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| Anonymous - Fighting for the Under Dog |
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| Written by Roger Frost |
| Monday, 16 January 2012 09:14 |
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The loose-knit hacking movement "Anonymous" claimed Sunday to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor. One hacker said the goal was to pilfer funds from individuals' accounts to give away as Christmas donations, and some victims confirmed unauthorized transactions linked to their credit cards. Anonymous traces its roots to the infamous message board on 4Chan.org. Much of the communication on the board takes place in the form of rapid-fire, freewheeling, and often blatantly offensive images and remarks from legions of individuals posting anonymously, riffing on, insulting, and trying to top each other. The most familiar (and misleadingly innocuous) meme to emerge from this iteration-obsessed corner of the Internet is the lolcat phenomenon. 4Chan has been around since 2003, and it's hard to pin down when and to what degree some of the people posting as Anonymous began to think of themselves as a de facto entity of the same name. Anonymous insist they have no centralized operational leadership, which has been a significant hurdle for government and law enforcement entities attempting to curb their actions," an Aug. 1 Homeland Security bulletin noted. "With that being said, we assess with high confidence that Anonymous and associated groups will continue to exploit vulnerable publicly available Web servers, websites, computer networks, and other digital information mediums for the foreseeable future. The hacking group Anonymous claimed via its Twitter feed to have breached servers belonging to NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization military alliance that has largely been responsible for the military defense of Europe since the end of World War II. There has been a lot made of the fact that the files were not really secure documents but "lame" as described by one writer, but then, when does the government or any big agency ever tell that truth. Acting like Robin Hood of old Anonymous has hacked the Stratfor site obtaining credit card info and emails. Anonymous also linked to images online that it suggested were receipts for charitable donations made by the group manipulating the credit card data it stole. "Thank you! Defense Intelligence Agency," read the text above one image that appeared to show a transaction summary indicating that an agency employee's information was used to donate $250 to a non-profit. One receipt - to the American Red Cross - had Allen Barr's name on it. Barr, of Austin, Texas, recently retired from the Texas Department of Banking and said he discovered last Friday that a total of $700 had been spent from his account. Barr, who has spent more than a decade dealing with cybercrime at banks, said five transactions were made in total. "It was all charities, the Red Cross, CARE, Save the Children. Anonymous is not so anonymous anymore. The computer hackers, chat room denizens and young people who comprise the loosely affiliated Internet collective have increasingly turned to questionable tactics, drawing the attention of the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and other federal investigators. In Canada alone we have events that ended some of our freedoms, but at the time seemed innocent enough. Prior to the party affiliation being shown on election ballets, anybody could run based on their abilities and people being able to recognize them, but with the implementation of the Party Symbols being placed on the ballets, now the Prime Minister and parties have control of who will be visible on the ballot....this was not a good thing for Canadian people and instantly changed the face of Canadian politics. About the Author: Learn more about DND IRP Brookfield GRS Information on Relocation. Stop by www.irp-dnd.com for Relocation info. Visit Real Estate Network for DND IRP Military Relocation for Brookfield information. Kindly provided by MoneyHunter.org You are welcome to use this article on your own website, if you include the link just before this text. |
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