Anonymous Vs Anonymous Research Paper

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Anonymous When you hear the word "hacker", what comes to your mind? Most people would think of a bad guy out of a James Bond movie when they hear the word hacker. I, on the other hand, think of Anonymous. Anonymous is one of, if not the biggest hacking associations in the world. They go by the name Anonymous because, well, that's exactly what they are; anonymous. No- body knows who they are. The members themselves don't even know one another. Brian Kelly defines Anonymous as, "a very loose and decentralized command structure that operates on ideas rather than directives.” What this means is that while they identify as an organization, they are hardly that. There is no headmaster telling them what to do or when to do it. If something hap- pens …show more content…

The first time they actually hacked someone was in Operation Chanology. An anti-Scientology propaganda video of Tom Cruise talking about Scientology's beliefs was taken down at the request of the Church of Scientology due to copyright infringement. Anonymous fired back claiming this was illegal internet censorship. Anonymous completely wiped out multiple pro Scientology websites and issuing distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks to others. DDoS attacks are done by flooding the website with so many requests that it crashes and shuts itself down. Anonymous also spammed Scientology offices with thousands and thousands of faxes, affecting them in the real world and not just online (Robert …show more content…

Their lack of structure makes them nearly impossible to shut down and does not allow for retaliation from their targets. This also makes it impossible for them to control their own members. Anyone can become a member just by claiming association with the group. The majority of Anonymous members fight for a good cause but with the lack of inner control, there can be members with bad intentions. Another incident like Jessi Slaughter's could happen any day and an Anonymous member could take credit for it. Hacking is a very powerful tool that has been abused and easily could be

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