A
A-Team, 283
Abelson, Hal, 172
Abene, Mark (Phiber Optik), 86, 87
Ackroyd, Ryan (Kayla), 173, 174, 215, 265, 291, 353, 385, 392
ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), 89–92, 95, 96, 97, 98, 112, 348
Adbusters, 288
Adams, Henry, 118
Admin/Operator (AOP) list, 117
Adnon, 144, 145–8, 154, 165, 166, 170, 171, 173
Adobe, 261
afk (away from the keyboard), 146
aircrack-ng, 277
Al-Bassam, Mustafa (tflow), 114, 171, 172, 173, 390
Al Jazeera, 153
Alexander, Keith, 6
“All About Barrett Brown. Add your comments guise,” 229
Americans for Prosperity, 277
The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails), 383
Anansi (trickster), 33
Anarchaos (Jeremy Hammond), 289, 298, 299, 362 see also Hammond, Jeremy
Anarchist Book, 279
AnonLeaks, 228
#anonleaks channel, 231
#anonnews channel, 147
AnonOps, 3, 88, 89, 99, 101, 105–9, 111, 112, 116, 118, 120–3, 125, 126, 128, 133, 134, 139, 143, 147, 162, 166, 170, 181, 182, 201, 240, 243–7, 253, 283, 296
#AnonOps channel, 331
AnonOpsIndia, 367
AnonSnapple, 184–8, 190, 191, 192, 201, 232
anontunisia (anont), 167, 168–9
anonymity, 3, 38, 41, 44, 45, 65, 144, 151, 203, 206, 230, 331, 383, 388, 399
Anonymous:
as becoming harder to study, 302
best-known piece of art, 61
commitment of to difference, plurality, and dissension, 311
commitment of to politically engaged style of hacking, 72
complexity of, 49
as conduit for confrontational activism, 130
confusion about, 3
described, 1
as difficult to describe and resistant to being slotted, 115
as difficult to study/comprehend, 393
dynamism and multitudinous quality of, 393
as encompassing abundance of relationships, structures, and moral positions, 114
as ensuring mystery, 398
flexibility of, 17
on-the-fly decision making as staple of, 126
as having no established methodology through which to encode itself as institution, 373
as having no universal mandate as collective, 131
heterogeneity of participants in, 173, 174
iconography of, 399
as jujitsu-like force of trickery, 50
as leaving a lot to the imagination, 394
as living out maxim for life of enchantment, 274
meaning of official in, 92
membership in as self-defined, 174
as multitudinous, 16
as no boss pointing to a fixed destination, 156
as not your personal army, 145, 349
as often reactive rather than proactive, 127
ontological question of just what makes one Anonymous, 309
as open to chance, chaos, mutation, 118
opinions of hackers on, 256
organizational structure of, 8–9
origins of, 4–9
as platform for citizens to express dissent, 315
as prolific, 16
relationship of with court of public opinion, 7
as serious political movement, 392
as specter, 366
as symbol of dissent, 399
Anonymous9, 177–8, 193–4, 337, 361, 363
anthropology, methods of, 392
#antiactaplanning, 90
anti-brand brand, 16
anti-celebrity ethic, 17, 47, 49
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), 89–92, 95, 96, 97, 98, 112, 348
AntiSec (Anti-Security), 48, 236, 275, 283, 286, 291, 292, 312–15, 326, 337, 339, 362
#antisec channel, 292, 313, 340, 341, 342, 349
anti-security movement, 285, 286
Arab and African Spring, 17, 149, 192, 269, 272, 292
Arizona Department of Public Safety, 237, 283
Armstrong, Gerry, 77
ARPANET, 38
arrests, 9, 16, 38, 50, 71, 88, 91, 111, 134, 135, 140, 141, 145, 156, 169, 170, 173, 183, 190, 191, 193, 194, 197, 215, 237, 255, 278–9, 282, 287, 288, 289, 293, 301, 302, 303, 305, 320, 327, 334, 353, 355, 361, 366, 369–70, 384, 386, 388, 390, 391
Arthur, Charles, 156
ASCII art, 248
Assange, Julian, 82, 84, 85, 88, 106, 120, 126, 127, 194, 198, 199, 208, 326, 345–6, 382, 414n7
Associated Press (AP), 152
AT&T, 23–4, 26, 32, 36, 237, 248, 280, 291, 326
The Atlantic, 350
Auernheimer, Andrew (weev), 19–20 see also weev
B
Backtrace Security, 240, 241, 242, 243
Bakhtin, Mikhail, 131
banning/banishment, 40, 188, 190, 192, 253
Bantown, 19
Barbiturate Formula, 279
Barlow, John Perry, 121
Barnett, Matthew, 371
Barr, Aaron, 212–17, 219–21, 224–6, 233, 235, 237, 240
Barr, Roseanne, 369
BatCat (Noah McHugh), 369
Bethesda Softworks, 237
Ben Ali, 145, 147, 149–53, 166
Benjamin, Walter, 275
Bennett, Henry, 209
Bennett, Jane, 394
Berardi, Franco (Bifo), 397
best practices, 374
Bharatiya Janata Party, 367
black bloc organizing, 298
black hat attitude/hackers/scene, 237, 238, 239, 258, 285, 289, 308, 314, 315, 344
