Christopher Weatherhead, who called himself "Nerdo" on the internet, was convicted of conspiracy to impair the operation of computers last week. A posh way of saying he was doing DDoS attacks under the Anonymous banner as part of the "Operation Payback" attack on big corporations. Read More >>
A man who calls himself The Lord Of Darkness, or AnonVoldemort, has been brought down to earth by hacking team Anonymous, after he stupidly hacked the site of a local New Zealand kid's charity. Read More >>
Featured comment by chrystz.vermis:
"Great! I have been looking for news about Anonymous.
Helped with my blog post : http://chrystz.blogspot.in/2012/08/anonymous-helps-tracking-hacker-o..." More »
For about a year, Anonymous has been the Internet's greatest spectacle: raucous hacks, federal takedowns, scheming, betrayal and giggles. It's hard not to be entertained by the nihilistic marauders—unless they're threatening your life and children. Read More >>
Featured comment by MENTAL1ST:
"I think it's entirely reasonable for her to attack anonymous, and even to profit from it.
But she's painting a big red target on herself in this f..." More »
The Shorty Awards recognise the shining best in "social media content creators." Those last four words, when strung together, are perhaps the most boring in western civilisation. So why does chaotic Anonymous want a stupid corporate-buzz award? We're wondering too. Read More >>
Featured comment by mightygoose:
"you are completely correct. Also, how much of a point is it to make, if you can beat big corp at their own circlejerk.... and as much as I think Mr Bi..." More »
Anonymous is on a destruction spree lately—after Megaupload was killed, their reaction was swift and powerful. They made it look easy—and that's because thanks to the HOIC (High Orbit Ion Cannon), it is. Here's the newest hacker superweapon. Read More >>
Featured comment by MikJe:
"They are indeed. The UK government monitored 25,000 people in the UK last year.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/15/moj_electronic_monitorin...." More »