Anonymous splinter group AntiSec wages war on 'profiteering gluttons' | Technology. In secretive online chat rooms, away from the glare of police, small groups of elite hackers plot attacks against multi-national corporations and governments. But in a quest to expose what they see as a conspiracy of high-level corruption, the hackers – affiliated to cyber-activist network Anonymous – have in recent months expanded their targets, becoming increasingly unpredictable and callous in the process. 2011 was a significant year for Anonymous, both in terms of activity and evolution.
The chaotic collective, born out of online messageboard 4Chan in 2003, continued to grow, partly fuelled by the social unrest that has gripped the world. Its members helped revolutionaries in Tunisia, Egypt and Syria counter government censorship, and temporarily disabled the websites of powerful financial institutions for refusing to process WikiLeaks donations.
AntiSec, however, has remained unapologetic. Will there be more attacks on law firms in the future? Joe Rogan Live, Ustream.TV: The weekly Joe Rogan and friends extravaganza, live from the Talking Monkey Studio. Anonymous message to the world, and the CIA. Cop Shoots Fellow Officer Then Takes Own Life, Police Say. Anonymous stages new hacks on FBI and police across the United States. Friday was a busy day for members of the hacktivist collective known as Anonymous. They attacked police departments in Boston, Salt Lake City, Syracuse and various Texas cities; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and the law firm Puckett and Faraj. The attacks on the various websites shared a common rallying cry: “Fuck FBI Friday.” As the Daily Dot reported a few months ago, hackers began that operation to protest law-enforcement agencies cracking down on the Occupy movement.
Just like the hacks themselves, which dotted the United States, the motives for them were all over the map. Today, the Daily Dot spoke to an Anonymous member who claimed some involvement with the online attack on the FBI. As with many Anonymous hacks, this one took the form of the publication of a digital document—in this case, a leaked recording of an FBI conference call. “I'm sure this is embarrassing for the feds,” wrote the hacker in a private message to the Daily Dot. Image by @exiledsurfer. #OpRising. #OpUprise. FuckAPD. "We are a decentralized non-violent resistance movement, which seeks to restore the rule of law and fight back against the organized criminal class. " ~ #A99 They did this >> So we did this >> The entire Index for highers up at ADP/alameda sherrif department in alphabetic order.
Cordially Yours: '' '' #AntiSec. Anonymous releases private police information in name of Occupy Wall Street. Anonymous, a hacker collective that has aligned itself with the Occupy Wall Street protests, leaked information it stole from four police and government websites today. More than 600 MB of data from the International Association of Chief of Police, or IACP, (website still down) was released, according to a press release from Anonymous.
It included internal documents, membership rosters, home addresses, passwords, social security numbers and more. Along with the IACP data, Anonymous revealed 1000 names and passwords from the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association; 1000 names, ranks, social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers from the Alabama law enforcement systems; and the full contact database Matrix Group, a web development agency serving government websites. Today’s action is just one day before IACP’s annual conference, though the press release from Anonymous is dated Oct. 22 and says the drop was to come day one of the conference. Perhaps it was leaked. [via Gawker]