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APPENDIX II. CHAPTER 6: ANONYMOUS TIMELINE261ApproximatedateTarget, hacktivity, and modus operandi(where available)Motivation as stated (where available)January 2, 2011January 10,2011January 27,2011DDoS attacks on Tunisian government affiliatedWeb sites (Tunisian stock exchange, TunisianMinistry of Industry) 74Irish party Fine Gael’s Web site defaced 765 Britons (all between 15 and 26 years of age) #OpPayback 79arrested as alleged Anonymous hacktiviststargeting Web sites of companies associated withanti-WikiLeaks actions 78#OpTunisia, in protest of Internetcensorship as executed by Tunisiangovernment of president Zine al-AbidineBen Ali 75Posted message criticized the party over itspolicies 77January 27,2011February 2,2011February 6,2011Internet anonymizer Tor is used to circumvent theblockage of the Internet by the Egyptiangovernment, 80 the French Data Network is alsooffering free dial-up connections for Egyptians 81Egyptian government Web sites experience DDoSattacks 82HBGary computer security firm suffers intrusion,data theft, and publication, 86 as well as Web sitedefacement; another of Greg Hoglund’s (ownerHB Gary) Web sites, rootkit.com, DDoS-ed as wellas data stolen and published 87No statement of motivation foundEarlier in the day the Egyptian governmentreinstated Internet-connection to thecountry, which it had cut off earlier in anattempt to take the momentum out of thepublic protest 83 the organization of whichmade heavy use of social media 84 ; theInternet blackout followed the momentaryblocking of social media sites, Twitter,Google, and Facebook as well as Blackberryand SMS services 85Aaron Barr, CEO of HB Gary Federal, hadclaimed that he had identified coreAnonymous leaders after infiltrating themovement 88February 6,2011February 17,2011Italian government’s Web site (governo.it) isbriefly taken offline by Anonymous Italy 89OpBahrain is launched in sympathy with#OpBahrain 92Bahrainian protesters against an non-transparentgovernance, the curbing of free speech and theright to protest, the censorship of the Internet 91In protest of recent policies seen to curbmedia freedom 90February 28,2011March 4, 2011OpWisconsin targets billionaire Koch brothers,calls for boycott of Koch-produced items (Georgia-Pacific brand), 93,94 and takes down two KochsupportedWeb sites (Americans for Prosperity,Northern Quilt) 95Operation Bradley is launched with Barrett Brownpublically threatening to expose those involved inthe Bradley Manning case 98#OpWisconsin; Koch brothers are targetedfor their anti-union sponsoring 96,97Operation Bradley/Bradical 99 ; news aboutManning’s treatment at Quantico Brigcause outrage 100Continued
262 APPENDIX II. CHAPTER 6: ANONYMOUS TIMELINEApproximatedateApril 2, 2011andthroughoutAprilTarget, hacktivity, and modus operandi(where available)Sony’s PlayStation Network and various SonyWeb sites experience repeated DDoS attacks anddowntime 101Motivation as stated (where available)In protest of Sony banning (and later suing)PS-user GeoHot for modifying hisequipment and posting this know-howfrom the PlayStation Network 102April 20, 2011 Formula One Web site (Formula1.com) and F1-racers.net experience downtime due to DDoSattack 103#OpBahrain criticizes the organizers ofFormula 1’s Grnad Prix to ignore (and thussupport) the human rights abuses of the AlKhalifa government; Anonymous demandsrelease of political prisoners 104May 1, 2011 #OpIran launched 105 #OpIran in protest of a repressive Iraniangovernment 106May 2, 2011May 3, 2011#OpBlitzkrieg launched, 107 sets up informationWeb site, nazi-leaks.net (defunct), to revealinterconnections between various whitesupremacist organizations in many westerncountries, a year later mainly DDoS attacks againstwhite supremacist and affiliates Web sites remainSeveral Web sites pertaining to white supremacist #OpBlitzkrieg 110organizations and affiliated Web host experiencedowntime 109#OpBlitzkrieg, in opposition to whitesupremacist-ideology 108May 6, 2011 #OpIndia launched 111 #OpIndia, in protest of the Indiangovernment blocking The Pirate Bay,vimeo, DailyMotion Web sites, 112 later thegovernment’s general Internet censorshipand corruption is added to the agenda 113May 18, 2011June 2011June 9, 2011June 11, 2011Several Web sites affiliated with the Indian #OpIndia 115government (Supreme Court, two political parties(BJP, INC), Indian telecommunicationsdepartment, Indian electronics, and IT ministry),the Web site of antipiracy company Copyrightlabsexperience downtime due to DDoS attacks 114#OpTurkey is launched to protest against#OpTurkey 117controversial plans by the Turkish government tofurther Internet filtering 116Real-world protest criticizing Indian law to enable #OpIndia, OpRTIEngaged 119the government to rightfully censor the Internet inNew Delhi, Anonymous is urging Indians to fileRight to Information (RTI) applications to seekinsights into the governments filtering ofinformation disseminated through the Internet 11810,365 e-mails are gleaned from servers of theIranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs andsubsequently published on MediaFire; theassociated Web site experiences downtime 120 #OpIran 121 Continued
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ContentsPreface ixForeword xiIntrod
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CONTENTSviiHow Real-World Dependenc
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INTRODUCTIONxvinfamous hacking grou
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BiographyPaulo Shakarian, Ph.D. is
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C H A P T E R1Cyber Warfare: Here a
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IS CYBER WAR A CREDIBLE THREAT?3sec
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INFORMATION ASSURANCE74. Time: Temp
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