black ops, 324
Blackout Day, 346
Blake, Andrew, 359
Boing Boing, 135
Bologna, Anthony, 327–8
Boogie Nights (film), 21
Booz Allen Hamilton, 301
Borell, Emily, 362
Borell III, John Anthony (Kahuna), 305, 362, 386
Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, 337
botnets, 60, 92–5, 98, 102, 121, 125, 127, 133, 134, 135, 137, 139, 253, 254, 289
Brandeis, Louis, 379
Brian Oblivion, 261
Briefcase Locks, 280
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Diaz), 331
BrigadaElektronica, 281
Bright, Peter, 215
British Metropolitan Police, 169
BRoTHeRHooD oF WaReZ (BoW) (hacker group), 37
Brown, Barrett, 182–4, 189, 218, 219–20, 221, 223, 225, 228, 229–32, 234, 235, 313–14, 338, 339, 345, 377, 386–8
Buccaneers, 283
bulletin board system, 37, 194
#bump chat room, 96
Brunton, Fred, 352
C
C&C (command-and-control) channel, 93, 94
CabinCr3w, 283, 305, 306, 328, 338, 354, 363, 386
California Statewide Law Enforcement Association, 300, 343
Cameron, Dell, 358
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), 10–16
Carnegie Mellon, 36
CBS News, 346
CDNs (Content Delivery Networks), 139
Center for Corporate Policy, 209
CFAA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act), 24, 25, 140, 244, 261, 369
Chanology/Project Chanology, 2, 56, 57, 60, 66–74, 76, 81, 89, 90, 95, 106, 116, 154, 178, 181, 182, 241, 389
The Chaos Communication Camp, 304
Chaos Computer Club, 304
Chapman, Stephen, 288
Chilton Hacking, 279
“Chinga La Migra,” 283, 284, 289, 290
Christensen, Christian, 82
Christman, Tory, 78
Church of Scientology, 2, 5–6, 11, 53–66, 70, 73, 76, 77–9, 81, 241, 414n7
The Citizens’ Commission to Investigate the FBI, 203, 206, 211
civil disobedience, 107, 112, 129, 190
Cleary, Ryan, 253, 254, 255, 289
cloaking, 43, 134, 173, 206, 253
cslea.com (California Statewide Law Enforcement Association), 343
CMS (content management system), 215
CNET, 138
CNN, 121, 182, 304, 305, 306, 340
Code of Conduct (video), 64
Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking (Coleman), 257
CogAnon (Aaron Barr), 212, 217, 223, 225–7
COINTELPRO, 203, 205–9, 211, 236, 303, 380
Colbert, Stephen, 214
Coleman, Daisy, 371
“Collateral Murder” (video), 82–3, 84
collective identity, individual identity subsumption of into, 46
collectivism, divide between individualism and collectivism, 49–50
Communist Party USA, 203
The Coming Insurrection (Invisible Committee), 343
#command channel, 102, 108, 109, 110, 116, 118, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, 133, 134, 154, 165, 348
command-and-control (C&C) channel, 93, 94
Commander X (Christopher Doyon), 182, 307
Committee for Congressional Affairs, 260
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), 24, 25, 140, 244, 261, 369
Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), 139
Cook, John, 230
co-optation, 271, 272, 351, 393
copyright industry/lobby/trade associations, 98, 99, 101, 116, 347
Corley, Eric (Emmanuel Goldstein), 85, 86, 87, 195, 297, 298–9
corporate espionage/sabotage, 209, 210, 211
correct technology, 59
Coyote (trickster), 33
CPU, 68–9
crediblethreat (Jeremy Hammond), 364
Crossley, Andrew, 100, 101, 105
CryptoParty, 390
cryto (server), 292
CSIS (Canadian Security Intelligence Service), 10–16
C-SPAN, 261
Cult of the Dead Cow (hacker group), 138, 240
cultural cohesiveness, 373
cyberwarfare, 6
c0s (Gregg Housh), 62, 182, 223, 225, 226, 231
D
Daily Dot, 391
data, slurping of, 24
David (from Chanology), 389
Davis, Jake (Topiary): see Topiary
DDoS (distributed denial of service): ethics, 129–32, 135–42, 198
history, 5, 90–3, 95–8, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110–12, 116, 118, 120, 121, 124–6, 128, 134, 153, 154, 158, 160, 192, 193, 198, 200, 243, 246, 253, 277, 289, 301, 303, 304, 310, 347–8, 367, 379
see also Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC) methods, 2, 134, 312
#ddos channel, 92
DDoS protection, 100, 102, 103, 139, 310
de Certeau, Michel, 126
DEF CON, 195
DeGrippo, Sherrod, 30
Debian, 373
Deleuze, Gilles, 273
Democracy Now! 306
Department of Telecommunications (India), 367
Der Spiegel, 118
Deseriis, Marco, 39
DeWolf, Jamie, 77
Díaz, Junot, 331
Digg, 67
digital civil disobedience, 107
digital direct action campaign, 120
digital protest tactics, 139–41
Dionysus (trickster), 33, 70, 274, 395
