Anonops #6: Anonymous en de MO-revoluties

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Op zaterdag 26 februari 2011 01:14 schreef Odysseuzzz het volgende:

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Wel fijn dat we er tijdens die clip op worden gewezen dat we goedkoop geld kunnen lenen. Of mis ik weer een of andere adblocker?

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Op zaterdag 26 februari 2011 01:57 schreef Odysseuzzz het volgende:

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Wat is jouw idee trouwens Papier? Anonz: een idee of toch min of meer centraal aangestuurd zoals bepaalde mensen nu graag willen doen geloven?

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Op zaterdag 26 februari 2011 02:16 schreef Odysseuzzz het volgende:

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Ja, hoewel het woord revolutie ook hier meer een media ding is.
Dat er dingen gebeuren staat vast maar of er echt sprake is van een revolutie kun je idd alleen achteraf vaststellen.

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Kremlin gang opened new botnet against #anonymous and Mr. Putin. More recruits #DDoS er.ru && edinoros.ru holy #cyberwar as holy. #OpRussia

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Op_Russia Op_Russia
New high orbit cannon launched http://tinyurl.com/4zedsf8 Get it and unzip #Feb28, password send later #anonymous #anon #OpRussia #Russia

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We stand at a unique time in our history, the rise of the internet and computer technology have contributed to an unparallelled rate of prosperity for the First World. We have created for ourselves and empire unlike any other, a global network of constant trade and communication, a new age of technological advancement. We have come a long way from our humble roots in the Industrial Revolution and the days of Manifest Destiny. We are now pioneers on new digital frontiers expanding our domain from the quantum world to the far reaches of space.



And yet, the empire faces a crisis, a global recession, growing poverty, rampant violence, corruption in politics, and threats to personal freedom. As it was before in other times of crisis, the old stories have begun to repeat themselves. The half truths, this time repeated nightly on cable news and echoed through a series of tubes onto the internet: the empire is strong, change is unwise, business as usual is the answer. In times of uncertainty there are those who seek to add to the confusion, to prey on our insecurities and fears. Those who would seek to keep us divided for their own gain. The pervasive strategy takes many very convincing forms: Liberals and Conservatives, Christians and Muslims, Black and White, Saved and sinner.



But something unexpected is happening. We have begun telling each other our own stories. Sharing our lives, our hopes, our dreams, our demons. Every second, day in day out, into all hours of the night the gritty details of life on this earth are streaming around the world. As we see the lives of others played out in our living rooms we are beginning to understand the consequences of our actions and the error of the old ways. We are questioning the old assumptions that we are made to consume not to create, that the world was made for our taking, that wars are inevitable, that poverty is unavoidable. As we learn more about our global community a fundamental truth has been rediscovered: We are not so different as we may seem. Every human has strengths, weaknesses, and deep emotions. We crave love, love laughter, fear being alone and dream for a better life.



You must create a better life.



You cannot sit on the couch watching television or playing video games, waiting for a revolution. You are the revolution. Every time you decide not to exercise your rights, every time you refuse to hear another view point, every time you ignore the world around you, every time you spend a dollar at a business that doesn't pay a fair wage you are contributing to the oppression of the human body and the repression of the human mind. You have a choice, a choice to take the easy path, the familiar path, to walk willingly into your own submission. Or a choice get up, to go outside and talk to your neighbor, to come together in new forums to create lasting, meaningful change for the human race.



This is our challenge:



A peaceful revolution, a revolution of ideas, a revolution of creation. The twenty-first century enlightenment. A global movement to create a new age of tolerance and understanding, empathy and respect. An age of unfettered technological development. An age of sharing ideas and cooperation. An age of artistic and personal expression. We can choose to use new technology for radical positive change or let it be used against us. We can choose to keep the internet free, keep channels of communication open and dig new tunnels into those places where information is still guarded. Or we can let it all close in around us. As we move in to new digital worlds, we must acknowledge the need for honest information and free expression. We must fight to keep the internet open as a marketplace of ideas where all are seated as equals. We must defend our freedoms from those who would seek to control us. We must fight for those who do not yet have a voice. Keep telling your story. All must be heard.

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#Anonymous announces boycott of #Koch products for crimes against democracy. http://scr.bi/fyDBsI #OpWisconsin #anonops #wiunion

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Posted by Anti Vigilante
Is that a bill in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Anonymous operatives and Magnanimous contacts have formed a joint operation regarding the decision to take away collective bargaining rights from workers in Wisconsin in a rider on a budget management bill. It is the agreed upon position of the participants in this operation that the right to petition and to assemble in the first amendment is the proper basis for collective bargaining rights and these will be defended. Keep in mind Anonymous has defended the first amendment even for people and groups they do not like. This operation will be even attractive to defenders of freedom, especially the first amendment. This will be more than mere resistance. We will enter the battleground. All your law are belong to us.

We can get more senators and lawyers than the opposition can buy. We will not merely beg to be heard. We are putting a team together to not only fight this law but to also give Governor Walker a law he'll risk his career should he choose to oppose. And this is not going to be idle foolishness. We will deliver original and organic work.

We are Everywhere

We can draft bills and have them reviewed by the interested parties in Wisconsin faster than they can whine to the pliant media. This is an operation that will be armed to the teeth with legal talent, with dedicated bloggers, and with people willing to roll up their sleeves for their fellow citizens, which is the true definition of patriotism. Do not underestimate the organizing power of students, workers, families and communities

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Magnanimous group is a subset of Anonymous associated (but unaffiliated as are all Anonymous) with Anons and others who are members of other groups or simply individuals. Where Anonymous may wish to see an outcome, as a subset we can take it further and build that outcome without unnecessarily warping the nature of the larger Anonymous corrective.

