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by Gabriella Coleman


  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

  darr, 73, 74, 174

  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

  as illegal, 6, 63

  LOIC, 101, 133

  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

  Dianetics, 5, 58, 60

  Díaz, Junot, 331

  Digg, 67

  digital civil disobedience, 107

  digital direct action campaign, 120

  digital protest tactics, 139–41

  digital trespass, 256, 305

  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

  Drupal.org, 261

  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

  Egypt, 143, 191–2, 200, 305

  Ekeland, Tor, 24, 25

  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

  Emick, Jennifer, 241, 242

  enchantment, politics of 394

  encryption, 73, 216, 222, 341, 384

  Encyclopedia Dramatica (ED), 30, 32, 35

  Enturbulation, 67

  Epic Fail Guy, 64

  epic wins, 44, 46, 66

  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

  fame-seeking, 46, 47, 48, 313

  Fawkes, Guy, 271, 281–2, 306

  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

  FD-302, 196, 420n8

  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

  Fine Gael, 384, 385

  fines, 171, 386

  Firefly, 384, 385, 389, 391, 399

  Fisher, Max, 350

  Five Eyes countries, 377

  Flickr, 153, 346

  flooding, 3, 238

  Food Not Bombs, 281

  Forbes, 181, 233, 250

  forbes.com, 238

  Ford, Henry, 209

  Formula One website, 366, 367

  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

  fox.com, 247

  fraudulent hope, 396

  Fred, 92, 122, 123–4

  Freddy, 323, 324

  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, George, 352, 357

  Friedman, Jaclyn, 371

  Frontline, 265

  #FuckFBIFridays hashtag, 300, 302

  Fusion Centers, 333

  Futaba Channel, 41

  futurescanning, 270, 272

  G

  Gallagher, Kevin, 387

  Gallagher, Ryan, 210

  Gawker, 26, 54, 55, 230

  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

  Gerbaudo, Paolo, 75, 306

  ghost_(Jeremy Hammond), 342

  gibnut, 157–9, 161, 165

  Gilens, Martin, 430–1n15

  Giussani, Bruno, 270–1

  Gizmodo, 134, 135

  “The Global Intelligence Files,” 349

  Globe and Mail, 152

  GNAA (Gay Nigger Association of America), 20, 24, 26, 45

  GNU/Linux, 244, 255

  Goatse Security, 23, 24, 25, 32, 248, 250, 323

  Gobo, 109, 110, 111

  Goldstein, Emmanuel (Eric Corley), 85, 86, 87, 195, 297, 298–9

  Rave, 90–1, 95, 96, 98, 106, 111

  Google, 168, 346, 347, 378

  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

  Grant, Oscar, III, 304, 323

  gray hat hackers, 260

  Gray, Patrick, 261–2

  Greenpeace, 38, 209, 339

  Greenwald, Glenn, 207, 208, 378, 382

  Greenway, Patricia, 54

  Griffiths, Pete, 77, 389

  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<
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  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

  hacker wars, 38, 254

  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

  gender, 174, 175, 331

  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

  HackForums.net, 291

  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

  Haefer, Mercedes, 174, 194–9

  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

  Hill, Charles, 7, 304

  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

  hope, principle of, 395, 396

  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

  humor, 2, 31

  see also lulz

  Hunton and Williams law firm, 208, 209, 214

  Huxley, Aldous, 300

  Hyde, Lewis, 34

  hyrriiya, 337, 340, 341

  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

  indictments, 353, 369, 387

  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

  institutionalization, 17, 374

  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

  #OpEgypt channel, 191, 192

  #operationpayback channel, 101, 109, 120, 126, 130, 131, 133

  #ophbgary channel, 216, 217, 218, 228

  #opnewblood channel, 373

  #OpTunisia channel, 147–58

  #press channel, 60, 73

  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

  iPad 3G Account Slurper, 24

  iPhone, 243, 244

  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

  Italy, 143, 213

  J

  Jackal, 305

  JacksonBrown (Spitler, Daniel), 24

  jailbreaking (hacking specialty), 243–4, 245

  Jameth, 19, 30, 31

  joepie, 147

  Johnson, Hank, 234

  Johnson, Linton, 7, 304, 306

  Joint Terrorism Task Force, 333

  Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group, 303

  Jones, Graham, 324

  Jónsdóttir, Birgitta, 382

>   JSTOR, 171, 172

  Juicy Fruit, 210

  K

  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

  `k, 222, 224, 231, 232

  Knappenberger, Brian, 181, 331, 332, 344

  Knappenberger and Olson, 332

  Knuttila, Lee, 43

  Koch brothers, 277

  Koch Industries website, 140

  K-rad, 155, 157–62, 164, 166

  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

  Laurelai, 218, 241

  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

  choreographers, 75, 306

  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, Ariel, 371, 374

  Levy, Steven, 36

  Liberty Square, 318, 333

  Libya, 143

  Lieberman, Joe, 120, 126

  LiveJournal, 30, 67

  Living Social, 261

  Lohr, Steve, 381

  LOIC: see Low Orbit Ion Cannon (LOIC)

  #loic hive, 110

  Loki (trickster), 16, 34, 37, 396

  Lola, 92, 95

  Lolcats, 44, 155

  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

  LulzLeaks, 250, 251

  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

  LulzXmas, 337, 343, 344

  Lyon, Amber, 182

 

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