direct action blockade, 138
direct action political tactics, 88
direct government interference, 302–3
dirk diggler, 21–2
disruptive tactics/activism, 136, 137, 256
distributed denial of service (DDoS): see DDoS (distributed denial of service)
Doctorow, Cory, 245
do-ocracy, 75
Dotcom, Kim, 347
double standards in operation, 111
doxing, 7, 9, 14, 73, 235, 241, 242, 246, 254, 285, 300, 309, 310
Doyon, Christopher (Commander X), 182, 307
Dyson, Jay, 37
Dublin Chanology cell, 76
Dublin Offlines, 76–8
Duchin, Roland, 351
Duchin formula, 351
duckie, 162
Duncombe, Stephen, 374
E
Ebner, Mark, 54
ED (Encyclopedia Dramatica), 30, 32, 35
egalitarianism, ideal of, tactics for enforcing, 189
El País, 118
Électricité de France, 209
Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT), 135–6
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 89, 296, 347, 382
Electronic Terror, 280
elephant in the room, Internet security problems as, 262
enchantment, politics of 394
encryption, 73, 216, 222, 341, 384
Encyclopedia Dramatica (ED), 30, 32, 35
Enturbulation, 67
Epic Fail Guy, 64
epilepsy forum attack, 69
Eshu (trickster), 33, 63, 96, 241
ethical leaking vs. unethical leaking, 251
European prosecution of hackers, compared to US prosecution of hackers, 388
Evernote, 261
EveryDNS, 126
F
Facebook, 153, 213, 241, 287, 306, 343, 363, 377
fail0verflow, 244
Falcon (Jake Davis), 249–54
Falkvinge, Richard, 108
false flag operation, 310, 312
FBI, 9, 84, 88, 134, 135, 193, 195, 196–7, 199, 203–4, 206, 214, 220, 233, 237, 287, 288, 293, 297, 300, 301, 305, 312, 320, 327, 333, 335, 348, 353, 355, 356, 357, 358, 360, 361, 386
federal prosecution, 172
femanon hackers, 174
fifth estate, 84
Fight for the Future, 383
file sharing, 96, 97, 98, 116, 125, 146, 148, 347, 348, 367
Financial Times, 213, 214, 215, 220
Firefly, 384, 385, 389, 391, 399
Fisher, Max, 350
Five Eyes countries, 377
Food Not Bombs, 281
Ford, Henry, 209
Foucault, Michel, 273
4chan, 32, 41–6, 47, 48, 49, 51, 60, 64, 101, 197, 248
4chan’s random bulletin board /b/, 4, 41, 43, 49, 56
fourth estate, 84
Fox News, 1, 2, 65, 66, 237, 240, 248, 254, 288, 353, 355, 356, 357, 365, 386
fraudulent hope, 396
free flow of information, 3
Free Software Foundation, 89
free speech/freedom of speech, 16, 40–1, 58, 71, 72, 108, 129, 131, 132, 138, 148, 153, 163, 164, 199, 200, 245, 305, 382
Freedom of Information Act, 83, 205, 333
Freedom of the Press Foundation, 384
#freedommods channel, 292
Friedman, Jaclyn, 371
Frontline, 265
#FuckFBIFridays hashtag, 300, 302
Fusion Centers, 333
Futaba Channel, 41
G
Gallagher, Kevin, 387
Gallagher, Ryan, 210
Gay Nigger Association of America (GNAA), 20, 24, 26, 45
Gayniggers from Outer Space (film), 20
GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) (UK), 302–3, 304, 378, 379
Geek Distraction Disorder (GDD), 156
Gemuese, Tod, 138
geohot (Hotz, George), 243–5
ghost_(Jeremy Hammond), 342
Gilens, Martin, 430–1n15
Giussani, Bruno, 270–1
“The Global Intelligence Files,” 349
Globe and Mail, 152
GNAA (Gay Nigger Association of America), 20, 24, 26, 45
Goatse Security, 23, 24, 25, 32, 248, 250, 323
Goldstein, Emmanuel (Eric Corley), 85, 86, 87, 195, 297, 298–9
Rave, 90–1, 95, 96, 98, 106, 111
goon, 45
government, working for, Anonymous participants agreeing to, 319, 353 see also informants
Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) (UK), 302–3, 304, 378, 379
Graeber, David, 47
Graham, Robert, 361
Granick, Jennifer, 380
gray hat hackers, 260
Gray, Patrick, 261–2
Greenwald, Glenn, 207, 208, 378, 382
Greenway, Patricia, 54
Guardian, 25, 82, 118, 120, 156, 328, 331
Guattari, Félix, 273
Guy Fawkes Day, 95
Guy Fawkes mask, 4, 44, 64, 65, 67, 72–3, 75, 77, 271, 281, 282, 304, 317, 318, 348, 369
H
h, 349
Habbo Hotel raids, 4–5, 45, 46
Hack the Planet (HTP) (hacker group), 253–4, 264
Hack This Site, 280
Hack This Zine, 280
hacker groups: BRoTHeRHooD oF WaReZ (BoW), 37
Cult of the Dead Cow, 138, 240
Hack The Planet (HTP), 253–4, 264
hacker handles, 261
hacker literary genres, 279
hacker underground: see underground hackers/hacker underground
hackers: arrogance of, 258–9
black hat attitude/hackers/scene, see black hat attitude/hackers/ scene elitism, 38, 162, 192, 259
free and open source software, 174, 256, 258, 305
general, 59–60, 167, 192, 256–7, 259, 263, 298, 320, 330
