Anonymous attacks US government over deadly Michigan health crisis in latest viral video

Thousands of people are suffering from the effects of lead poisoning in the city of Flint, Michigan, and ten people have died from Legionnaire's disease.

Blaming the government, and specifically Michigan governor Rick Snyder, an online hacker group calling itself IntelGroup announced the #OpFlint campaign.

IntelGroup identifies itself as a faction of Anonymous , the larger online collective responsible for targeting ISIS in the wake of the Paris terror attacks .

The video follows the usual Anonymous style of a man wearing a Guy Fawkes mask sitting at a desk and delivering a threat.

Snyder has been targeted after emails emerged revealing he has known about the problems with the water supply since January 2015.

Anonymous has yet to explain how its #OpFlint campaign will develop and what exactly it plans to do to help the victims of the contaminated water supply.
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