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How Your Bullshit Anonymous Hacking Threats Get Made
Adrian Chen · 11/07/11 02:24PMEach day seems to bring a new video from the hacktivist collective Anonymous threatening some spectacular attack, then everyone freaks out. This week, Anonymous is threatening to disrupt the Iowa Caucuses. After a month of fake Anonymous scares, we call bullshit.
We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists: Or, 101 Guy Fawkeses
Lauri Apple · 11/06/11 12:22PMHere's the trailer for We Are Legion, a documentary featuring members and supporters of the Anonymous hacker collective and various commentators whose names and titles aren't provided yet, so we don't know who they are. But they seem knowledgeable enough!
Exciting-Sounding 'Cyber Prison Breaks' Worrying the Feds
Lauri Apple · 11/05/11 05:12PMIt Pays to Be the Face of Anonymous
Adrian Chen · 11/04/11 05:47PMSpokesman Says Anonymous Will Use 25,000 Stolen Emails to Expose Mexican Drug Cartel
Adrian Chen · 11/03/11 01:42PMScarlett Johansson Hacker Pleads Not Guilty After Apologizing for Hacking Scarlett Johansson
Adrian Chen · 11/03/11 11:47AMElaborate Anonymous Sting Snags 190 Kiddie Porn Fans
Adrian Chen · 11/02/11 10:47AMAnonymous Threatens to Take Down Violent Mexican Drug Cartel
Lauri Apple · 10/30/11 05:01PMThe Zetas—a Mexican drug cartel believed to be responsible for numerous beheadings, murders, and acts of mayhem—got on the wrong side of the hacker collective Anonymous after allegedly kidnapping one of their members in Veracruz. Now Anonymous has issued an ultimatum: Release our man by November 5, or we'll expose your identities, addresses, and allies.
600,000 Facebook Logins Are Hijacked Every Day
Adrian Chen · 10/28/11 11:39AMFacebook thought it was bragging when it announced recently that just 0.06% of its 1 billion daily user logins were made by hijacked accounts. But that's a hell of a lot of logins by hackers and spammers: 600,000/day, according to Sophos. Their new incredibly complicated super-friends scheme should fix this.
Hackers Almost Took Control Over Two U.S. Satellites
John Cook · 10/27/11 01:38PMThe Hacker Guru With the World's Best Tour Rider
Adrian Chen · 10/27/11 01:31PMAnti-Censorship Crusaders Threaten to Censor Fox News
Adrian Chen · 10/25/11 12:46PMAnonymous appears to be gathering steam for an attack to "destroy" Fox News on November 5th, for its propaganda against the Occupy Wall Street protest. As awful as Fox News is, this is a very dumb idea.
Anonymous Hacks Police Websites and Data to Support Occupy Wall Street
Adrian Chen · 10/21/11 05:27PMAlthough they had a hand in starting the Occupy Wall Street protest, the hacktivist collective Anonymous has been pretty quiet since it started. No longer: Anonymous claims they just hacked a ton of police sites and leaked usernames and passwords.