gray hat hackers, 260
hired by copyright industry, 98
history, 9, 23, 24, 25–6, 48, 50, 72, 85, 106–7, 156, 158, 160, 194, 254, 256
left-leaning hackers, 280
security hackers, 237, 256, 258, 260, 323
stereotype of, 166, 173, 175, 289
taking political matters into own hands, 106, 107
uber-political hackers, 292
white hat hackers, 37, 215, 280, 285
Hackers Against Geeks in Snowsuits (Hagis), 37, 38
Hackers Digest, 279
Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE), 81, 84, 85, 88, 89, 195, 298
hackers on steroids, 2, 237, 365
hacking: Anonymous’s
commitment to politically
engaged style of, 72
artful hack, 167
described, 60
as described by hackers, 256–7
jailbreaking as specialty, 243–4
Hacking Bank America, 279
hacktivism, 135, 156, 192, 194, 233, 268, 278, 282, 288, 380, 389
Hammond, Jeremy, 156, 277–83, 288–90, 292, 293, 334, 338–42, 345, 346, 353, 356–9, 361–3, 377, 385, 390–2
handle (nick), 116
hardened lulz-seekers, 68
Harrison, Sarah, 382
Hastings, Michael, 184
Hathaway, Melissa, 383
Haydn, Michael, 171
HBGary Federal/HBGary, 207, 208, 210–16, 218, 220, 224, 228, 230–7
Hebdige, Dick, 271
Hermes (trickster), 33
Heymann, Stephen, 172
Hispano-Anons, 143
hive, 55, 102, 110, 120, 134, 165, 220, 399
Hive Mind mode, 136
Hobsbawm, Eric, 71
Hoffman, Abbie, 280
Hoffman, Marcia, 24
Hoglund, Greg, 211, 212, 214, 222, 223, 224, 225, 228, 233
Hoover, J. Edgar, 203, 204, 380
HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth), 81, 84, 85, 88, 89, 195, 298
Horn, Steve, 351
Hotz, George (geohot), 243–5
Housh, Gregg (c0s), 62, 182, 223, 225, 226, 231
“How to Protest Intelligently,” 199–201
HQ, 231
HTP (Hack the Planet), 253–4, 264
Hubbard, L. Ron, 77
Huffington Post Live, 371
Hume, David, 335
see also lulz
Hunton and Williams law firm, 208, 209, 214
Huxley, Aldous, 300
Hyde, Lewis, 34
I
IFM (Internet Freedom Movement), 89–90, 95
illegal tactics, 7, 13, 63, 88, 90, 92, 98, 108, 111, 209, 299, 310
image management, 182
imprisonment, 156, 171, 242, 278, 279, 282, 356, 359, 362, 377, 386, 388, 390, 391, 392
Indian National Congress, 367
Indian Supreme Court, 367
individual identity, subsumption of into collective identity, 46
individualism: divide between individualism and collectivism, 49–50
possessive individualism, 47
informants, 8, 14, 199, 242, 290, 292, 296, 312, 335, 339, 346, 356, 358, 359–61, 363, 364, 380, 391
Information Commissioner’s Office, 105, 247
Information Ministry, 145
InfoSec community, 256, 257, 258
“Inside Anonymous’s Secret War Room,” 230
institutional memory, 373
International Association of Chiefs of Police, 337
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, 99
International Subversives, 85
Internet: as privatized zone, 127
as tracking machine, 377
Internet activism, double-edged
sword of, 371
Internet demonstration,
Anonymous as first large-scale effort, 130–1
Internet Freedom Movement (IFM), 89–90, 95
Internet Hate Machine, 1, 5, 46, 65, 67, 228, 392, 412n20
Internet Motherfuckery, 4
Internet Relay Chat (IRC):
#anonleaks channel, 231
#anonnews channel, 147
#AnonOps channel, 331
#antisec channel, 292, 313, 340, 341, 342, 349
C&C (command-and-control) channel, 93, 94
channel founder/channel operator, 116–17
#command channel, 102, 108, 109, 110, 116, 118, 121, 122, 123, 124, 126, 133, 134, 154, 165, 348
#ddos channel, 92
denotation of channels, 116
#freedommods channel, 292
as important communication application for Anonymous, 8, 17
#internetfeds channel, 109, 110, 148, 154, 157, 162, 166, 173, 247, 324
#kittencore channel, 114
#lounge channel, 130, 185, 191, 215, 331
#marblecake channel, 61, 62, 64, 72–6, 154, 182, 201
#opbart channel, 305, 306, 307, 309
#opdeface channel, 157, 162, 163
#operationpayback channel, 101, 109, 120, 126, 130, 131, 133
#ophbgary channel, 216, 217, 218, 228
#opnewblood channel, 373
#OpTunisia channel, 147–58
private channels
see private channels (IRC) #propaganda channel, 130, 165, 192
public channels
see public channels (IRC) #pure-elite channel, 156
#reporter channel, 169, 178, 181, 182, 184, 185, 193, 215, 264
#savetpd (Save the Pirate Bay) channel, 101
#savetpbmods channel, 102
#!sec channel, 340
secret cabals and channels
see secret cabals and channels #upperdeck channel, 114
#website channel, 72
Internet security: pathetic state of, 238, 256, 261
