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Anonymous did not attack Stratfor
- verroq 15y agoAnyone can call themselves Anonmyous, and use its name for anything.
- hsmyers 15y agoBoth a strength and a weakness...
- krasin 15y agoAnonymice should start using colors to distinguish between each other.
- cabalamat 15y agoDigital signatures would be better.
- jimmyjim 15y agoSo far as I have observed, while the group is loosely-knit, and really is in concept "anyone" -- in terms of general perception by media and people there rather actually is some consensus of who is more Anonymous than the other. And that's on the basis of who historically carried out most of the attacks, as were reported/confirmed on Twitter by Sabu ( https://twitter.com/anonymouSabu https://twitter.com/anonymouSabu ) and AnonymousIRC ( https://twitter.com/AnonymousIRC https://twitter.com/AnonymousIRC ). Sabu was the de facto leader of LulzSec (the most technically able person in LulzSec -- the only member of LulzSec who's in fact still on the run) and he seems to be promoting the leak pretty persistently. AnonymousIRC did also take responsibility for this one.
- Apocryphon 15y agoSo really, we should view the attacks as committed by LulzSec members under the banner of Anonymous, but not Anon "proper", correct?
- mikecane 15y agoI have updated my post with that press release: http://mikecanex.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/anonymous-antisec-takes-down-stratfor/ http://mikecanex.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/anonymous-antisec-...
- Permit 15y agoMan it's a good thing I have this pastebin post to discredit my other pastebin post.
- jimrandomh 15y agoYep, saw that coming. Some people tried to build a group identity and reputation around the name "Anonymous", made it fashionable, and now every spook, wannabe-spook, and random vandal uses the name, regardless of whether they're associated with the original group or not.
- burgerbrain 15y agoWhat original group? It's highly likely that the first people who used the identity never did any of the things that you've heard of.
- hub_ 15y agopastebin is the new Press Agency. Let me know how it works out for you. Maybe I should pastebin to the world I invented the cure for cancer, or discovered cold fusion.
- Slimy 15y agoHere's what Anonymous did do this holiday: http://www.techmeme.com/111220/p19#a111220p19 http://www.techmeme.com/111220/p19#a111220p19
- anonamoose 15y agothe plot thickens?! http://pastebin.com/DVNWEQDf http://pastebin.com/DVNWEQDf
- EGreg 15y agoAs I said, it's tough to be anonymous and not be spoofed at the same time. Perhaps this is not the real anonymous? Or maybe it is. This group is vulnerable to having their aims completely diluted for precisely this reason - that they are anonymous :P The question is - does anyone at Anonymous actually know if the other people were not also part of Anonymous? Why do they have any more right to be called Anonymous than someone else? Oh the anonymousness...
- jonhendry 15y agoIt'd be funny if people started doing completely mundane things under the banner of Anonymous. For example, posting the receipt from a Coinstar machine. THIS CHANGE RECEIPT IS THE WORK OF ANONYMOUS TOTAL: $1.35 We are Anonymous We do not forgive We do not forget Expect us
- regularfry 15y agoLive by the sword, die by the sword. If you claim a global mandate, it means you don't get to disavow anyone's actions.
- ThaddeusQuay2 15y agoWe won't have the final word on this matter until we hear from http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=anonymous http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=anonymous.
- nkoren 15y agoUnfortunately for Anonymous, false-flag ops against it are entirely too easy to pull off. Perhaps if it had some way of identifying itself with a public key...
- asto 15y agoFor those who don't know who "Sabu" is: Sabu is an alleged leader of the hacking group LulzSec. He features prominently in the group's published IRC chats, and is a supporter of the "Free Topiary" campaign. The Economist refers to Sabu as one of LulzSec's six core members and their "most expert" hacker. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu_(hacktivist) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabu_(hacktivist)
- Zirro 15y ago"Some people are more Anonymous than others"