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http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/rsa-2011-winning-war-losing-our-soul-022211#comment-6626

There was lots of noise and distraction on the crowded Expo floor of the RSA Security Conference this year. After a grueling couple of years, vendors were back in force with big booths, big news and plenty of entertainment designed to attract visitor traffic. Wandering the floor, I saw - variously - magic tricks, a man walking on stilts, a whack-a-mole game, a man dressed in a full suit of armor and a 15 foot long racetrack that I would have killed for when I was 10.

The most telling display, however, may have been the one in Booth 556, where malware forensics firm HBGary displayed a simple sign saying that it had decided to remove its booth and cancel scheduled talks by its executives. This, after the online mischief making group Anonymous broke into the computer systems of the HBGary Federal subsidiary and stole proprietary and confidential information. The HBGary sign stayed up for a couple days, got defaced by someone at the show and was later removed. When I swung by HBGary's booth on Thursday, it was a forlorn and empty patch of brown carpet where a couple marketing types where holding an impromptu bull session.

It would be easy to say that the lesson of HBGary is that "anyone can get hacked." After all, the company's founder, Greg Hoglund is one of the smartest security folks around - hands down. He's a recognized expert on malware and, literally, wrote the book on rootkit programs. HBGary Federal's customers included the U.S. Department of Defense as well as spy agencies like the CIA and NSA.

Or maybe the lesson of HBGary is simply not to "kick the hornet's nest," so to speak: needlessly provoking groups like Anonymous who have shown themselves to be hungry for publicity and have little to lose in a confrontation. Maybe, the lesson is simply that, if you're going to kick the hornet's nest, as HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr was determined to, then at least to spend some time securing your Web- and e-mail infrastructure and following password security best practices before you commence said kicking.

But I think the real lesson of the hack - and of the revelations that followed it - is that the IT security industry, having finally gotten the attention of law makers, Pentagon generals and public policy establishment wonks in the Beltway, is now in mortal danger of losing its soul. We've convinced the world that the threat is real - omnipresent and omnipotent. But in our desire to combat it, we are becoming indistinguishable from the folks with the black hats.

Of course, none of this is intended to excuse the actions of Anonymous, who HBGary President Penny Leavy, in a conversation with Threatpost, rightly labeled "criminals" rather than politically motivated "hacktivists." The attack on HBGary was an unsubtle, if effective, act of intimidation designed to send a message to Barr and other would be cyber sleuths: 'stay away.'

We can see their actions for what they are, and sympathize deeply with Aaron Barr, Greg Hoglund and his wife (and HBGary President) Penny Leavy for the harm and embarrassment caused by the hackers from Anonymous, who published some 70,000 confidential company e-mails online for the world to see. Those included confidential company information, as well as personal exchanges between HBGary staff that were never intended for a public airing. Its easy to point the finger and chortle upon reading them, but how many of us (or the Anonymous members, themselves) could stand such scrutiny?

Its harder to explain away the substance of many other e-mail messages which have emerged in reporting by Ars Technica as well as others. They show a company executives like HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr mining social networks for data to "scare the s***" out of potential customers, in theory to win their business. While "scare 'em and snare 'em" may be business as usual in the IT security industry, other HBGary Federal skunk works projects clearly crossed a line: a proposal for a major U.S. bank, allegedly Bank of America, to launch offensive cyber attacks on the servers that host the whistle blower site Wikileaks. HBGary was part of a triumvirate of firms that also included Palantir Inc and Berico Technologies, that was working with the law firm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to develop plans to target progressive groups, labor unions and other left-leaning non profits who the Chamber opposed with a campaign of false information and entrapment. Other leaked e-mail messages reveal work with General Dynamics and a host of other firms to develop custom, stealth malware and collaborations with other firms selling offensive cyber capabilities including knowledge of previously undiscovered ("zero day") vulnerabilities.

Look, there's nothing wrong with private firms helping Uncle Sam to develop cyber offensive capabilities. In an age of sophisticated and wholesale cyber espionage by nation states opposed to the U.S., the U.S. government clearly needs to be able to fight fire with fire. Besides, everybody already knew that Greg Hoglund was writing rootkits for the DoD, so is it right to say we're "shocked! shocked!" to read his e-mail and find out that what we all suspected was true? I don't think so.

What's more disturbing is the way that the folks at HBGary - mostly Aaron Barr, but others as well - came to view the infowar tactics they were pitching to the military and its contractors as applicable in the civilian context, as well. How effortlessly and seamlessly the focus on "advanced persistent threats" shifted from government backed hackers in China and Russia to encompass political foes like ThinkProgress or the columnist Glenn Greenwald. Anonymous may have committed crimes that demand punishment - but its up to the FBI to handle that, not "a large U.S. bank" or its attorneys.

The HBGary e-mails, I think, cast the shenanigans on the RSA Expo floor in a new and scarier light. What other companies, facing the kind of short term financial pressure that Barr and HBGary Federal felt might also cross the line - donning the gray hat, or the black one? What threat to all of our liberties does that kind of IT security firepower pose when its put at the behest of corporations, government agencies, stealth political groups or their operatives? Bruce Schneier - our industry's Obi-Wan Kenobi - has warned about this very phenomena: the way the military's ever expanding notion of "cyber war," like the Bush era's "War on Terror" does little to promote security, but a lot to promote inchoate fear. That inchoate fear then becomes a justification for futher infringement on our liberties.

"We reinforce the notion that we're helpless -- what person or organization can defend itself in a war? -- and others need to protect us. We invite the military to take over security, and to ignore the limits on power that often get jettisoned during wartime," Schneier observed. That kind of conflation is clear reading Barr's e-mails where the line between sales oriented tactics and offensive actions blur. The security industry veterans I spoke with at this year's show were as aghast at Barr's trip far off reservation, but they also expressed a weary recognition that, in the security business, this is where things are headed.

