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Anonymous takes down El Salvadoran sites

08

Nov

2011

The hacktivist group’s “Operation Justice El Salvador” branch has “tried to attack our website to publicize the private information of internal and external users,” the economy ministry said. According to the AFP report, presidential spokesman David Rivas told reporters that the attack took the form of a distributed denial of service. The attack comes as […]

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The Rise and Fall of Anonymous

22

Oct

2011

Following my previous blog on Francopol 2011, here are some data and slides from my own talk on the Anonymous Group.Anonymous circles are not the only component of hacktivism, merely a loose collection with the highest media profile. Other representatives of this informal protest movement include the “Indignants,” who use social networks around the world […]

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Louise Mensch: 59-year-old arrested in ‘Anonymous email threat’ probe

26

Aug

2011

According to British police, a 59-year-old man has been arrested in connection with threats made against Louise Mensch MP via email and Twitter. Earlier this week, British MP Louise Mensch claimed that she had received a threat against her children from the Anonymous hacktivist group. Mensch, who under her maiden name of Louise Bagshawe has […]

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