Now they must endure the thousand pickets that stand in a public street between them and their church. They will have to endure the rhetoric and trashing of the masses when they try to go to or leave their homes and pickets are in the public street waiting. Their children will have to endure the hatred on their way to and from public school or even at a public playground. They have opened that gates of hell that will fall upon them. The Supreme Court says its ok if this happens to you.

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by proudlesbian31 July 9, 2011 12:40 AM EDT: i totally lovee this comment couldnt of been said any better


by bobcaygen February 27, 2011 10:07 PM EST: What can I say about Shirley? No humility, A big mouth, and she doesn't know what she is talking about. Who is she to judge anyone? She claims to be Christian then she uses vulgar language. The Westbro church should use another spokes person. I would be embarrassed to be part of that congregation.; Reply to this comment


by ellensmithee February 27, 2011 9:05 PM EST: Wow, will Westboro be surprised when they burn in h#ll for all their hate.
What Would Jesus Do?
He wouldn't go visit Westboro!
They are the laughingstocks of the Christian world! Wait a minute, the WHOLE world!; Reply to this comment