What's the alternative? Schneier notes that focusing on cyber crime as "crime" rather than "war" tends to avoid the problems with demagoguery. Focus on cyber crime and hacking in the same way as you focus on other types of crimes: as long term problems that must be managed within the "context of normal life," rather than "wars" that pose an existential threat to those involved and must be won at all costs. The U.S. needs peacetime cyber-security "administered within the myriad structure of public and private security institutions we already have" rather than extra-judicial vigilantism and covert ops of the kind the HBGary e-mails reveal. Here's hoping HBGary is the wake up call the industry needed to reverse course.

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Submitted by Anonypussy (not verified) on Sat, 02/26/2011 - 5:12pm.

"to excuse the actions of Anonymous,"



There's no reason for excuse. Information is free.

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This is where the link to openness (or the lack of it) comes in: As we all know, and the execs at BofA and HGF reinforce, zero-days can be powerful weapons. Exclusive knowledge of zero-days gives the possessor incredible power, and in cases such as these, almost always lead to corruption and misuse. It can be argued that we are better off as an industry if openness is employed as a means of elevating collective knowledge and also as a way to enforce checks and balances, so that no one company or individual is significantly more powerful in its knowledge and expertise than others. In such an industry, cyber offense is only a distant possibility, as you will be on a level playing ground with your adversaries.

Creating such an open culture for the security community requires a shift in thinking, because this is an industry that thrives on secrecy and obscurity. It requires that we recognize that secrecy, obscurity, and the act to restrict information can ultimately do more harm than good. It requires that we promote open research and build an ecosystem that rewards openness.

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From the aspect of development of cyber weapons the fact that HBGary was developing them for many clients is not suprising, however what to me personally was suprising is that you ripped yet ANOTHER of my ideas, my autonomous malware not requiring a C2 connection with your Magenta rootkit. Now I grant you, your not going to actually publicly credit me for inspiring your awesome creation due to classification and Offensive IO weapons development, but neither did you consult me on my ideas or even engage me in talks. I will simply take it for what its worth, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Ironically again, I think I actually did another blog posting about that when after discussing my Malware DNA idea, you developed code for it in private 30 days later, filed for a trademark, and then patented it and released it 6 months later as a marketable product, all along declaring to Goverment clients in proposals that this was solely developed by you and another developer with PRIVATE funds

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> > This law firm represents HBGary, Inc. One of the websites you are hosting,
> > http://conanthedestroyer.(...)gins-of-malware-dna/ is
> > being used to distribute confidential trade secrets and copyrighted works that have been misappropriated from HBGary as part of a well-publicized criminal intrusion into their network.

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Anony_Ops Anonymous Operations
BreakingNews: #OpEmmaa started. Women of the internets rising to support #Anonymous. Join #OpEmmaa Make yourselves heard. You are Anonymiss!

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AnonymousIRC Anonymous
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#OpEmmaa kicked off. We're not sure what we're doing but it involves a girl, so it's awesome. Also we have dedicated DNS. @emma_a

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http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/02/28/hackers-vs-billionaires-anonymous-takes-down-koch-supported-websites-amid-wisconsin-protests/

The hacker collective Anonymous may have just made its highest net-worth enemies yet. In the midst of the weekend’s protests in support of Wisconsin’s public employees, the group declared war on the billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch, taking down two Koch-backed sites with cyberattacks and calling for a boycott on companies in which the brothers have invested.

Anonymous laid out its grievances against at the billionaires duo, tied for fifth on Forbes’ list of the richest Americans with a combined wealth of $43 billion, in a statement that tied them to the bill that aims to end collective bargaining rights for state employees in Wisconsin.

On Sunday night, both the website of Koch-backed antiregulatory group Americans For Prosperity and a community forum site for Koch-backed toilet paper company Northern Quilt were down (at least every time I checked) for more than five hours under cyberattacks from Anonymous.

“It has come to our attention that the brothers, David and Charles Koch–the billionaire owners of Koch Industries–have long attempted to usurp American Democracy,” reads the statement. “Their actions to undermine the legitimate political process in Wisconsin are the final straw. Starting today we fight back.” The statement goes on to accuse the brothers of creating fake grassroots groups to oppose the unions in order to cheaply gain a monopoly on Wisconsin’s power utilities.

The statement also called for boycotts on U.S. brands including Dixie, Brawny and Angel Soft.

Back in the offline world, more than 100,000 Wisconsinites have taken to the streets in Madison and some continue to occupy the State’s capitol building.

The attack on the Tea-Party-associated Koch brothers is the latest in Anonymous’ increasingly political actions, and not one that all members of the group seem to support. One member of the group who says he was associated with the earlier hack of security firm HBGary told me via instant message that he wasn’t involved with the Koch takedown, and that proposals to attack the Tea Party have been unpopular within the group’s ranks. A blog post about another Anonymous threat to take down Tea-Party-related websites posted to AnonNews.org was ranked among the least popular on the site.

“Anonymous does not approve,” wrote one user on the site. Another questioned whether the Tea Party might not have some ideals in common with the libertarian hacker collective. “Interestingly the rank and file of the [Tea Party] probably share similar views as we do in relation to many aspects of freedom, it seems they are co-opted by business at the top levels but not lower down at all,” writes the anonymous commenter. “Makes me wonder if hitting the baggers is more useful than trying to steal them from big business.”

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There has been a lot of information brought to light about the alleged backdoor dealings between the billionaire Koch brothers and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in the weeks since public employees began protesting attempts to strip them of their collective bargaining rights. The debate that began in Wisconsin has spread nation-wide, organizations are reporting on Walker’s budget provision to allow no-bid contracts of that state’s power plants, and even the group of hacktivists known as Anonymous are firing back at Koch-funded fronts like Americans for Prosperity and the Tea Party.

