Anonymous and LulzSec Join Forces

Staff / Truthdig Jun 21, 2011 Two groups of cyber-rabble-rousers whose members already may share a synergistic relationship are teaming up to do their hacktivism in tandem, and on Monday LulzSec and Anonymous kicked off their "AntiSec" campaign with an auspicious first target. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hackers Arrested as Turkey Embraces Big Brother

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Estimated 1 in 4 U.S. Hackers Working for the Man

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hackers to the Rescue

Staff / Truthdig 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) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Anonymous Leaks BofA Exposé

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Anonymous Returns

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The WikiLeaks Hacker War Rages On

Staff / Truthdig 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 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Payback Time for MasterCard in WikiLeaks Cyber-Clash

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Funding Campaigns … Anonymously

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Palin’s Hacked E-Mail Gets a ‘G’ Rating

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hello, Ralph Nader, We Are Anonymous

Staff / Truthdig 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bye-Bye Baghdad

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2007 A self-confessed "overpaid Department of Defense contractor" writes about his experiences living and working in Baghdad and the suffering of his Iraqi friends, who risk life and limb every day to get by in the "sinking ship" of Iraq. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )