Anonymous is a leaderless group initiating active civil disobedience via the internet. From it's early conception, members have acted anonymously in a seemingly coordinated manner. Beginning in 2008, Anonymous has become increasingly associated with what they call Hacktivism,or computer hacking. Their mission seems to be to protest various groups from Scientology to the Tea Party, often with the "goal" of promoting internet freedom and freedom of speech. Sources on the internet say the "actions credited to "Anonymous" are undertaken by unidentified individuals who apply the Anonymous label to themselves as attribution."
Some of the hacks that have been attributed to Anonymous so far are the orchestration of the crashing of Paypal late last year, Visa, Mastercard, Bay Area Transit agency, the CIA's public website, Booz Allen Hamilton website ( leaking email addresses of 90,000 U.S. military personnel), and hacking a Monsanto Co. website and releasing personal data of 2,500 employees.
Obviously, Anonymous has experienced a degree of success. At the same time, some experts are saying that this group of up to 4000 members is made up of mostly young and inexperienced teenage hackers.
Now the group is threatening to hack the NYSE on October 10th and then Facebook on November 5th.
I have attached a video produced by Anonymous regarding Wall Street. Ironically, I agree with most of the information in this video. But listen carefully. Remember my blog from yesterday? The attached video and the demands of the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters sound very different but are one in the same.
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