March 2012
0 posts
“If you are attacked and want to strike back by suing your hacktivist attackers,...”
– Fear of Anonymous is changing how corporate lawyers litigate | VentureBeat
February 2012
26 posts
“The flier is black with stark white writing, and it features a watermark bearing...”
– Black March Boycott: How Anonymous is Fighting ACTA & SOPA by Boycotting Media - International Business Times
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“A man who tweeted that he wanted to “engage in sadomasochistic activities” with...”
– Tweeter can’t stay anonymous, judge rules | Crime Scene | an SFGate.com blog
“If found guilty, the accused hackers could face sentences of 541 days to five...”
– Interpol arrests Anonymous hackers: Do they warrant the attention? - CSMonitor.com
Tip From 4chan Leads To Arrest Of Site Visitor On... →
“WikiLeaks and Anonymous could prove to be powerful allies in their shared war...”
– WikiLeaks’ new phase begins - WikiLeaks - Salon.com
I wrote this.
“Anonymous is a handful of geniuses surrounded by a legion of idiots,” said Cole...”
– Attack on Vatican Web Site Offers View of Hacker Group’s Tactics - NYTimes.com
“In its latest high-profile data dump, the group plans to reveal 5 million...”
– Wikileaks to Publish 5 Million Stratfor Emails: Anonymous Involved - Forbes
“Pinterest is beautiful, well organized, and perfect for people who think best...”
– Pinterest: The Last Article You’ll Ever Need or Want to Read
Lazy analogy is lazy.
“Earlier Friday, Anonymous claimed credit for defacing the website of a Dayton,...”
– Anonymous hits US prison contractor and FBI partner group; deface home pages with rap lyrics - The Washington Post
“Anonymous doesn’t have the power to attack the grid, but if they were able to...”
– NSA: ‘Anonymous Might One Day Hack Power Grids!’ Anonymous: ‘Huh?!?’ | Techdirt
“Dear editors of the German Wall Street Journal, You equated Anonymous with...”
– Anonymous Floods WSJ’s Facebook Page with Comments - FishbowlNY
“When you set a deadline, the press gets all ‘doomsday is coming,’ and that’s...”
– Anonymous Plans To Take Down The Internet? We’re Being Trolled - Forbes
Doi.
“Today, Scientology’s response is less litigious, if just as predictable...”
– Anonymous vs Scientology: Chanology’s Quadrennium in NYC - New York News - Runnin’ Scared
“As for the ideas tentatively proposed in that dystopian fantasy thirty years...”
– BBC News - Viewpoint: V for Vendetta and the rise of Anonymous
“As we have already stated publicly, this is old code,” Paden said....”
– Hacker Group ‘Anonymous’ Tried To Extort Payment From Symantec - WSJ.com
Still worth dropping 50k to prevent the leak though?
“Symantec can confirm that the source code is legitimate,” the company...”
– Extortion failed - Anonymous posts Symantec source code - ZDNet
Anonymous: Symantec Offered $50K for Stolen Code,... →
twilight zone
“The officers also refer to a colleague as an “old school detective but mad as a...”
– ‘Anonymous’ hackers intercept conversation between FBI and Scotland Yard on how to deal with hackers - Telegraph
“Cole Stryker’s new book, Epic Win for Anonymous, is a cracking but also crackers...”
– What Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is really selling | Facebook IPO News | The Week UK
The reviews from the new British edition of Epic Win are trickling in, and boy are they ever British.
January 2012
35 posts
“At the bottom of Japanese manga It’s Not My Fault I’m Not Popular,...”
– 4Chan Used to Promote a Japanese Manga (Well, Sorta)
It turns out Glenn Beck’s Anon video is viral marketing for his wife’s Mercury One program. It’s a dumb charity with a clumsy mission statement that reads like this, but less elegant somehow.
For example:
The course of the space program, and in many ways that of the United States was forever changed when NASA launched the Mercury Space Program. The Mercury program learned...
“Anonymous has brought down yet another US government website, as the FTC’s...”
– Anonymous Hacks FTC Security Site, Warns of More Action
That’s more like it. Report the hack, not the threat. Fewer pageviews, more respect.
“Call it deja vu. Shortly after an individual posting under the Anonymous banner...”
– Anonymous might not hit Facebook, after all - The Washington Post
Cool story, WaPo.
Users of club drug 'Roflcoptr' warned about... →
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“Anonymous seemed to have somehow acquired root access to CBS.com in this...”
– Anonymous Takes Out CBS.com, Universal Music | News & Opinion | PCMag.com
“His former boss at Sayres told HuffPost it was because Barr was acting like a...”
– Aaron Barr, Cybersecurity Analyst Who Was Hacked By Anonymous And Infiltrated Occupy Wall Street, Gets Fired
“Anonymous members are distributing a link that ropes internet users into an...”
– The Evil New Tactic Behind Anonymous’ Massive Megaupload Revenge Attack
“On Thursday afternoon, Anonymous claimed credit for cyberattacks that knocked...”
– Anonymous Hackers Hit DOJ, Universal Music, MPAA And RIAA After MegaUpload Takedown - Forbes
What Is Ron Paul Thinking? Sues To Unmask... →
oof.
“The post goes on to list fifteen demands and points of action from the detailed,...”
– Anonymous publishes its list of demands for free speech - The Next Web
And a pony.
“Nevertheless, Anonymous’s activities, however disparate and paradoxical on their...”
– Our Weirdness Is Free - Triple Canopy
Biella Coleman presents a thoughtful overview of the Anonymous phenomenon.