The hacker collective known as Anonymous is threatening to reveal up to 1,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) by name.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the so-called "hacktivist" group promised to unveil the names of KKK members online in what they call "Operation KKK."

"You are more than extremists. You are more than a hate group. You operate much more like terrorists and you should be recognized as such," the statement read. "You are terrorists that hide your identities beneath sheets and infiltrate society on every level. The privacy of the Ku Klux Klan no longer exists in cyberspace. You've had blood on your hands for nearly 200 years."

Anonymous said it has decided to unveil the people hiding underneath their hoods because it is "the right course of action."

"You continue to inflict civil rights violations, commit violent crimes and solicit others to commit violent criminal acts. You seek to intimidate and/or eliminate those that are different from you and those that you dislike by any means possible," said the group in the statement.

The announcement was made more than a year after Anonymous and the white supremacy group first clashed in late 2014 during the civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, over the death of Michael Brown. Last November, the KKK reportedly threatened to attack Ferguson protesters. In response, Anonymous hacked into a KKK-linked Twitter account and exposed social media accounts that were allegedly being run by KKK members, reports NBC News.

According to an Addicting Info report, Anonymous was incited to take action against the Klan once again after a friend of Anonymous became a victim of cyber harassment by a person who claims to be part of the hate group. Initially, Anonymous activist struck back by shutting down several KKK websites, but the harassment continued.

"Ku Klux Klan, we never stopped watching you. We know who you are ... We never said we would only strike once ... After closely observing so many of you for so very long, we feel confident that applying transparency to your organizational cells is the right, just, appropriate and only course of action," said the hacker group.