Anonymous denies role in early Ku Klux Klan member leak

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The so-called "hacktivist" group Anonymous has denied involvement of releasing private information of alleged Ku Klux Klan members.

The group has promised to unmask nearly 1,000 members of the racist hate group by November 5. On Sunday, groups unaffiliated with Anonymous released 57 emails and 23 phone numbers via Pastebin.com. Of the indentities revealed, was Lexington, Kentucky mayor Jim Gray, who vehemently denied the allegations of membership to the KKK.

"This allegation is false, insulting and ridiculous," the mayor wrote in a statement, according to USA Today. "I have never had any relationship of any kind with the KKK. I am opposed to everything it stands for. I have no idea where this information came from, but wherever it came from, it is wrong."

“Today we have shut down servers, gotten personal information on members of the KKK, and infiltrated your twitters and websites,” Anonymous said a over the weekend.

“And this is just the beginning. On November the 4th we will be having a twitter storm, spreading awareness about the operation. And on the 5th we shall release more than 1000 Ku Klux Klan members Names and websites, new and old.”

The effort coincides with the anniversary of the Ferguson grand jury who decided not to charge Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in 2014.