Tracy Bloom / TruthdigDec 7, 2012
Hacktivist group Anonymous is going after the former owner of a "revenge porn" site that posted naked photographs of men and women along with their social media accounts. The pictures were often sent by vengeful exes and were published without the people's permission. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 9, 2012
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will publish a book called “Cypherpunks” in late November, based on a conversation hosted on his television show with international “hacktivists” and co-authors Jacob Applebaum, Jeremie Zimmermann and Andy Mueller-Maguhn. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 15, 2012
It's the first day of the HOPE conference, and hackers and technology enthusiasts have come to hear NSA whistle-blower William Binney give the meeting's keynote address. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMar 28, 2012
Fake photographs of Trayvon Martin are being used to diminish public concern about his killing; emails and other documents of the Department of Homeland Security reveal that the hacktivist group Anonymous was investigated as a dangerous security threat; Egyptian women are finding ways to express their revolutionary voices through music. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 2, 2012
Our picks for this week's Truthdiggers are a little unusual in that we don't really know who they are -- at least not specifically. But we do know them by their collective, if faceless, alias: Anonymous. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 20, 2012
The notorious incognito hacker bandits known collectively as Anonymous have struck again, this time in retaliation for the bust-up of the highly trafficked file-sharing site Megaupload by federal operatives Thursday, by shutting down the DOJ's and the White House's online hubs along with a few key entertainment industry sites. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 2, 2011
The hacker collective Anonymous launched a division devoted to investigative reporting last month, marking a departure from the group's traditional practice of exposing corporations through hacking attacks. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 7, 2011
The hacking group Anonymous took credit Saturday for the theft of a cache of data from rural American law enforcement websites in retaliation for arrests of associates and sympathizers in the United States and Britain. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 20, 2011
Federal agents nabbed 14 people across the country Tuesday in connection with alleged attacks by the hacker group Anonymous against the websites of numerous corporations, in what looks to be the largest such roundup ever on U.S. soil. (more) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 29, 2011
The city of Orlando, Fla., home to amusement parks, fancy houses and an underachieving basketball team, has been arresting people for feeding the homeless without a permit. This got the attention of the hacker collective Anonymous, which has threatened to shut down a different Orlando-themed website every day. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 26, 2011
Lulz Security is no more The humorous hackers who attacked targets including PBS and the CIA released a statement announcing that "Our planned 50 day cruise has expired, and we must now sail into the distance " (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 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 )
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