Anonymous in a hacking spree and to protest around the world today!
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Anonymous (used as a mass noun) is a loosely associated hacktivist group. It originated in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan, representing the concept of many online and offline community users simultaneously existing as an anarchic, digitized global brain. It is also generally considered to be a blanket term for members of certain Internet subcultures, a way to refer to the actions of people in an environment where their actual identities are not known. It strongly opposes Internet censorship and surveillance, and has hacked various government websites. It has also targeted major security corporations. Its members can be distinguished in public by the wearing of Guy Fawkes masks.
The hacktivists have also included in its Nov. 5th announcements tonight the hacking and defacement of:
Australian government sites
ImageShack
PayPal: 28,000 passwords (claiming a zero day exploit)
Ascension Australia
NBC.com
Lady Gaga's fan site (claimed for the spree by "Pyknic")
Saturday Night Live's Web site
Australian steel and mining company Arcelor Mittal
GiftNow
Greek City website
Ghana Consulate Web site
I wouldn't say I trust that particular news. Facebook was founded and is maintained by excellent hackers, it's just counter-productive. So I don't buy that.
How do they not have a life?
They are being active.
And you have false information, majority of the people of Anonymous are NOT internet hackers. Most of them are normal people who have jobs and families and they just feel the need to stand up for themselves once in a while. Everyone is Anonymous.
