Editorial: Why We Are a Long Way From Using Anonymous P2P Networks Drew Wilson | January 29, 2013 By Drew Wilson Every few years, the idea of using anonymous networks pops up in discussion from time to time. Often, this is the result of some event such as the RIAA suing users en-masse or ISPs throttling certain protocols. The latest prediction comes from a a posting on Slashdot in which the author says …
Anonymous Hacks myBART.gov, Database Exposed Drew Wilson | August 14, 2011 What started as a group of people wanting to protest has become an all out war over censorship. After earlier threats were made by Anonymous, it appears as though Anonymous did make good on their threat to target BART.
Anonymous Dumps Nearly 5GB of Brazilian Government Data to ThePirateBay Drew Wilson | August 10, 2011 The quantity is large, but that might be what you would expect for a data dump with such large claims. Anonymous has posted a 4.73GB archive to BitTorrent filesharing website ThePirateBay claiming to expose corruption between the FBI, Brazilian ISPs and the government of Brazil.
The Face That Launched Anonymous’ War on PayPal Drew Wilson | July 28, 2011 PayPal may be convenient for some in the online world, but Anonymous doesn’t see anything convenient about some of its recent activities. There’s now seemingly a full-scale war between the company and the collective and neither side is backing down.
Third Target of FBI Anonymous Probe Steps Forward to Announce Innocence Drew Wilson | July 23, 2011 We’ve been documenting the people that were targeted in the cross country raids on alleged Anonymous members. So far, it seems that every day we are hearing from those who were affected coming forward to state their case that they had no part in Anonymous hacking. Today, we found another person stating their innocence.
Second Target of Anonymous FBI Raids Steps Forward to Claim Innocence Drew Wilson | July 22, 2011 There was a cross country US raid conducted by the FBI on Tuesday. Unfortunately, since the initial sweeps, reasons to doubt that the raids having an impact on Anonymous have been cropping up. Today, another person who was the target of those raids has stepped forward to say he is not only not a hacker, …
LulzSec and Anonymous to FBI – You Don’t Scare Us Drew Wilson | July 21, 2011 Recently, after the raids of several homes conducted by the FBI, LulzSec and Anonymous released a joint statement saying that the threats by the FBI against them does not sway them and that they are “not going anywhere”.
Details of Who Was Arrested in FBI Raids on Anonymous Emerge Drew Wilson | July 20, 2011 Yesterday, we discussed the large sweep by the FBI, arresting anywhere between 14 and 16 people (reports have been conflicting on the actual number). In our initial report, we weren’t exactly able to find any evidence that the hackers that were arrested were high ranking members in Anonymous. So who was arrested? Apparently, a student …
FBI Executes Warrants, Allegedly Arrests Members of Anonymous in US Drew Wilson | July 19, 2011 Reports are surfacing that suggests that the FBI has executed a massive sweep across the United States, allegedly arresting members of hacking group “Anonymous”. While one name was released so far, it’s unclear exactly which members were arrested.
Anonymous Dumps Military Contractor Booz Allen to ThePirateBay, 90,000 e-Mails Compromised Drew Wilson | July 11, 2011 Previously, Anonymous leaked numerous Turkish government websites to ThePirateBay. Now, the collective has taken to hacking and dumping content of Booz Allen, a military and government IT consulting organization. The release includes 90,000 emails, an sqldump, and some other miscellaneous data from other servers associated with the Booz Allen servers.
