Anonymous is back… and taking requests?
Posted by Todd Harris in In the Industry, Security Intelligence
According to a recent tweet from the well known hacktivist group Anonymous, they are back in action and taking requests. Then again, they never really were out of action, but with all the SOPA, PIPA, and now ACTA debates lately, they are making their voice heard.
Anonymous has always been vocal on many social media sites, but has never actually opened up for requests. This brings the concept of being a “target of choice” to a whole new level, don’t you think? Before the public onslaught of hactivism over the past year or so, it was assumed that these decisions about “who to hack” were taking place covertly in the background via encrypted messages, IRC, forum threads, etc. While it certainly is intimidating for the organizations being called out, it gives others warning that they might not have had before.
Looking back a couple years, would you have predicted hactivist organizations exposing themselves on social sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to gain a consensus on who their next target(s) should be?
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