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http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/hbgary-federal-ceo-aaron-barr-steps-down-022811

Embattled CEO Aaron Barr says he is stepping down from his post at HBGary Federal to allow the company to move on after an embarassing data breach.

The announcement comes three weeks after Barr became the target of a coordinated attack by members of the online mischief making group Anonymous, which hacked into HBGary Federal's computer network and published tens of thousands of company e-mail messages on the Internet. HBGary did not respond to telephone and e-mail requests for comments on Barr's resignation.

In an interview with Threatpost, Barr said that he is stepping down to allow himself and the company he ran to move on in the wake of the high profile hack.


“I need to focus on taking care of my family and rebuilding my reputation," Barr said in a phone interview. "It’s been a challenge to do that and run a company. And, given that I’ve been the focus of much of bad press, I hope that, by leaving, HBGary and HBGary Federal can get away from some of that. I’m confident they’ll be able to weather this storm.”

The group conducted a preemptive strike on HBGary after Barr was quoted in a published article saying that he had identified the leadership of the group and planned to disclose their identities at the B-Sides Security Conference in San Francisco.

By combining a SQL injection attack on HBGary's Web site with sophisticated social engineering attacks, the group gained access to the company's Web- and e-mail servers as well as the Rootkit.com Web site, a site also launched by HBGary founder Greg Hoaglund. Ultimately, the group defaced HBGary's Web site and disgorged the full contents of e-mail accounts belonging to Barr, Hoglund and other company executives.

Though Barr and HBGary were the victims of the hack, the contents of the e-mail messages divulged plans that cast both in an unflattering light. Among them were data mining efforts and mentions of possible disinformation campaigns on behalf of a "large U.S. bank" and the law firm that represents the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that seem to run afoul of civil liberties and professional ethics.

HBGary counted many U.S. government agencies, including the Department of Defense, CIA and NSA as customers. The disclosure of e-mail messages from the company poses a major security risk to those organizations, as well as individuals who had corresponded with the firm. The breach also raises troubling questions about the direction that HBGary and other Beltway firms have taken. Email exchanges published online revealed the firm to be at work on a variety of plans to do data mining and information operations on U.S. organizations and journalists on behalf of clients including law firms representing a large U.S. bank and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Most recently, the incident spilled into the mainstream, with comedian Stephen Colbert devoting a segment of his Colbert Report program on February 24 to the HBGary hack.

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# Jonlabove_normal jonlabove RT @atopiary: Aaron Barr has quit! Join our party on IRC: http://irc.lc/Anonops/AnonLeaks | Official party music: http://bit.ly/gSTPN7 #HBGary #Anonymous 2 minutes ago via web

Original Party Hard music

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ANOTHER note to journalists.

Those of you monitoring this war of press releases are witnessing the explosion of what has been a growing rift inAnonymous. There are two main camps worth discussing: ³oldfags´ and ³newfags,´ the latter sometimes known as ³moralfags.´

Oldfags are the group most associated with the controversial board 4chan. They are avid consumers (and likelyproducers) of child porn, and pics and vids of gore, including decapitated people, and tortured and dismembered animals - often acts perpetrated by oldfags themselves for the enjoyment of their inhuman brethren. They arenihilists, sociopaths and sadists. They have no perceptible morality or ethics, and are only interested in ³lulz´ thatcome at a cost of pain and suffering to others. These oldfags often sympathize with the Tea Party and other similarly antisocial brands of anarchism. They cannot be trusted to do the right thing, and in fact, can usually betrusted to do the most horrible things imaginable. They are skilled at chaos and destruction, however, and driven by an egotistical, narcissistic will that all should fear. Evil is a good definition for what oldfags represent. Fortunately,this group is small, and their influence on the ranks of Anonymous is rapidly diminishing. Anonymous only owes these cretins thanks for the meme of Anonymous, a meme which would mean little if it had not been expanded to represent newfag-style hacktivism for causes greater than the sick fulfillment of wounded, twisted egos that hate everything in the world.

Newfags are very different. While we share a lack of respect for the flawed laws of men that serve only the powerfuland wealthy - the oppressors - we have a higher purpose: The dignity of humanity and its expression and fulfillment within the framework of a new civilization, currently under development in the form of the internet. Newfags envision humanity shaking off the shackles of authority, greed and apathetic powers that have little to do with the collective will of humanity. Anonymous, newfags believe, is itself a powerful facet of that collective will of humanity, a voice growing stronger by the day. Like oldfags, we treasure lulz, but get our kicks from those acts and ideas of creative destruction that empower humanity, not diminish it.

In the end, we encourage the media and people everywhere to accept us for what we are. A flawed entity, but one that is more good than evil, a trait we share with each individual human, and with humanity as a whole. We ask that you help us be a better person. Look beyond our weaknesses and see us for our strengths, as this will help those traits develop more fully, and help us outgrow our pathetic roots.

We are Anonymous.
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.

