Hackers Arrested as Turkey Embraces Big Brother
Jun 14, 2011 Turkish police made a successful foray into the hacking community Monday with the arrests of 32 suspected local members of Anonymous after the group's attack on a government telecommunications website Thursday.
Estimated 1 in 4 U.S. Hackers Working for the Man
Jun 7, 2011 One year after suspected WikiLeaker Pfc. Bradley Manning was outed to the FBI by his confidant, Adrian Lamo, the hacking community is steeped in tension and mistrust, with the publisher of a popular trade journal estimating that a quarter of all U.S. hackers are recruited informers for the federal government.
Hackers to the Rescue
Jun 6, 2011 This weekend, hackers from around the world met at "hackathon" events to tackle climate change and disaster-risk management during the semiannual Random Hacks of Kindness global conference. (more)
Anonymous Leaks BofA Exposé
Mar 14, 2011 The hacktivist group Anonymous has thus far distinguished itself primarily with its public grapplings with Scientology, but now the network of online provocateurs has edged into WikiLeaks territory with its first release of potentially compromising information about a Bank of America subsidiary.
Anonymous Returns
Mar 5, 2011 Hacker group Anonymous takes down a Koch-backed website, two GOP groups plan to spend $120 million on the 2012 campaign, and sex in a Northwestern University classroom. These discoveries and more after the jump.
The WikiLeaks Hacker War Rages On
Dec 10, 2010 They've successfully targeted MasterCard's and Visa's websites, but the coalition of hack-savvy cyber-protesters taking the name Anonymous apparently missed their mark when it came to tripping up monster e-retailer Amazon on Thursday. Updated with video
Payback Time for MasterCard in WikiLeaks Cyber-Clash
Dec 9, 2010 A group of hackers organized under the familiar moniker of Anonymous (remember those anti-Scientology demonstrations?) has registered its collective disapproval of MasterCard and the Swedish prosecution authority for participating in the censure of WikiLeaks and founder Julian Assange by, fittingly, compromising the functionality of their websites.
Funding Campaigns … Anonymously
Feb 28, 2010 The ridiculous Supreme Court decision to let corporations spend whatever they want on behalf of political candidates just got more ridiculous: Lawyers say that under the ruling there's a loophole that would allow companies to do so anonymously.
Palin’s Hacked E-Mail Gets a ‘G’ Rating
Sep 18, 2008 Anonymous, an Internet-based group best known for pranking and protesting the Church of Scientology, apparently hacked Sarah Palin's Yahoo Mail account and posted images of her inbox and correspondence on the Web. The McCain campaign condemned the "shocking invasion," which turned up nothing of substantial juiciness.Hello, Ralph Nader, We Are Anonymous
Feb 27, 2008 If you've never seen any of the anti-Scientology videos of "Anonymous," this clip might seem a bit strange. While we would never compare Ralph Nader to the Church of Scientology, this spot-on parody is probably worth your 2 minutes and 21 seconds. Unless you're one of those titans of industry who makes a million dollars a minute. Then it probably isn't.
