Adam Bennett Anon

Adam Bennett Anon

Anonymous radio host know as Lorax aka Adam Bennett Anon was arrested (full article). Everybody who has known Adam ‘Lorax’ Bennett aka Adam Bennett Anon knows he’s an awesome anon. Furthermore, the article now let us know he was also involved in his local...
The Paypal 14 – Activists

The Paypal 14 – Activists

The PayPal 14 are a group of defendants allegedly connected with the hacktivist group Anonymous, thirteen of whom pled guilty in a San Jose court in California, United States in December 2013, to charges of conspiring to disrupt access to the PayPal payment...
Christopher Doyon – Hacker

Christopher Doyon – Hacker

Christopher Doyon Chris Doyon (alias “Commander X”), a self-described leader ‘within’ Anonymous, was arrested in September 2011 for a cyberattack on the website of Santa Cruz County, California. He jumped bail in February 2012 and fled across...
Jake Davis – Hacker

Jake Davis – Hacker

Jake Davis Topiary, real name Jake Leslie Davis, born October 27, 1992, is a former hacker. He has worked with Anonymous, LulzSec, and similar hacktivist groups.Topiary, real name Jake Leslie Davis, born October 27, 1992, is a former hacker. He has worked with...
Recommendations for the Hacktivist Community

Recommendations for the Hacktivist Community

Statement of Purpose I have been observing the hacker and hacktivist communities, at times very closely, for many years. The exact definition of “hacker” and “hacktivist” varies from author to author, so I shall make my interpretation of these words very clear. Let us...
The Other Sabu: A Hypothesis of Non-Compliance

The Other Sabu: A Hypothesis of Non-Compliance

New York, NY – May 27th 2014 History was made today in a NYC courtroom with the extra-leniant sentencing of notorious Anonymous hacker turned FBI Informant ‘Sabu’ otherwise known as Hector Xavier Monsegur. But, what if things are not what they appear...
The Fight for @YourAnonNews and the Missing $35,000

The Fight for @YourAnonNews and the Missing $35,000

“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death.” – John F. Kennedy Anonymous is just such an idea. However details about in-fighting, backstabbing and missing fundraising donations which were made...
Information Technology – Higher Education… or?

Information Technology – Higher Education… or?

Information security, especially at schools that provide training on the subject, in for-profit higher education should not be a premium. It would make a really great story to send an “undercover” technician to DeVry and Rasmussen campuses to observe their...
Inside Par-AnoIA: The Anonymous Intelligence Agency

Inside Par-AnoIA: The Anonymous Intelligence Agency

Paranoia is reputed to destroy you. But if you’re a whistleblower in search of a safe, neutral outlet, it just might save you instead. Par:AnoIA, short for Potentially Alarming Research: Anonymous Intelligence Agency, is a website designed to collect leaks, allow...
Hacktivist’s Advocate: Meet the Lawyer Who Defends Anonymous

Hacktivist’s Advocate: Meet the Lawyer Who Defends Anonymous

As a lawyer not particularly immersed in the technology world, Jay Leiderman first became interested in the hacker collective Anonymous around December 2010. That was when Anonymous activists launched distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) against Mastercard and...
How Online Privacy Tools Are Changing Internet Security

How Online Privacy Tools Are Changing Internet Security

How online privacy tools are changing Internet security and driving the (probably quixotic) quest for anonymity in the digital age. For many of us, the Internet is like a puppy—lovable by design and fun to play with, but prone to biting. We suspect that our digital...