Anonymous is a very spread out association of international network activists and hackers known as hacktivists. The group Anonymous became well known for a series of well-publicized stunts and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on government sites, religious and major companies. When did anonymous originated? The group Anonymous originated in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan, representing the concepts of many online and offline users existing of anarchic, digitized global brains. Anonymous members are known as “Anons” can be disguised in public by wearing Guy Fawkes masks. Individuals claiming to be a part of Anonymous would undertake protests and other again, such as direct actions in retaliation against anti-digital campaigns by motion …show more content…
Anonymous hacktivists later targets included government agencies of the United States, Israel, Tunisia, Uganda and others such as child pornography sites, copyright protection agencies, the Westboro Baptist Church and other major corporations such as Paypal, MasterCard, Visa, Microsoft and Sony. Anons have publicly supported WikiLeak and the Occupy movement. Anonymous have similarities towards many other related groups such as LulzSec and Operation AntiSec carried out by major cyberattacks on the United States government agencies, video game companies, U.S military contractors, military personnel and police officers, resulting in major attention by law enforcement to the group of activists. Some actions and hacks have been described by the public as being anti-Zionist. Dozens of Anonymous members have been arrested for being involved in Anonymous cyberattacks, in countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, The Netherlands, Spain and