Anonymous Threat Is Worth Watching

(CNN) -- The Internet hackers group Anonymous plans to hack Iran on Sunday, according to a press release published on their website. The group wants to use International Workers' Day, which commemorates the first national general strike in the United States, as an opportunity to reignite last year's protests in Iran.

Exactly how they intend to "attack" Iran remains to be seen. The sophistication of their previous attacks ranges from the denial-of-service overloading of web servers (this simply knocks a website out) to the exploitation of code and accessing of private data (more like the hacking seen in the movies).

It will be worth watching to see what happens tomorrow.  Anonymous has a code of honor (of sorts, completely on their own terms).  Hollow promises are not among their practices.  Whatever they have planned, it takes some marbles to throw out a threat of that magnitude, so I expect they will follow through and we will see their demonstration.  I can't help but wonder what they have planned.