problems with as elephant in the room, 262
Internet tricksterdom, 35–46
Internet trolling: see trolling (of Internet)
#internetfeds channel, 109, 110, 148, 154, 157, 162, 166, 173, 247, 324
interrogations, 199–200
Invisible Committee, 343
IRC (Internet Relay Chat): see Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
IRC bouncer, 320
IRC Federal (defense contractor), 301
IRCops, 117
Ireland, 66, 143, 353, 384, 385, 388
J
Jackal, 305
JacksonBrown (Spitler, Daniel), 24
jailbreaking (hacking specialty), 243–4, 245
joepie, 147
Johnson, Hank, 234
Joint Terrorism Task Force, 333
Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group, 303
Jones, Graham, 324
Jónsdóttir, Birgitta, 382
Juicy Fruit, 210
Kahuna (John Anthony Borell): see Borell, John Anthony (Kahuna)
Kansas City Public Media, 371
Kayla (Ackroyd, Ryan), 173, 174, 215, 265, 291, 353, 385, 392
Keeping Scientology Working, 59
Keller, Art, 113
Kelty, Chris, 48
Kent, Stephen, 58
kernel, 161
Kerr, Orin, 24
Key, John, 347
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 204
Kingpin, 261
#kittencore channel, 114
Knappenberger, Brian, 181, 331, 332, 344
Knappenberger and Olson, 332
Knuttila, Lee, 43
Koch brothers, 277
Koch Industries website, 140
Kretsinger, Cody (Recursion), 327
Ku Klux Klan, 127
!Kung, 189–90
Kushner, David, 369
KYAnonymous (Deric Lostutter), 368, 369, 372
L
L0pht Heavy Industries, 260–2
La Quadrature du Net, 89
Lamaline_5mg, 307–8, 309, 310, 311
Lamo, Adrian, 83–4, 85, 86–7, 298, 414n4
Lapsley, Phil, 36
lark, 125
law-abiding tactics, 108 see also legal tactics
Le Monde, 118
leaderfagging/leaderfags, 62, 110, 230
leadership: Anonymous as leaderless, 109, 113, 156, 165, 398
Internet search for Anonymous leader, 155–6
leaderfagging/leaderfags, 62, 110, 230
soft leadership, 76
LEAP (LEAP Encryption Access Project), 384
Leavy, Penny, 214, 218, 219, 221, 222
legal tactics, 7, 13, 63 see also law-abiding tactics
legally gray tactics, 7
legislative change, 382
legitimacy vs. legality, 111–12
Levy, Steven, 36
Libya, 143
Living Social, 261
Lohr, Steve, 381
LOIC: see Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC)
#loic hive, 110
Loki (trickster), 16, 34, 37, 396
Lolcats memes, 41
Lostutter, Deric (KYAnonymous), 368, 369, 372
Louise, 239
#lounge channel, 130, 185, 191, 215, 331
Low, Peggy, 371
Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC), 101, 120, 130, 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 158, 198
Lucas, Lord, 101
lulz, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 16, 19, 25, 30, 31–3, 46, 67, 70, 71, 181, 201, 203–36
lulz-driven action vs. moral goals, 66
LulzSec, 48, 114, 156, 173, 174, 181, 236, 237–40, 247–50, 252–6, 259, 261, 263, 264–72, 274, 275, 283, 284, 291, 362
Lyon, Amber, 182
M
Macpherson, C. B., 47
Malakanyang Palace, 281
Mann, Larissa, 374
Manning, Chelsea, 82, 83–4, 88, 106, 148, 223, 265, 282, 298, 326, 339, 382
ManTech International, 233, 293, 301
Mapping Muslims: NYPD Spying and Its Impact on American Muslims, 380
#marblecake channel, 61, 62, 64, 72–6, 154, 182, 201
Martyn, Darren (pwnsauce), 248–9, 250–1, 264, 290, 353, 384–5
Maryville, Missouri case, 371, 375
MasterCard, 3, 119, 126, 127, 141, 185, 193, 198
Mays, Benjamin Elijah, 113
Mazzetti, Mark, 359
MBD (Mongoven, Biscoe & Duchin), 351
McGill University, 40
McHugh, Noah (JustBatCat), 369
McKee, Michelle, 368–9
McKinnon, Gary, 194
media: Anonymous as duping of, 99
attention for Operation BART, 306
author as media mouthpiece for Anonymous, 181
as compelled to cover Anonymous, 50
consensus never to attack, 200
coverage of AntiSec press release, 288
as driven batty by Anonymous, 50
as not getting enough of LulzSec antics, 238
role in making Anonymous what it is, 14, 16, 46, 49
validation from as solidifying Anonymous, 106
see also specific media outlets and publications
MegaUpload, 347
Mele, Nicco, 121
Milburn, Colin, 246
Milhon, Jude (St. Jude), 167
militant tactics, 9
#MilitaryMeltdownModay, 300, 302
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, 367
Mitnick, Kevin, 38, 86, 194, 389
Moglen, Eben, 381
Moher, Patty, 54
Mongoven, Biscoe and Duchin (MBD), 351
Monsegur, Hector Xavier (Sabu): see Sabu (Hector Xavier Monsegur)
Moore, Alan, 281
moral goals vs. lulz-driven action, 66
moral leveling, 190
