Lulz and Anonymous issue joint official warning to the FBI

In light of the recent hacking scandals, corporate corruption and government arrests, the focus on less-than-legal activities has thrown up an official statement by the now well-known underground groups Anonymous and Lulz.

People are well divided on this issue with some saying they fully support both groups, others saying they admire their balls but worry about unregulated renegade activity, others against it but feel it's a natural unstoppable phenomenon and of course those calling for their arrests.

The main part of the statement posted is as follows:

Let us tell you what WE find unacceptable:

* Governments lying to their citizens and inducing fear and terror to keep   them in control by dismantling their freedom piece by piece.

* Corporations aiding and conspiring with said governments while taking   advantage at the same time by collecting billions of funds for   federal contracts we all know they can't fulfil.

* Lobby conglomerates who only follow their agenda to push the profits   higher, while at the same time being deeply involved in governments around   the world with the only goal to infiltrate and corrupt them enough so the status quo will never change.

These governments and corporations are our enemy. And we will continue to fight them, with all methods we have at our disposal, and that certainly includes breaking into their websites and exposing their lies.

We are not scared any more. Your threats to arrest us are meaningless to us as you cannot arrest an idea. Any attempt to do so will make your citizens more angry until they will roar in one gigantic choir. It is our mission to help these people and there is nothing – absolutely nothing – you can possibly to do make us stop.

Read the full statement here.