Convictions Unless the sources of the DDoS attacks being carried out by Anonymous are identified and stopped, there seems to be no end in sight for their deluge of operations. These 'AnonOps' are presented as global outreach operations of sorts, aimed at assisting individuals and organizations subjected to persecution by governments and other institutions aiming to silence free expression and dissent. The Tunisian people are perceived by Anonymous to be in need of global support and the same can be said of Wikileaks. In particular, the consensus seems to be that governments and other powerful bodies have chosen to pursue Julian Assange and his collaborators for having exposed crimes committed by those same institutions. Whether the Anonymous group can succeed in its attempts to raise awareness of these issues and to discourage censorship hangs on the question of whether its members can be stopped. A direct analogy can be drawn with respect to the now widespread use of LOIC software.
Urizenus Sklar: Generation W: WikiLeaks Ignites a New Generation of Hacktivists While the traditional media and the United States government continue to fixate on the individual Julian Assange, a not so subtle cultural shift is taking root worldwide: Hacktivist culture is rapidly morphing from a small underground subculture into mainstream culture for a younger generation, not just in the United States, but worldwide. Julian Assange and WikiLeaks did not start this cultural movement, but they have served as a catalyst for its robust growth and worldwide propagation. And while the new generation of hacktivists has Wikileaks as its model, they also grew up in the era of George W. Perhaps the surest sign of the mainstreaming of hacktivism was when 4chan underwent a metamorphosis from a group of kids trading anime and lolcat images and occasionally trolling for lulz into a potent political hacktivist movement, quite willing and able to take Mastercard and the Bank of America offline for refusing to process payments to WikiLeaks.
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Hunting Anonymous | Anti-Forensics The FBI has received logs containing IP addresses that took part in the Denial of Service attacks on various corporations including PayPal and Mastercard. Arrests have been made already. Not many, but you’re talking about a bureaucracy here, where they waste a lot of time. So more may be coming. So, maybe you took part in the attacks and used LOIC from your home computer? Here is a general outline of what happened if your IP was reported: If the trail of evidence happened to lead back to your home and the pheds decide to raid your home, they will seize all digital media. If you’re lucky they won’t shoot your dog or mother holding the TV remote when they kick down your door. So what can someone in this situation do? 1. 2. 3. Personally, I like the wiping approach. 4. Have a blank CD? Download: You may need to access your BIOS or a boot configuration during the initial startup of your computer to change the boot order or to boot from the CD. Download:
D’où vient l’argent de WikiLeaks? Longtemps attendu, le premier rapport financier de WikiLeaks est riche en enseignements. Il détaille notamment le mécanisme du don, et les raisons de la sympathie pour l'organisation. Annoncé depuis des semaines, pour ne pas dire des mois, le fameux rapport financier (PDF, en) sur les finances de WikiLeaks en 2010 vient de sortir. Ironiquement intitulé “Enduring Freedom of Information” (en référence à la fameuse opération militaire américaine en Afghanistan), le document de six pages met d’abord en lumière un premier chiffre saillant, celui des recettes: WikiLeaks a recueilli plus d’1,3 millions d’euros de dons l’année dernière, équitablement répartis entre les versements bancaires et les “cotisations” via Paypal. Le compteur du fundraising (en millions d'euros) La raison? Autre point très brièvement évoqué, celui qui concerne le volet judiciaire. Le poids de “Collateral Murder” Il faut toutefois se méfier de la déformation indue par ces deux pics. Culture de la transparence
WLs Supporters Face Hunt for Leaders Evidence collected by the FBI about Anonymous, which attacked websites of four companies to punish them for blocking contributions to WikiLeaks, will be considered this week by a U.S. grand jury, according to court papers and an informal spokesman for the group of activist hackers. The federal grand jury in San Jose, California, will begin reviewing evidence tomorrow that includes computers and mobile phones seized from suspected leaders as prosecutors probe the coordinated so-called denial-of-service attacks in December, according to a federal subpoena and the spokesman, Barrett Brown. Anonymous directed activists to target payment processors MasterCard Inc., Visa Inc., EBay Inc.’s PayPal, and U.K.-based Moneybookers.com in public chat rooms. Among the evidence seized by the FBI during multistate raids on Jan. 27 was data taken from an individual who controls one of Anonymous’s primary servers, identified by the organization only by his cyber-handle ‘Owen,’ Brown said. Drawn Guns
Anonymous, WikiLeaks and The Matrix Generation The Wachowski brothers’ 1999-2003 film series, The Matrix gained worldwide popularity and since its release has been very influential. It is not simply a film, but has become a cultural phenomenon. In past ages, it was philosophers like Friedrich Nietzsche and Immanuel Kant that engaged youth with deep questions and the search for meaning in their lives. Yet Neo’s conundrum “What is real?” has become the question of our age. Throughout history, each new generation has questioned and rebelled against what had come before. Each age has had a literary imagination that guided it. Image Credit - Riversstream blogspot.com In an article called Generation W: WikiLeaks Ignites a New Generation of Hacktivists, Urizenus Sklar (Jan 4, 2011) described how the challenges of this age have ignited a new generation of hacktivists that is indicative of an emerging worldwide culture of dissent among the younger generation. Image Credit - bigpicturebigsound.com Anonymous: Neo vs. Image Credit - ekantipur.com
Anonymous Isn't Anonymous Anymore Chris Hedges Christopher Lynn "Chris" Hedges (born September 18, 1956) is an American journalist specializing in American politics and society. Hedges is also known as the best-selling author of several books including War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002)—a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction—Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (2009), Death of the Liberal Class (2010) and his most recent New York Times best seller, written with the cartoonist Joe Sacco, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (2012). Hedges is currently a columnist for news website Truthdig and a senior fellow at The Nation Institute in New York City.[1] He spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. In 2002, Hedges was part of the team of reporters at The New York Times awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the paper's coverage of global terrorism. Biography[edit] Personal life[edit] New York Times[edit]