Expect us ± always

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Anonymous are Not Your Personal Army. I do not claim that I am or Speak for Anonymous. I do know that At least 100 years ago there was a time when Anonymous stood for nothing. Thats right nothing, but for one exception: Anonymous stood for the free and open exchange of information online, and freedom of speech. Anonymous did not stand for truth, justice, and the American way. They did not stand for equality, or rights, or anything else. They were not co-ordinated with anyone, They had no allegiance (save for a tenuous one with each other) and they certainly had no guiding purpose. They despised white knights, trolled to facebook accounts of the newly deceased for lulz, mocked moralfags, and had fun at the expense of others for no other reason then because they wanted to show the world that they can do what they want online. Why did they do that? Because that is what Anonymous was about: doing whatever you want online....for the lulz. It used to be that they only attacked those who want to get in the way of the flow of information. They were not 12, and they knew exactly what this was. They had no leaders, and no structure (see pic for perfect diagram of the anonymous hierarchy)

Now something has happened, everywhere I look it sounds like im sitting in some fucking University Sociology class with a bunch of newfags talking about how we need to be getting politically active. Anonymous is not some leftwing sockpuppet to do the bidding of unions and Rachel Maddow. Nor are they all a bunch of Ron Paul loving teapartyfags. Anonymous consists of everything from Anarchists, to Libertarians, to Conservatives, Liberals and anything else on the political spectrum. There were all kinds of people, we even had those who don't count as people (women - looking at you here) being Anonymous.

So please newfags, Fuck off and stop riding Anonymous' coat-tails. Magnanimous, you ripped off the logo, imitated anonspeak, and ended your statement with a slightly modified version of the tagline. You are poseurs. Die in a fire. You have never seen the Marblcake, you have no thrust vectoring so your skies are owned by real Anons, you have come to the wrong place, you have messed with football, and more importantly, you have closed the pool with your aids. All your efforts efforts to imitate and goad Anonymous into doing your bidding fail. You make Chips handon look legit and it's time to stop. Thank you for your time.

The return to what we once wereI call, operation chaotic neutral

I am not anonymous,

I am not legion

I forgive

I forget

Don't expect me - evar (I'm to busy masturbating to chubbies on 4chan)

P.S.Pic included with this post gives a perfect representation of the structure of Anonymous.

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Op dinsdag 1 maart 2011 02:10 schreef truepositive het volgende:
Bedankt voor het constant updaten van deze thread, ik heb besloten dat dit dagelijks nieuws gaat worden voor mij

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley experienced a "very sensitive" break-in to its network by the same China-based hackers who attacked Google Inc's computers more than a year ago, Bloomberg reported, citing leaked emails from an Internet security company.

The emails from the Sacramento, California-based computer security firm HBGary Inc said that Morgan Stanley -- the first financial institution identified in the series of attacks -- considered details of the intrusion a closely guarded secret, the report said.

Bloomberg quoted Phil Wallisch, a senior security engineer at HBGary, as saying that he read an internal Morgan Stanley report detailing the so-called Aurora attacks.

The HBGary emails don't indicate what information may have been stolen from Morgan Stanley's databanks or which of the world's largest merger adviser's multinational operations were targeted, according to the report.

Representatives for HBGart were not immediately available for comment.

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http://www.washingtonpost(...)AR2011022805810.html
A group of House Democrats is calling on Republican leaders to investigate a prominent Washington law firm and three federal technology contractors, who have been shown in hacked e-mails discussing a "disinformation campaign" against foes of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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http://blogs.forbes.com/a(...)-with-bar-complaint/
The nuclear fallout from HBGary’s tangle with the hacker collective Anonymous has blown into the territory of another player in the scandal: Hunton & Williams, the law firm that solicited proposals from HBGary on behalf of clients like Bank of America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Kevin Zeese, a lawyer with the NGOs VelvetRevolution.us and StopTheChamber.com, filed a complaint with the Washington, D.C. Bar Association earlier this week against John Woods, Richard Wyatt Jr., and Robert Quackenboss, three members of the law firm Hunton & Williams, seeking their disbarment. The complaint alleges a long list of misbehavior that includes domestic spying, cyber stalking, spear phishing, cyber attacks, and theft.

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Nature of anonymous operations makes fbi arrests difficult

The world is still somewhat perplexed over Anonymous Operations, the group of online activists who temporarily shut down the websites of PayPal and Mastercard in retaliation for actions against WikiLeaks.

The organization, composed of anonymous users, has few if any official stances and no political orientation. Their activities have ranged from helping activists in Iran and Egypt, to launching cyberattacks against Amazon.com, to providing information that led to the arrest of an animal abuser.

While the FBI is targeting its members for arrest—particularly those involved in the Mastercard cyberattacks, and more recently against security company HBGary—finding a group with no leadership and whose members may or may not engage in illegal activities could prove difficult.

“Anonymous has no definite structure or leadership. It is merely a name that people use. Therefore, it’s hard to put a number on Anonymous at all, let alone the amount of people that engage in such actions,” said a member of Anonymous in an e-mail interview, who requested to be cited as “Anonymous.”

Even among Anonymous Operations (AnonOps) members, there are disagreements around the ethics of each given operation.

According to Anonymous, the different views are “the nature of the organization,” adding “consensus is not only unnecessary, but also often not reached amongst Anonymous members. We all choose, and are responsible for, our personal actions. Many of us choose perfectly legal avenues of dissent.”

A recent press release from members of AnonOps apologizes for the actions of some of its members. “We have invaded the privacy of corporations, and no matter what other Anons say, the standard behind Anonymous did not agree with the HBGary hit,” states the press release. “In fact, many of us are waiting for those who were involved in that Operation to be taken in by the law and will not associate with that sort of outlet.”

Since they have no leadership, however, there are also problems of individuals trying to represent the group as a whole or starting operations on their own.

Their most recent project, “Operation Wisconsin,” is targeting Wisconsin-based company Koch Industries, which they believe “recently started to manipulate the political agenda in Wisconsin,” according to an AnonOps press release.

Another press release, published on their AnonNews website, states otherwise: “While some Anons are undoubtedly passionate about this issue, it would be a mistake to report that Anonymous is targeting the Koch brothers, or are even uniform in their opinion of collective bargaining rights of public employees at the state level.”

