Aktion 23 Fnorum

The Guardian hat geschrieben:They were described as a leaderless, anarchic group of "hacktivists" who briefly brought down MasterCard, Visa and PayPal after those companies cut off financial services to WikiLeaks.

But inside Anonymous, the Guardian has found that the organisation is more hierarchical – with a hidden cabal of around a dozen highly skilled hackers co-ordinating attacks across the web.

The Guardian hat geschrieben:One member said the group's "command and control" centres are invite-only, adding: "It's to protect people, but if you have proven trustworthy you get invited – it's not hard to do. It's not some elitist structure but a way to keep the press and the odd bit of law enforcement seeing who issues commands."

Members of the group and outside experts such as Gabriella Coleman, a New York University professor who has studied Anonymous, estimate that up to 1,000 people are members of the broader network, who make their computers available to co-ordinated cyber attacks. But the majority of members – put at 99% by one insider – have virtually no influence over the direction of the group or its strategy.

"Our project has no leader structure, only different roles. The degree of leadership and organisation in the various projects various a lot," one long-term insider explained. "It's all very chaotic, but we communicate and co-operate with each other. I see us as different cells of the same organism."

Cpt. Bucky Saia hat geschrieben:Hmm inspiriert dadurch ... lustig wäre es wenn man jemanden suggerieren könnte es gäbe bei "irgendeiner" Organisation einen inneren Zirkel, den man nur zu suchen brauch und sich dann deren Vertrauen erarbeiten kann um selbst aufgenommen zu werden. Da könnte man dann so tun als wenn man zum inneren Zirkel gehöre und die abstrusesten Dinge fordern. Nur so nen Gedanke.

Gawker hat geschrieben:The logs show an obsession with media coverage, and HQ members take delight in interacting with reporters, whether it's a genuine attempt to get the word out or a chance to fuck with gullible reporters. Here they are doing the latter to a Guardian reporter:

11:59 <@Topiary> Goddamnit this Guardian bitch is requesting access to "secret" inner-circle channels so she can tell everyone about how hard Anon works and to have first-hand experience at our inner workings
11:59 <@Topiary> I say we fake a secret channel and discuss in BATSHIT CODE

11:59 <@Topiary> and then invite her
11:59 <@tflow> lol

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12:01 <@Topiary> fuck niggahs, do you wanna make one on anonops called #over9000 or something?

12:01 <@Topiary> then we invite her and just, I don't know
12:01 <@Topiary> we just go to town in hackers on steroids talk
12:02 <&marduk> mhh not sure but i could utter some cryptic stuff

12:02 <~Avunit> bitch: create it

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12:03 <@tflow> Topiary: so she's not actually believing that anonymous isn't secretive?
12:03 <@tflow> if so, epic troll the guardian and teach them a lesson

12:03 <@Topiary> epic troll time
12:03 <~Avunit> speak like cryptic, only to eachother and be blunt to her
12:03 <~Avunit> god yeah

12:03 <~Avunit> lets roll
12:03 <@Topiary> she wants to delve into the secret underbelly, we'll give her a trolling hellstorm

Cpt. Bucky Saia hat geschrieben:Ließt sich jedenfalls so, als wenn gewisse Schreiberlinge dort sich selbst wichtiger nehmen als sie eigentlich sind.

Bwana Honolulu hat geschrieben:....