We Are Legion The Story of the Hacktivists - Trailer. Anonymous - Message to Occupy the World 11-18-11. Anonymous - Occupy Wall Street. The Real Role Of Anonymous In Occupy Wall Street. Anonymous has caught the attention of the media--and even Homeland Security--with its biggest contribution to Occupy Wall Street: hype.
But, so far, the amorphous, leaderless hacktivist movement has disappointed anyone expecting full-on revolution from a Guy Fawkes-masked army or a massive cyber attack. Anonymous does, however, have prominent members and often unites a large number of sympathizers. The gap between expectations and reality when it comes to Occupy Wall Street results from the disconnect between those dominant members and fringe elements who hit up the costume shop and start posting YouTube videos. Anonymous Goes After the Pepper Spray Cop's Personal Info - National.
The police officer videoed spraying what appears to be pepper spray into the eyes of peaceful protesters in New York City on Saturday has found Internet fame as online activists target him in traditional hacker fashion: By releasing all his personal and professional data online in an attack known as a dox.
The Hacks That Mattered in the Year of the Hack. A year ago, few people had heard of Anonymous, understood what a DDoS attack was, or even realized that hackers were capable of bringing down entire networks.
But as geek bloggers love to point out, 2011 was the year of the hack, the year that Anonymous became a household name and armies of its devotees took to the streets, all wearing Guy Fawkes masks like that final, mind-blowing, Parliament-exploding scene in V Is for Vendetta. Anonymous, of course, has been around a lot longer than a year -- the collective can trace its roots back to the early days of 4chan, nearly a decade ago -- but you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who would disagree that this year was the hacktivists' watershed moment.
Or rather, series of moments. However, not every assault launched by Anonymous and spinoff groups like LulzSec and AntiSec needed to make headline news, though they almost always did. LulzSec's Sony Hack Really Was as Simple as It Claimed. When LulzSec bragged way back in June that it had broken into Sony's servers and released the personal information -- including passwords, email addresses, home addresses and birthdays -- of a million users, smart readers took it with a grain of salt.
The Anonymous splinter group claimed up front that it had used what's known as a SQL injection (regarded among hackers as one of the most basic break-in tools) to get into Sony's servers and get access to the information. On Thursday, the FBI announced two new Anonymous and LulzSec arrests. One was a homeless San Francisco man who allegedly broke into government websites in Santa Cruz. The 44 Days That Cost Sony $171 Million. The FBI Is Closing in on Anonymous and LulzSec - National. Hbgary-anon.jpg (JPEG Image, 1583x1546 pixels) HBGary Federal CEO Resigns, Hounded by 'Anonymous' HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Bar has resigned, doubtless cheering members of the elusive "hacktivist" group Anonymous who have targeted him in the past month.
The hacker group gained wide attention last year with its large-scale attack on e-commerce companies that severed ties with WikiLeaks. In February, the group turned its attention to Barr after he told the Financial Times his plans to reveal the identities of its leaders. In response, Anonymous members hacked HBGary Federal's website and unleashed 71,000 internal company e-mails, including one revealing that Barr's wife had threatened to divorce him. They also hijacked Barr's Twitter account, changing his profile photo and announcing that he was, in fact, a "sweaty ballsack of caterpillars. " But that was just the beginning. Now, as Barr steps down from his post, House Democrats are calling for an investigation of HBGary Federal's "use of subversive tactics" to target progressive groups. "Do I regret [making those claims] now?
Tunisia's bitter cyberwar - Features. Thousands of Tunisians have taken to the streets in recent weeks to call for extensive economic and social change in their country.
Among the fundamental changes the protesters have been demanding is an end to the government's repressive online censorship regime and freedom of expression. That battle is taking place not just on the country's streets, but in internet forums, blogs, Facebook pages and Twitter feeds. The Tunisian authorities have allegedly carried out targeted "phishing" operations: stealing users passwords to spy on them and eradicate online criticism. Websites on both sides have been hacked. Operation Tunisia. Tactics[edit] In their traditional manner; Anonymous launched a series of DDoS attacks against government websites.[1][2] Additionally, Anonymous provided protesters with documents required to take down the incumbent government as well as distributing a care package, among other things, including Tor, and a greasemonkey script to avoid proxy interception by the government.[3] The providing of information was considered by some a part of Operation Leakspin.
They also aided in passing information about the protests in and out of the country.[3] Aftermath[edit] At first Anonymous posted a video on YouTube declaring their intentions. Anonymous begun DDoS attacks.[4] It wasn't long before multiple government websites in Tunisia were taken offline as a result of the attacks.[1][5] Anonymous supplied protesters, through Tunisian blogger Slim Amamou, with anonymising software such as Tor.[6] Tunisian Involvement[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]