moralfaggotry/moralfags, 62, 67, 68, 69, 147, 201, 240, 309
More Pranks to Pull on Idiots! 280
Motherboard, 391
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), 96, 97, 99, 100, 102, 103, 138, 348
#muBARTec hashtag, 305
Mudge, 261
multiple use name, 39
Murphy, Samantha, 294
Muslims, 380–1
Myspace, 67
m0rpeth, 377
N
namefagging/namefags, 46, 185, 189
Natapoff, Alexandra, 360
National Lawyers Guild, 194
Naval Criminal Investigative Service, 333
Nawaat/Nawaat.org 148–149, 151
Neiman Marcus, 261
nerd scare, 194–9
New York State Association of Chiefs of Police (nychiefs.org), 343
New York Times, 82, 84, 118, 121, 152, 208, 210, 228, 334, 358, 359, 369, 372, 379
New York Times Magazine, 372
New Yorker, 371
#newor chat room, 96
Newsweek, 113
Nezvanova, Netochka, 39–40, 46
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 272–4, 275, 377
Nieves, Mike: see Virus
Ninjasec, 251
n00bs, 42
Northrop Grumman, 210, 224, 270
Norton, Quinn, 147, 181, 331, 337, 393
NSA: see US National Security Agency (NSA)
Nyan Cat, 239
nychiefs.org (New York State Association of Chiefs of Police), 343
O
Obama, Barack, 365
Obama Administration, 119
OccultusTerra (IRC server), 90
Occupy movement, 2, 49, 50, 181, 318, 321, 322, 323, 327–9, 331, 333–4, 351–2, 366
O’Cearbhaill, Donncha (Palladium), 280, 353, 356, 363, 384–5, 388, 389, 390, 392
Ochoa III, Higinio O. (w0rmer), 305
Off the Hook (radio show), 297
Office of the President of the Philippines, 281
Office of the US Trade
offline protesting tactics, punishment for as compared to punishment for digital protesting tactics, 140
OKCupid, 261
oldfags, 73
Olson, Parmy, 121, 181, 233, 238, 250, 264, 324, 332, 335, 363
O’Neill, Gráinne, 194
#opbart channel, 305, 306, 307, 309
#opdeface channel, 157, 162, 163
Open Technology Institute, 383
Open Whisper Systems, 383–4
Operation Anti-Security (#AntiSec), 284, 289, 293
Operation Avenge Assange, 3, 121, 135, 137, 138, 141, 143, 147, 154, 303, 306
Operation BART (OpBART), 7–8, 304, 305–10, 312, 321
Operation Leakspin, 143
Operation Payback (o:p), 96, 99, 100, 108, 110, 112, 121, 122, 125, 128, 135, 146, 154, 193, 303
Operation Psychout, 73
Operation Slickpubes (OpSlickPubes), 70, 71
Operation Sony (OpSony), 243–7, 248
Operation Steubenville, 424n23
Operation Sundevil, 194
Operation Thunder, 303
Operation Titstorm, 89
Operation Tunisia (OpTunisia), 143–8, 154, 157, 165, 166, 177, 182, 192, 418n13
operations security (OpSec), 255, 362
#operationpayback channel, 101, 109, 120, 126, 130, 131, 133
#ophbgary channel, 216, 217, 218, 228
OpJustice4Rehtaeh, 370
OpLastResort, 367
#opnewblood channel, 373
OpNoPro, 308–9
#OpTunisia channel, 147–58
OpWisconsin, 283
Ouassif, Yassine, 360
owen/Owen, 185–9, 190, 213, 214, 227
owning process, 160
Oxblood Ruffin, 138
P
Pagan, 351
Page, Benjamin, 430–1n15
Palantir Technologies, 207, 208, 234, 422n29
Palladium (Donncha O’Cearbhaill): see O’Cearbhaill, Donncha (Palladium)
PandaLabs security blog, 121, 122
Panther Moderns, 283
Parry, Nigel, 357
Parsons, Leah, 370
Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, 333
Partyvan Network (IRC), 57
Pastebin, 238, 284, 310, 311, 320, 327, 328, 386
Patriotic Nigras, 19
PayPal, 3, 119, 121, 123–7, 138, 141, 185, 198, 301
Penny, Laurie, 381
Perlroth, Nicole, 358
Personal Democracy Forum (PDF), 377, 378
Phiber Optik (Mark Abene), 86, 87
philes (textfiles), 279
Philippine National Police, 281
phishing, 93, 166, 167, 168, 169
Phortune 500 Guide to Unix, 279
Pinkertons, 209
PIPA (Protect IP Act), 346
Pirate Bay, 97, 98, 100, 101, 106, 107, 111, 216, 289, 301, 346
Pirate Party, 107–8, 110, 112, 154, 390
PKE, 227–8
Plan C, 397
PlayStation Network (PSN), 243, 246, 247, 262
policies/mechanisms for handling operations, 373
political life, emotional character of, 396
political ops, 2
Polish Palikot’s Movement Party, 348
polyphony, 131
Poole, Chris (moot), 43
pranking, 2, 31, 35, 36, 37, 60
Preska, Loretta, 359, 391, 392
primary ideal, of Anonymous, 47
Primitive Rebels (Hobsbawm), 71
Privacy International, 390
private channels (IRC), 10, 102, 116, 155, 157, 240, 253, 332, 362
private intelligence contracting, 234–5
private message (PM), 148, 227, 283, 294, 325
Project Chanology: see Chanology/ Project Chanology
Project PM (PPM), 234, 313–14, 338, 387
#propaganda channel, 130, 165, 192
Protest Warrior, 282
