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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