President-elect Donald Trump, a consistent target of the Anonymous hacker collective, was told he will regret the next four years.

Dark Reading Staff, Dark Reading

January 19, 2017

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Anonymous has issued an ominous warning to US President-elect Donald Trump. The hacker collective stated the following via Twitter: "This isn't the 80's any longer, information doesn't vanish, it is all out there. You are going to regret the next 4 years," NBC News reports. Trump, who is generally very active on Twitter, has chosen to stay mum on the threats.

Anonymous has been targeting Trump since he was declared a presidential candidate. As he prepares to take the Oath of Office, the threats have increased in intensity, with allegations of having "financial and personal ties with Russian mobsters, child traffickers, and money launderers."

The hacking group has called upon its members to expose any compromising information they can find on Trump, NBC News says.

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