proxy, 320
pseudonymous environment, 173, 398
PSN (PlayStation Network), 243, 246, 247, 262
public channels (IRC), 101, 102, 109, 110, 116, 117, 130, 154, 191, 253, 264, 299, 332, 342
Public Knowledge, 89
#pure-elite channel, 156
pwnsauce (Darren Martyn), 248–9, 250–1, 264, 290, 353, 384–5
PyLoris, 348
Q
q-lined, 179
Q/q, 213–214
q, 179–80, 185–8, 213–14, 217, 222
Q (Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson), 346
R
Radar, 54
Radio Hacking, 279
rage comic, 239
Rancière, Jacques, 396
random dice day, 88, 90, 95, 96, 98
Random forum, 41
see also 4chan’s random bulletin board /b/
rape culture, 372, 374, 395, 399
Ravel (Sue), 72
Raven (Trickster), 33
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), 96, 99, 102, 104, 348
Recursion (Cody Kretsinger), 287, 327
RedHack, 156
Religious Technology Center, 54, 59
#reporter channel, 169, 178, 181, 182, 184, 185, 193, 215, 264
Reporters Without Borders’ Press Index, 144
repulsive order of the financiers, 22
Reset the Net, 383
resistance, everyday tactics of, 126
Reuters, 99
rofled, 70
root (full administrator), 160
Rosen, Ruth, 364
Rosol, Eric J., 140
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), 370
RSA Security Inc., 233
rubik, 155, 157, 159, 160, 161–4
ruin life campaigns, 21
Rule #17, 64
Rustle League, 19
Rutherford, Danilyn, 392
S
S., Bernie, 85–6
Sabu (Hector Xavier Monsegur), 87–8, 155, 156, 181, 215, 218, 219, 233, 237, 241–2, 248, 251, 253, 254, 255, 265, 283, 285, 287–8, 289, 291, 292–3, 294–7, 299, 312, 318–22, 324, 325–35, 339, 340, 344–6, 353–62, 390, 391
Saleh, Ibrahim, 150
San Francisco BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), 7
see also Operation BART (OpBART)
Sanreckzi, Monica, 371
Santayana, George, 118
Sauter, Molly, 136
#savetpd (Save the Pirate Bay) channel, 101
#savetpbmods channel, 102
Schneier, Bruce, 382
Scientology, Church of: see Church of Scientology
Scientology-oriented activism (4chan thread on), 55
Scientology vs. the Internet, 58
Scott, James, 107
screen session, 320
script kiddies, 158, 282, 285, 326
Sea Org, 77
#!sec channel, 340
secrecy, as sustenance for Anonymous participants, 300
secret cabals and channels, 74, 102, 109, 112, 114, 130, 154, 248, 250, 292, 297, 299, 319, 324, 364
secrets, sharing of, 324
security, challenges in, 260
security industry: black hat hackers as having contempt for, 285, 344
reliance of on hackers and researchers, 25
Sennett, Richard, 399
Serious Organised Crime Agency (UK), 169, 237, 289
SETI@home, 94
SF Weekly, 311
Shadowcrew, 420n5
Shapira, Ian, 184
Sharpie, 308–9
shell access, 160
Sheriff’s Office of Baldwin County, Alabama, 337
#ShootingSherrifsSaturday, 300
Shorrock, Tim, 235
Sidi Bouzid, 151
Sifry, Micah, 378
Silverglate, Harvey, 420n8
the sir, 239
skiddies, 158
Slate, 370
see also Amamou, Slim
Smith, Lamar, 234
Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice (Natapoff), 360
snitching/snitches, 85–6, 87, 88, 195, 295, 296, 297–8, 318, 320, 321, 325, 327, 357, 363, 364
Snowden, Edward, 171, 301, 302, 378, 380, 382, 383, 384
social bandits, 71
Social Security numbers, 7, 21, 32, 216
Soghoian, Chris, 382
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, 105
Sony, 237, 244, 245, 246, 247, 260, 262, 263, 327
SonyRecon, 246
SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), 346, 347, 349
Space Rogue, 261
“Special Identities Modernization (SIM) Project,” 301
Spitler, Daniel (JacksonBrown), 24
Spooky Business (Center for Corporate Policy), 209, 211
St. Jude (Milhon, Jude), 167
Stallman, Richard, 120
Stanford, 36
Steal this Book (Hoffman), 280
Stefan, 261
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields, 174
Sterling, Bruce, 279
Stern, Carl, 205
Steubenville, Ohio football case, 368–73
StickyDrama, 44
Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), 346, 347, 349
Stratfor, 314, 339–45, 349–52, 357–8, 362, 387
Strauss-Kahn, Dominique, 29
Streisand, Barbara, 53
Streisand Effect, 53
structurelessness, tyranny of, 76
structures of feeling, 432n40
Sullivan, William Cornelius, 204
superaltern, 48
surveillance, current style of, 209, 379–81
Swartz, Aaron, 171, 172, 367–8
Swedish prosecutor, 126
T
tactics: digital protest, 139–41
direct action political, 88
for enforcing ideal of egalitarianism, 189
illegal, 7, 13, 63, 88, 90, 92, 98, 108, 111, 209, 299, 310