Some operations also fizzle out due to lack of wide support from AnonOps members. One in particular, “Operation 1984,” was announced with a clock counting down the minutes to when it would launch. Months later, the operation never happened.

AnonOps members say they’re unsure of what happened to Operation 1984. “I don’t think anyone cared for it. It was just an operation setup by a bunch of guys,” said an AnonOps member in their official IRC chat for journalists, who requested to be cited as “Anon.”

Not all of their operations are malicious either. A large part of their “Operation Freedom” to support activists, including those in Egypt and Libya, is sending a “Care Package.”

The package is a file containing information and tools. Among them are guides to circumvent government Internet blockades, first aid information, and even a tool to remove the Tunisian government’s phishing scripts that steal e-mail and social networking accounts.

Their main tool, however, is a free program called Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) that launches distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on websites. A DDoS attack can shut down a website by overloading it.

They also recently obtained the binaries of the Stuxnet computer virus through e-mails stolen from HBGary. Stuxnet is the virus used to destroy nuclear centrifuges at Iran’s nuclear power plant.

According to Anon, however, they have no plans to use it. “Not sure how we could use a virus designed to destroy SCADA systems,” Anon said, adding that the binaries were already available.

“[The] vulnerabilities have been patched by now,” stated another member, also by the name “Anon,” who added, “it’s basically ... uninteresting.”

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Calls to hack Gaddafi's personal webpage
Tuesday, 01 March 2011 11:27

There have been calls for protesters across Libya for cyber hacker to attack the Libyan dictators personal page at http://www.algathafi.org/html-arabic/index.htm this request has been personally targeted at the infamous hackers that call them selves anonymous.

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AliTweel my opinion: to stop Libyans from killing each other, the truth must be revealed, this will not be possible without stopping LibyanTV's lies.

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LibyanAffairs ACTION NOW: PLZ email/call/fax NileSat to block Libyan State TV becuz they are promoting violence! http://bit.ly/dZ0Fto #Egypt #Libya #Feb17

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http://networkedblogs.com/eUaK7

I am completely fascinated with the work/antics of the internet hactivists know as Anonymous. They have it seems, become at least in part, the Robin Hood of the intertubes.

You may not agree with their motives or their actions but the undercover group has become downright legendary. They fearlessly stand up against organizations that terrify many such as, Scientology. They defend freedom of information by guaranteeing space for Wikileaks. They help oppressed, war ravaged people comunicate and (as of the writing of this post) they do interesting little things like shut down the hate-filled Westboro Baptist Church’s website, “godhatesfags.com” for 7 days (and counting.)

The mysteries that surround the group bring up more questions than answers.

Are they preventing free speech while trying to preserve it? A little.
Are they breaking the law? Yes, in some cases.
Is it for the greater good? The jury is still out.

And now the question is: Are they feminists?

Anonymous has started a campaign to encourage women to come on board as supporters called, Anonymiss.



Anonymiss

Taken from the Anonymous news website:

Gentlemen,

tell your girlfriends, your wives, your sisters, your mothers, that we protect their freedom of speech all around the world. And tell them that it will be even more protected if they protect it themselves. And if they don’t do it for the fun, tell them to do it for the innumerable censored women all over the planet. Don’t be a wanker : share our ideal!

A quick search on the #anonymiss hash tag on twitter brings up topics ranging from teaching women how to seek online privacy by getting behind a proxy, to being an activist for the group, to joining their IRC network, to talking about getting more “hot” girls online. Hmmmm, not sure about that last one and I’m not sure what the outcome of this will be, but they have my attention.

So what do YOU make of this? Is Anonymiss pro-feminism or quite the opposite? What do you think the goal of this operation is? Could it be helpful to encourage freedom for women in oppressed places? Will it encourage more women in technology? Does anyone know where I can get a black tailored suit?

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http://www.escapistmagazi(...)consin-Labor-Dispute

No longer content to be hacker watchdogs, Anonymous is now apparently blowing the whistle on the underlying government corruption in the Wisconsin brouhaha.

Anonymous brought down the Americans for Prosperity website with a DDoS attack and released a statement asking us all to boycott Koch Industries products like Quilted Northern, Angel Soft and Dixie cups. The statement claimed that the billionaire brothers Koch are undermining the democracy of our country through funding organizations to protest against the state workers of Wisconsin who are fighting for their right to negotiate their contracts as a group. Anonymous believes Koch Industries is doing this in order to profit and not because of any interest in furthering the political process. As of press time, however, the Americans for Prosperity website is back online.

The goings-on in Wisconsin have been the talk of the mainstream news in America the last few weeks. The newly elected Governor of the state previously best known for its dairy products and football teams proposed a bill that would seriously curtail state-paid workers (including teachers) medical benefits and make it illegal for them to negotiate with the state as a consolidated group. Removing the labor unions' right to collective bargaining will effectively render them useless organizations, and even though Governor Scott Walker says that he is more concerned with balancing his budget, he says he won't budge on outlawing collective bargaining.

Enter Anonymous. The hacker group discovered a little-noticed clause in the bill proposed by Walker which would allow the state to sell its utilities to anyone it chose, at any price, without the public even being notified. This clause would allow companies like Koch Industries to purchase publicly owned utility plants, and Anonymous believes this is the reason that Koch-funded "grassroots" organizations like Americans For Prosperity, Club for Growth and Citizens United are supporting Walker's plan to rid the unions of their collective power.

"It has come to our attention that the brothers, David and Charles Koch - the billionaire owners of Koch Industries - have long attempted to usurp American Democracy. Their actions to undermine the legitimate political process in Wisconsin are the final straw. Starting today we fight back," a statement purportedly from Anonymous read.

