I think this is confusing anonymity with pseudonymity. Anonymous hackers don't want anybody knowing about them, pseudonymous ones do want it very much, they jus

I think this is confusing anonymity with pseudonymity. Anonymous hackers don't want anybody knowing about them, pseudonymous ones do want it very much, they just don't want everybody to know their legal name and address and so on, but very much want to know their handles and what they do. These are different modes of operation. I also think there's a bit of survivor bias here - yes, many old-times hackers came out of the shadows of anonymity or pseudonymity, either voluntarily or involuntarily, either because they grew up and got a family and a business and a personal brand, or because they're not into shady stuff that requires hiding anymore, or because whatever they have been doing became so successful one can't be anonymous anymore, etc. That doesn't mean others still don't have anonymity, just NYT did't got to talk to them - because they're anonymous and don't want to talk to NYT either...