Anonymous articles

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  Federal Reserve confirms Anonymous banking hack that leaked personal info of thousands

  By Kimber Streams on February 6, 2013 12:43 pm + 65 comments

  The Federal Reserve has confirmed that it was hacked and that attackers gained access to government Continue reading…

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  Anonymous posts banking industry data dump in ongoing Aaron Swartz protest

  By Adi Robertson on February 4, 2013 12:37 pm + 77 comments

  Since the suicide of activist Aaron Swartz in early January, hackers operating under the Anonymous Continue reading…

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  DDoS: how a tool built by web activists became the ultimate weapon for online oppression

  By Russell Brandom on January 28, 2013 11:30 am + 86 comments

  The most important denial-of-service attack in 2012 didn't make headlines; if you weren't following Continue reading…

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  Anonymous hacks government site, threatens to expose secrets in response to Aaron Swartz's death

  By Aaron Souppouris on January 26, 2013 01:16 pm + 143 comments

  Hacktivist group Anonymous took over the United States Sentencing Service's website earlier today to Continue reading…

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  Anonymous keeps Westboro Baptist Church from picketing Aaron Swartz funeral

  By Amar Toor on January 16, 2013 06:44 am + 102 comments

  The Westboro Baptist Church had plans to stage a protest at the funeral of revered online activist Continue reading…

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  Anonymous replaces MIT websites with Aaron Swartz memorial, calls for copyright reform

  By Joshua Kopstein on January 14, 2013 02:23 am + 114 comments

  Agents of the formless hacktivist collective Anonymous have left a political message on at least two Continue reading…

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  Anonymous petitions the White House to make DDoS attacks a legal form of protesting

  By Ben Kersey on January 9, 2013 05:14 pm + 63 comments

  Anonymous has set up a WhiteHouse.gov online petition to try and make distributed denial of service Continue reading…

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  Steubenville fights online criticism of sexual assault case with its own website

  By Adi Robertson on January 6, 2013 12:05 am + 24 comments

  In the wake of heavy online scrutiny and attacks by Anonymous, the city of Steubenville has launched Continue reading…

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  China may make real-name registration mandatory for all its internet users

  By Bryan Bishop on December 24, 2012 05:54 pm + 43 comments

  Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo has already made it a requirement that its users register Continue reading…

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  Anonymous Twitter account @YourAnonNews allegedly suspended for posting Westboro Baptist Church member's personal information

  By Dante D'Orazio on December 19, 2012 12:23 pm + 26 comments

  Well-known Twitter account @YourAnonNews, which has nearly 800,000 followers, has been suspended. Continue reading…