At first glance, it seems that the hacker conglomerate Anonymous is gaining legitimacy in furthering its own political agenda of freedom of information and empowering the downtrodden. Many people, myself included, want to picture this loosely-held together group of posters on a forum as something grander than they actually are. One or two, or even twenty so-called "members" of Anonymous might support the unions in Wisconsin, but there are just as many - if not more - who think the whole mess is a load of political bullshit that's not worth their attention. As one Anonymous member writes, "Anonymous is not some leftwing sockpuppet to do the bidding of unions and Rachel Maddow. Nor are they all a bunch of Ron Paul loving teapartyfags. Anonymous consists of everything from Anarchists, to Libertarians, to Conservatives, Liberals and anything else on the political spectrum."

Anonymous even has a handy guide for people who are too quick to equate the group's actions with some overarching political agenda:

Anonymous has no official position on abortion
Anonymous has no official position on tax policy
Anonymous has no official position on health care
Anonymous has no official position on collective bargaining agreements
Anonymous has no official position on campaign finance reform
Anonymous has no official position on the Tea Party
Anonymous has no official position on the Democratic Party
Anonymous has no official position on the Republican Party
Anonymous has no official position on the Green Party
Anonymous has no official position on global warming
Anonymous has no official position on off-shore drilling
Anonymous has no official position on budget deficits
Anonymous has no official position on George Soros
Anonymous has no official position on the Koch brothers
Anonymous has no official position on Fox News
Anonymous has no official position on MSNBC
Anonymous has no official position on CNN
Anonymous has no official position on NAFTA
Anonymous has no official position on the IMF or World Bank
Anonymous has no official position on Wall Street
Anonymous has no official position on entitlement programs
Anonymous has no official position on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
Anonymous has a very fucking official position on LULZ

I don't know why, but that list makes me happy. My faith in the hackerdom of Anonymous is restored.

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http://www.dailykos.com/s(...)p-Palantir-Do-it-now

Anonymous' counterattack against HBGary and the network of federal contractors and even government agencies that colluded in unethical and perhaps illegal activities in an effort to destroy Glenn Greenwald, Wikileaks, and various unions has yielded a number of victories for decency and transparency. Still, our work - which is yours as well - is far from over. Thus it is that we invite you to consider the following:

1. Facebook heavy Peter Thiel is pimping the firm Palantir, in which he has invested quite heavily, as the next big thing.

2. Palantir was involved in the HBGary affair, itself one of the most incredible and ostentatious conspiracies to have been revealed in years.

3. Nonetheless, Palantir initially "cut off ties" from HBGary in such a way as to leave the blame with that firm...

4. ... despite the fact that their own employee, who was presumably not working unsupervised despite insane claims to the contrary by Palantir, was heavily involved in some of the most disgusting plans.

5. After we discovered the extent of his role, I contacted Steckman via e-mail to provide terms of surrender a couple Fridays ago (and forwarded to press to protect myself). I received a call from the firm's head counsel an hour later (which I recorded and provided to a journalist, again to protect myself). He and I agreed on a conference call for 1:00 pm EST the next day - one which they seem to have decided not to attend.

6. Palantir is lying.

7. What follows is a guide, prepared by Anonymous lawyers (seriously - we have those now) which I have provided to Glenn Greenwald and other relevant parties. Now is the time to distribute it in such a way as to help ensure that a firm like Palantir does not end up being any sort of Facebook or even a ChipsAhoy.com.

8. By downloading an IRC client and joining irc.anonops.in #anonleaks, anyone may also join us in our targeted rampage against the parties that have engaged in what I would refer to as the "politics of personal destruction" were Anonymous not so rightly intent on the personal destruction of those who brought the U.S. to this sad and degenerate age.

9. We do not forgive.

10. We do not forget.

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http://www.anonnews.org/?p=press&a=item&i=619

Open Letter To The World

We stand at a unique time in our history, the rise of the internet and computer technology have contributed to an unparalleled rate of prosperity for the First World.

We have created for ourselves and empire unlike any other, a global network of constant trade and communication, a new age of technological advancement. We have come a long way from our humble roots in the Industrial Revolution and the days of Manifest Destiny. We are now pioneers on new digital frontiers expanding our domain from the quantum world to the far reaches of space.

And yet, the empire faces a crisis, a global recession, growing poverty, rampant violence, corruption in politics, and threats to personal freedom. As it was before in other times of crisis, the old stories have begun to repeat themselves. The half truths, this time repeated nightly on cable news and echoed through a series of tubes onto the internet: the empire is strong, change is unwise, business as usual is the answer. In times of uncertainty there are those who seek to add to the confusion, to prey on our insecurities and fears. Those who would seek to keep us divided for their own gain. The pervasive strategy takes many very convincing forms: Liberals and Conservatives, Christians and Muslims, Black and White, Saved and sinner.

But something unexpected is happening. We have begun telling each other our own stories. Sharing our lives, our hopes, our dreams, our demons. Every second, day in day out, into all hours of the night the gritty details of life on this earth are streaming around the world. As we see the lives of others played out in our living rooms we are beginning to understand the consequences of our actions and the error of the old ways. We are questioning the old assumptions that we are made to consume not to create, that the world was made for our taking, that wars are inevitable, that poverty is unavoidable. As we learn more about our global community a fundamental truth has been rediscovered: We are not so different as we may seem. Every human has strengths, weaknesses, and deep emotions. We crave love, love laughter, fear being alone and dream for a better life.

You must create a better life.

You cannot sit on the couch watching television or playing video games, waiting for a revolution. You are the revolution. Every time you decide not to exercise your rights, every time you refuse to hear another view point, every time you ignore the world around you, every time you spend a dollar at a business that doesn't pay a fair wage you are contributing to the oppression of the human body and the repression of the human mind. You have a choice, a choice to take the easy path, the familiar path, to walk willingly into your own submission. Or a choice get up, to go outside and talk to your neighbor, to come together in new forums to create lasting, meaningful change for the human race.

