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Anonymous just declared war on Donald Trump

Dec 11, 2015, 23:25 IST

Republican presidential hopeful businessman Donald Trump fields questions at The Family Leadership Summit at Stephens Auditorium on July 18, 2015 in Ames, Iowa.Scott Olson/Getty Images

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The hacking group Anonymous has formally announced its next target: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

An Anonymous-associated Twitter account said on Friday that the group had taken down the website for New York City's Trump Towers as a "statement against racism and hatred."

The Trump Towers website appears to be operational now, but the tweet from Anonymous claims it is running as an offline backup. A tweet from an Anonymous member on December 9 shows the hacker attempting to take down the Trump Towers website.

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Trump recently called for a ban on all Muslims entering the US, which Anonymous denounces in a video posted to YouTube on December 9 that also warns Trump to "think twice" about his stance.

Here's part of the script from the Anonymous video, which depicts the speaker wearing a Guy Fawkes mask.

And here's the video:

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