law-abiding, 108
legally gray, 7
militant, 9
punishment for offline protesting tactics as compared to punishment for digital protesting tactics, 140
of resistance, 126
Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), 383
Takriz, 151
Tan, 261
Target, 261
Taussig, Michael, 265
TeaMp0isoN, 283
Team Roomba, 19
Team Themis, 208, 209, 228, 234
TeamViewer, 167
Tech Herald, 181
Technical Assistance Program (TAP), 280
techno-tricksterism, 35
TEDGlobal, 273
textfiles (philes), 279
tflow, 166–73, 215, 241, 248–51, 252, 283, 289, 290, 291, 299, 301
Thomas, Douglas, 389
Thompson, Fred, 260
Thordarson, Sigurdur (Siggi) (Q), 346
Timm, Trevor, 382
Time magazine, 204
Time Warner, 271
Tinychat, 183
Tits or gtfo (get the fuck out), 195
Topiary, 16, 155, 179–80, 181, 182–3, 215, 217, 238, 249, 250, 252, 253, 255, 265, 283, 285, 288, 289, 290, 291, 293, 299, 301, 320–1, 363
see also Davis, Jake (Topiary)
top-level domain (TLD), 159
TorrentSpy, 97
traffic floods, 139
transparency, 36, 75, 76, 84, 182, 199
tricksters, 33–5, 96, 182, 240, 273, 274–5, 293, 394
trolling, 4, 6, 8, 19, 19–46, 32, 35, 38, 39, 41, 45, 50, 62, 182, 282
Truman, Harry, 203
Tufekci, Zeynep, 127
TuniLeaks, 149
Tunisia, 2, 142, 143–5, 147–55, 157–60, 162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 182, 191, 395 see also OpTunisia
Tupac article (bogus), 266
Turner, Hal, 65–6
20th Century Fox, 169
2600, 86, 239, 257, 280, 297, 298, 299
Twitter, 127, 128, 130, 151, 182, 183, 212, 238, 241, 248, 254, 257, 265, 286, 293, 307, 318, 342, 353, 356
Twitter Revolution, 201
U
ultracoordinated motherfuckery, 6, 58, 60, 81, 396
unauthorized access, 24
underground hackers/hacker underground, 35, 36, 37, 85, 174, 194, 253, 258, 264, 314
Universal Music, 348
#upperdeck channel, 114
Urban Dictionary, 45
US Army, 301
US Copyright Office, 348
US Department of Energy, 301
US Department of Homeland Security, 333
US Department of Justice, 367
US government: on cyberwarfare class of activities, 6
going after online political protesters, 135
as leading client in market in zero-days, 210
on WikiLeaks most extensive leak, 118
US National Security Agency (NSA), 6, 7, 13, 14, 23, 84, 171, 302, 378–9, 384
US prosecution of hackers, compared to European prosecution of hackers, 388
US Senate, as target of LulzSec, 237
US Sentencing Commission, 367
USTR (Office of the US Trade Representative), 90, 96
V
V for Vendetta (film), 64, 271, 281
Vanguard Industries, 300–1
Vanity Fair, 184
Venezuela, 143
Verizon, 378
Violentacrez, 19
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), 144, 348
virtual sit-ins, 129, 135–6, 162, 253
Virus (Mike Nieves), 320–1
Visa, 126, 127, 141, 185, 193, 198
Vonnegut, Kurt, 122
W
Wales, Jimmy, 347
Walker, Scott, 277
Wall Street Journal, 6
Wallace, David Foster, 397
Walmart, 209
Wao, Oscar (character), 331
War Resisters League, 203
warez groups, 37
warrants, 190, 193, 194, 215, 287, 386
Warren, Samuel, 379
Washington Post, 184
Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts, 261
“We Are All Very Anxious Now” (Plan C), 397
We Are Anonymous (Olson), 121
We Are Legion (documentary), 331
weapons of the geek vs. weapons of the weak, 107
Weapons of the Weak (Scott), 107
Weatherhead, Chris (Nerdo), 140, 303
#website channel, 72
weev, 20–9, 31, 32, 35, 36, 45, 46, 195, 248, 323
see also Auernheimer, Andrew (weev)
Weld, 261
“What Is LOIC?” (Gizmodo), 134
white hat hackers, 37, 215, 280, 285
white-knight ops, 372
WhyWeProtest, 63, 67, 72, 74, 76
WikiLeaks, 3, 81–5, 87, 88, 118–22, 123–4, 126, 127, 128, 130, 132, 138, 143, 147, 148, 149, 153, 157, 159, 185, 193, 206, 207–8, 213, 234, 265, 267, 282, 298, 312, 313, 326, 343, 345, 346, 349, 352, 366, 382
“The WikiLeaks Threat,” 207, 208, 210
WikiSecrets (film), 265
Williams, Raymond, 432n40
WIN Magazine, 203
Wolf, Asher, 181, 365, 366, 390
Wysopal, Chris, 262
w0rmer (Higinio O. Ochoa III), 305
X
Xetron, 210
The X Factor (TV show), 248, 252
Yettie, 363–4
Yippies, 280
Your Anonymous News/@ YourAnonNews, 305, 373, 391
youthful idealism, 173
The Youth International Party Line, 280
Z
Zarathustra (character), 274–5
ZDNet, 288
zero-day/oh day, 158, 159, 210, 286
zines, 239, 254, 257, 279, 280, 297, 343
z-lined, 179
zombie flash mob, 70
Zuccotti Park (Liberty Square), 318, 333
Zuckerman, Ethan, 139