This is our challenge:

A peaceful revolution, a revolution of ideas, a revolution of creation. The twenty-first century enlightenment. A global movement to create a new age of tolerance and understanding, empathy and respect. An age of unfettered technological development. An age of sharing ideas and cooperation. An age of artistic and personal expression. We can choose to use new technology for radical positive change or let it be used against us. We can choose to keep the internet free, keep channels of communication open and dig new tunnels into those places where information is still guarded. Or we can let it all close in around us. As we move in to new digital worlds, we must acknowledge the need for honest information and free expression. We must fight to keep the internet open as a marketplace of ideas where all are seated as equals. We must defend our freedoms from those who would seek to control us. We must fight for those who do not yet have a voice. Keep telling your story. All must be heard.

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http://www.thehackernews.(...)-from-anonymous.html

Anonymous

We are anonymous, and we are Legion, for every one of us you find, and everyone you manage to take down, ten shall take his place, we do not forgive, we are many and therefor can’t forget. We have conflicting goals and wants, yet we act as one, therefor we are the face of chaos, we are the perfect observer, composed of people from every standpoint and therefor impartial and the only true Harbingers of judgment.

We laugh in the face of tragedy, we mock those in pain, we ruin the lives of other people simply because we can, these things we do for the lolz and we do them with no remorse, no caring, no love, and no sense of morality, we attack all things in this way, we can, we will, and we have destroyed countless that stand to harm anonymous.

Our power lies with our numbers. We choice to use loic in our attacks. We do this because it limits our strength to our numbers. This is a good thing. It prevents people from attacking on their own, in the name of Anonymous. Yet we have spread our ranks to thin. With so many operations we are ineffective, and we are made weak.

I recommend we put all operations on hold and start Operation Shutdown.
On March 4th we will likely be presented with a rare opportunity. This chance will be given to us by the very corruption that we must rid the US government of. On March 4th the US government will shutdown and all nonessential government functions will be put on hold. This gives us a chance to show the world that we are a force to be listened to. This will give us a chance to gain leverage. This will give us an undeniable voice in the world.

We must attack while they are weak or they will eventually land a crippling blow. Besides think of the lolz

We are anonymous
We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us.

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parnell44 RT @Think4Freedom: ICARUS has crash-landed. No Op, voted down! We repeat: NO OP! Voted down! RT @AnonymousIRC #anonymous #AnonOps #anon #cnn #fail #Honeypot !!

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Bank of America Accidentally Shuts Down Web Site Trying to Delete Evidence of Fraud

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http://www.benningtonvale(...)ally-shuts-down.html
Bartholomew Hyootner, a San Narciso-based IT specialist who’s been following the situation, said, “My preliminary findings suggest that a BofA network geek accidentally deleted thousands of customer records instead of the evidence that proved bank officials knowingly sold billions worth of toxic securities to investors. Happens all the time. One database table gets confused with another. It’s an honest mistake.”

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Op woensdag 2 maart 2011 22:26 schreef truepositive het volgende:


Hopenlijk weten ze daar binnenkort dan ook wat smeuïge informatie uit te slepen.

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#hiyabrad RT @OfficialAnonOps: www.anti-piracy.nl has been taken down by #Anonymous #AnonOps 15 minutes ago via web

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Will Anonymous become the great equalizer?

The once infamous hackers have shaken off their image of sophomoric pranksters and emerged on the world stage as a serious digital posse of hacktivists. From Egypt, to Libya, to Wisconsin, this amorphous collective of wireless wizards have shown impressive strength and proficiency. Their ability to respond quickly and effectively to situations around the globe put traditional government and military forces to shame. They’ve executed their operations with an increasing level of effectiveness, impacting the abusive powers whom they target, while respecting and protecting critical services of the innocents they support.

As their ranks swell, so does the depth of their collective personality. From youthful beginnings Anonymous has matured into a force to be reckoned with. Actions are carefully considered, contingency plans established, and outcomes weighed. The speed and responsiveness of a collective community allows for the simultaneous consideration of a multitude of options, the processing of objectives, and the establishment of action plans, or operations.

Operations Payback, Paperstorm, Leakspin, Egypt, Libya, Wisconsin, and KochBlock have each elevated the functioning level and responsiveness of Anonymous. While none have been a failure, each endeavor has built on the strengths of the last. Technology, ingenuity, and flexibility have been the key to Anonymous’ success.

In each case that the Anonymous collective has arrived at a consensus and executed an operation a full statement of their goals and reasons have been published with a clarity that the governments of the world seem unable to accomplish. Their reputation for effectiveness is quickly becoming rivaled by their reputation for integrity.



As the uprising for democracy and equality grows across the globe, so will the role of Anonymous. Unrestrained by borders, time-zones, corporate funding or politics, Anonymous is becoming a crucial force in that struggle. Free from authoritarian leadership, and seemingly immune to traditional forms of repression, Anonymous may be the best hope we have of ensuring that the Internet stays accessible for activists, organizers, and revolutionaries.

As global capitalism tries to hang on to a faltering empire voices of dissent will be met with more and more severe obstacles. As the status quo is challenged, the challenge to those seeking justice will be increased. A strong, flexible, responsible support system will be needed to realize the changes envisioned. Anonymous has already become a significant actor in world affairs and is only beginning to scratch the surface of its true potential.

We can all be a part of that support system. We all should be a part of that support system. Anonymous is not a closed community, does not have an application form, and does not collect dues. While Anonymous is pretty much ubiquitous on the web, if you’re interested, you can start here. Anonymous provides the possibility for possibilities and is quickly becoming the great equalizer.