Hacktivist group suspected of threat to ‘kill’ Facebook

REGULAR users of Facebook are awaiting confirmation from “hackivist” group Anonymous that it is actually behind a threat to “kill” the social network site on November 5.

The warning, purporting to be from the group of hackers, spread rapidly around the internet yesterday. Those behind it cited Facebook users’ lack of privacy options as its reason for the attack.

However, whether or not Anonymous is behind the threat was under question last night.