Case study: Who is hiding behind the name of Anonymous?

Introduction

"Modern robbers," as the world is called hackers are criminals who at the moment are, or used to represent a nightmare for large corporations, banks, and the governments of individual countries. On how much damage could be caused by hackers is best evidenced by the case of a few days ago, when from more than 100 banks around the world electronically stolen almost a billion dollars.

Hackers group Anonymous attacked the website of company Stratfor and copy the data of thousands of bank accounts. Then the money from these accounts transferred to the accounts of humanitarian organizations. What are the goals of this group?

Who are the people behind the hacker group Anonymous? This group again attracted public attention after he managed to penetrate the system of company Stratfor and steal credit card information.

This organization is not homogenous and it is not managed from some exchanges. Apparently broke dispute between the members themselves for the assault on page Stratfor. In Internet forums, some members condemned this firm, while some claimed that there is no reason that it is exposed to hacker attacks (Denning, 2015).

This dispute shows how weak structures within Anonymous and how different are the goals of members. They come together and perform common hacker attacks just depending on who the target is selected.

From a forum on the internet to a hacker organization

The one who wants to know the way of thinking about Anonymous members must visit the page 4chan.org. It applies to the place where the group is born. A lot of things that can be read and seen there at first glance seem harmless.

Those who look a little bit better still find pictures and texts that can at least be described as extremely mischievous, obscene, or even violent. There are pornographic content, content that ridicules other peoples or peoples, and images and texts about weapons and violence (Gorman, 2011).

Average hacker: Young, male, grown up in an industrial state

What's special about the 4chan site is that users can post pictures and texts without signatures - the authors remain anonymous and sign up with anonymous. Yet, at least something is known about those who come to that site. The site administrators claim that most users are in North America, Europe and Asia, mostly men between the ages of 18 and 25.

Anonymous Group has downloaded some of the rules that apply to 4chan.org - every member of the group laughs to publish everything they want. There are numerous discussions, but there is no strict hierarchical structure or some group leaders (Moran, 2014).

Without real political goals

When it comes to goals, the "kinship of souls" is evident between those who participate in discussions and what is visible through hacking attacks. The users of this web site want their actions to entertain or shock others, but they do not have a concrete political goal. At the very least, they are "rebelled" against authorities and institutions such as states, economies, and even their own parents.

Hacker attacks are so directed primarily against organizations or group companies that are considered to have too much power. The Anonymous group in these cases speaks of an attack on "military-industrial complexes". Their unexpressed goal is to: shock the public and show that they themselves have a certain power (Goode. 2015).

Experts criticized the attack on Stratfor

Many believe that the attack on the firm Stratfor Anonymous movement too "rushed". The experts of this company, which provides consulting services in the field of security not seen as part of the "military-industrial" complex. The famous blogger from Belarus Evgeny Morozov argues that it was "very naive chess move" and adds: "The attack first of all talk about how limited the knowledge and thinking of members of this group."

Despite the fact that I Stratfor under the name of his company adds the title "Global Intelligence" (global intelligence service), Morozov in any case it does not see a kind of "secret services in the shadows." "By the same token should invade and research department of the magazine 'The Economist', as they have in the heading the word 'intelligence'," says Morozov (2012).

The move does not fit the "hacker ethic"

Organization Anonymous controversial even in circles of established hacker organizations, such as the Chaos Computer Club.

Public criticizes primarily stealing credit card information. This action is clearly contrary to the principle of our club that reads: Use public and keep private information. Of course, that in our country there are sometimes sympathy for the political actions of Anonymous. But here is prejudiced individuals, private entities and that we can not heal.

"Anonymous" is the hacker group that operates within the "Anti Sec" movement, which fought against the industry responsible for safety on the Internet 

Recently, the most active were the hacker attacks on police stations in the US, in solidarity with the arrested hackers topiaries.

This time, the hackers accuse me because of poor protection of personal data of its users, as well as the suspicion that the company is behind the theft of data from many users' iPhones. "

The fact that the attack was planned just for November 5, gives special cause for concern leaders of Facebook, because the slogan "Remember the fifth of November," recently became one of the cry of the global struggle against capitalism, and that comes from a poem from the 17th century from England.

These verses have adopted and the authors of the comic book and later the movie "V for Vendetta", which are then downloaded demonstrators in motion "Occupy Wall Street".