A thrilling, exclusive expose of the hacker collectives Anonymous and LulzSec.
WE ARE ANONYMOUS is the first full account of how a loosely assembled
group of hackers scattered across the globe formed a new kind of
insurgency, seized headlines, and tortured the feds-and the ultimate
betrayal that would eventually bring them down. Parmy Olson goes behind
the headlines and into the world of Anonymous and LulzSec with
unprecedented access, drawing upon hundreds of conversations with the
hackers themselves, including exclusive interviews with all six core
members of LulzSec.
In late 2010, thousands of hacktivists joined a mass digital assault on
the websites of VISA, MasterCard, and PayPal to protest their treatment
of WikiLeaks. Other targets were wide ranging-the websites of
corporations from Sony Entertainment and Fox to the Vatican and the
Church of Scientology were hacked, defaced, and embarrassed-and the
message was that no one was safe. Thousands of user accounts from
pornography websites were released, exposing government employees and
military personnel.
Although some attacks were perpetrated by masses of users who were
rallied on the message boards of 4Chan, many others were masterminded by
a small, tight-knit group of hackers who formed a splinter group of
Anonymous called LulzSec. The legend of Anonymous and LulzSec grew in
the wake of each ambitious hack. But how were they penetrating intricate
corporate security systems? Were they anarchists or activists? Teams or
lone wolves? A cabal of skilled hackers or a disorganized bunch of
kids?
WE ARE ANONYMOUS delves deep into the internet's underbelly to tell the
incredible full story of the global cyber insurgency movement, and its
implications for the future of computer security.
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