( CNN ) -- Hacker collective Anonymous announced plans to disrupt Web streams of Tuesday night 's State of the Union address in protest of various Obama administration policies . In a posting on one of its Web pages , the group claimed it would target live streams of the speech , to be broadcast on the official White House site as well as many major news websites , including CNN . Television feeds of the speech were n't mentioned . However , the attack did n't appear to happen . None of the major news feeds or the official White House site showed any signs of disruption or delay during the speech . `` The President of the United States of America , and the Joint Session of Congress will face an Army tonight . We will form a virtual blockade between Capitol Hill and the Internet , '' the group declared earlier in the day . Anonymous is a loosely organized collective , and the claims of its purported members can be hard to verify . But a handful of prominent Twitter accounts associated with Anonymous , which have in the past debunked or downplayed statements made in the name of the leaderless movement , appeared Tuesday to support the threat . The @ YourAnonNews account , with more than 877,000 followers , tweeted a news story about the effort shortly before 4 p.m . ET and urged followers to `` hijack '' the Twitter hashtag # SOTU -- which users will presumably use to follow the speech . The people behind the account also offered an alternate hashtag -- # opSOTU -- for supporters . During the speech the same account tweeted `` No sign of an # OpSOTU so far other than # SOTU hashtag hijacking . '' While there were some Anonymous tweets using the # SOTU hashtag , they seemed largely lost in the noise of regular people commenting on and live-tweeting the speech . Anonymous said it was protesting a list of beefs it has with the Obama administration , including cybersecurity legislation . With the support of Obama , senators plan to reintroduce the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act , or CISPA , on Wednesday . The bill attempts to address cyberattacks by increasing the sharing of information between private companies and the Department of Homeland Security . It was killed in the Senate last year amid concerns about privacy and lack of oversight . President Obama issued an executive order on Tuesday dictating cybersecurity standards for industries with vulnerable infrastructure , such as transportation and power . Like CISPA , the order will promote the sharing of information between private companies and the government . The government wants to use that data to better address future cyberattacks , but detractors are concerned about privacy . Anonymous objects to such sharing , saying it would turn `` private companies into government informants . '' The group 's call to action also mentioned the recent death of Internet activist Aaron Swartz , the National Defense Authorization Act , the use of military drones , Bradley Manning and warrantless wiretapping . Taking on major news sites and the White House site was ambitious . Anonymous has announced big plans in the past , such as shutting down Facebook , without following through . CNN 's Doug Gross contributed to this story .
Hacker group Anonymous vows , and fails , to interfere with Internet streams of State of the Union address . Group : `` We will form a virtual blockade between Capitol Hill and the Internet '' The group is protesting Tuesday 's executive order by President Obama on cybersecurity . The attack did not seem to happen , as all live streams worked without disruption .