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Parmy Olson is the London bureau chief for Forbes magazine. She lives in London. Title Page Dedication Before you read this book Part 1: We Are Anonymous Chapter 1: The Raid Chapter 2: William and the Roots of Anonymous Chapter 3: Everybody Get In Here Chapter 4: Kayla and the Rise of Anonymous Chapter 5: Chanology Chapter 6: Civil War Chapter 7: FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE Chapter 8: Weapons that Backfired Chapter 9: The Revolutionary Chapter 10: Meeting the Ninja Chapter 11: The Aftermath Part 2: Fame Chapter 12: Finding a Voice Chapter 13: Conspiracy (Drives Us Together) Chapter 14: Backtrace Strikes Chapter 15: Breaking Away Chapter 16: Talking About a Revolution Chapter 17: Lulz Security Chapter 18: The Resurrection of Topiary and Tupac Chapter 19: Hacker War Chapter 20: More Sony, More Hackers Chapter 21: Stress and Betrayal Chapter 22: The Return of Ryan, the End of Reason Chapter 23: Out with a Bang Chapter 24: The Fate of Lulz Part 3: Unmasked Chapter 25: The Real Topiary Chapter 26: The Real Sabu Chapter 27: The Real Kayla, the Real Anonymous Acknowledgments Timeline Notes and Sources Glossary About the Author Copyright Copyright © 2012 by Parmy Olson About the Author Contents All rights reserved. In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher constitute unlawful piracy and theft of the author’s intellectual property. If you would like to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), prior written permission must be obtained by contacting the publisher at permissions@hbgusa.com. Thank you for your support of the author’s rights. Little, Brown and Company
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his HBGary Federal account, possibl
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culture and key figures within it.
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dreadful fascination at his phone a
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Aaron Barr would never have come fa
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“nigger,” “faggot,” or just
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owns my ass.” With his other hand
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In 2008 he helped instigate Operati
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death threats and threatened to bom
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another poster described “Phase 2
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though, they were usurped by what w
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We are Legion We do not forgive We
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day in federal prison. In the meant
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Since childhood, Bailey had harbore
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oughly three hundred regular chat p
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1. Get the latest LOIC from github.
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Asperger syndrome, rarely left his
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“It’s a troll,” another organ
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had joined mentoring program iMento
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choose a unique nickname on AnonOps
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time. Kayla actually had several IR
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was headquartered and where Barr wo
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“So are we going to focus on Anon
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Starting in early January, many sup
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“Well in my lifetime I’ve perfo
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uh, actual intelligence.” There w
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definitely unimpressed—the claims
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nude photos. Four years later, an e
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“Is this a new trend :D to see wh
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network collapsed, they would move
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large notice board with paperwork a
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April 2011, while he and Sabu were
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since they had a wider array of ski
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will get in trouble and might be gr
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passwords for almost every journali
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or online for most of the day and s
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a mixture of Anons, script kiddies,
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Sabu hated white hat security firms
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“Just looked at this guy’s sour
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