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History of Hacktivism
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Tianamen Square protests
1989
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Term "Hacktivism" first used
1998
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Hacker Group 'Cult of the Dead Cow' used the terms as they chatted online about hacking and political liberation. This conversation was intended to develop ideas to cooperate with Chiese hackersfollowing Tianamen Square protests. (FBI 2012, 4)
China commemorates 50th Anniversary of Tianamen Square
1999
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Catalyst Events
Church of Scientology files Copyright Infringement Suit against YouTube
2008
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(FBI 2012, 5)
Tunisia Censors WikiLeaks
Jan 2011
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(FBI 2012, 9).
Egypt Anti-Government Protests
Feb 2011
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(FBI 2012, 8).
IT Company Threatens Anonymous
Feb 2011
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IT Company claimed that it had infiltrated Anonymous and threated to identify key members during a conference presentation. (FBI 2012, 6)
'Palladium' arrested for cyber crimes associed with anonymous
Sept 2011
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(FBI 2012, 8)
US Govt sieze MegaUpload Web sites
Jan 2012
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(FBI 2012, 7).
Anonymous
Anonymous collective started
2004
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Original collective based on internest subculture interested in building satirical web sites
Church of Scientology targetted
2008 - 2010
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(FBI 2012, 5)
Launched Operation Chanology
2008
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Launched a series of DDoS attacks against the Church of Scientology after they filed a copyright infringement suit against YouTube (FBI 2012, 5).
Anonymous claims responsibility for Operation Payback
Dec 2010
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Op Payback was a seies of DDoS attacks againstinstitutions that were percieved enemies of Wikileaks (FBI 2012, 11).
Anonymous Attacks Seven Tunisian Websites
Jan 2011
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Anonymous attacked seven Tunisian websites including the Ministry of Industry and Tunisian Stock Exchange. Sites in Zimbabwe also hit for similar reasons (FBI 2012, 9).
5 Anonymous members arrested
27 Jan 2011
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(FBI 2012, 17)
Anonymous compromises server of IT Company
Feb 2011
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Anonymous released sensitive information including e-mails, customer account info, etc (FBI 2012, 6).
Anonymous DDoS Egypt Govt sites/Circumvent Egypt Net shutdown
Feb 2011
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Anonymous attacked the Egyptian Ministry of Information and the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party web sites supporting Egyptian anti-government protests. Anonymous also aided protestors to circumvent the Egyptian Government internet shutdown (FBI 2012, 8).
Anonymous attempt to DDoS MCB Quantico in response to Bradley Manning Arrest
20 Mar 2011
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(FBI 2012, 9)
Anonymous uses radio interview to spread propaganda
12 Jun 2011
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(FBI 2012, 11).
14 Anonymous members arrested
19 July 2011
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(FBI 2012, 17)
Anonymous endorses 'Day of Rage' / Occupy Protests Begin
Aug 2011
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Day of Rage was a Physical protest against US Capitalism and was marked by the beginning of the Occupy protests. Anonymous supported Occupy protests with propaganda and cyber intrusions releasing Exfil'd info. (FBI 2012, 9).
Anonymous stages multiple physical protests agains US Transportation authority
Aug 2011
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(FBI 2012, 9)
Anonymous IberoAmerica Starts
nov 2011
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Anonymous IberoAmerica targeted the Los Zetas in Operation Cartel. They threatened to release identities of Zetas members unless hostages were freed. After the hostages were freed, the two groups declared a truce (FBI 2012, 16).
spydr101 arrested
13 Dec 2011
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(FBI 2012, 17)
Anonymous Hackers donate money with stolen Strafor CCs
24 Dec 2011
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(FBI 2012, 7)
Anonymous conduct DDoS against US Govt and record label web sites
Jan 2012
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(FBI 2012, 7.)
'Palladium' Gains Access and Records FBI Anonymous Conference Call
Jan 2012
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(FBI 2012, 8)
'Palladium' Hacks Ireland National Police Service Email
Jan 2012
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(FBI 2012, 8).
Anonymous exfils LE web site customer data
Feb 2012
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(FBI 2012, 8)
Anonymous Russia Starts
feb 2012
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Anonymous Russia leaked emails from the Kremlin's Federal Youth Agency as a form of protest against the government (FBI 2012, 16).
'Palladium' released FBI recording online
Feb 2012
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(FBI 2012, 8)
Anonymous Brasil Starts
4 Feb 2012
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Anonymous Brasil targetted Brazillian and US financial websites (FBI 2012, 16).
Anonymous post sealed warrant data online
19 July 2012
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(FBI 2012, 8)
Lulzsec
Lulzsec actively conducting Cyber Attacks
May 2011 - 26 June 2011
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Lulzsec Hacks Sony
May 2011
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Lulzsec wanted to expose vulnerabilities and embarrass Sony (FBI 2012, 7).
Lulzsec started
May 2011
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Formed in May 2011 and consisted of 6 core members: Sabu, Kayla, Topiary, Tflow, pwnsauce, and Avunit (All previously associated with Anonymous). (FBI 2012, 14).
Lulzsec buys botnet with Bitcoins
Jun 2011
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(FBI 2012, 12).
Topiary Arrested
July 2011
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(FBI 2012, 15).
TFlow Arrested
19 July 2011
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(FBI 2012, 15)
Sabu acting as FBI Informant
15 aug 2011 - 30 Mar 2012
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(FBI 2012, 17)
Sabu pleads Guily to Hacking Activity
15 Aug 2011
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(FBI 2012, 17)
Two men suspected of being 'Kayla' Arrested
1 Sep 2011
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(FBI 2012, 12)
recursion arrested
22 sep 2011
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(FBI 2012, 17)
Kayla, Anarchaos, palladium, Topiary, and pwnsauce charged with hacking
6 Mar 2012
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Each member claimed to be members of Anonymous, Lulzsec, InternetFeds, and AntiSec (FBI 2012, 17).
Pwnsauce Arrested
6 Mar 2012
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(FBI 2012, 15)
AntiSec
Cyber Attacks occuring under AntiSec
20 June 2011 - Sept 2012
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Operation AntiSec Begins
06/20/2011
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Operation Anti-Security began in June 2011 following a press release from LulzSec (FBI 2012, 6).
AntiSec exfil Law Enforcement Data
31 July 2011
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AntiSec exfil'd e-mail addresses, usernames, SSNs, home addresses, telephone numbers, password dumps, internal training files, informant lists, jail inmate databases, and active warrant information from over 70 LE Web sites. AntiSec claimed this attack was prompted by "Bogus, trumped-up charges" against individuals associated with Anonymous attacks (FBI 2012, 7).
AntiSec hacks Stratfor
November 2011
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Hackers exfiltrated customer names, addresses, credit card data, e-mail accounts, and password hashes (FBI 2012, 7).
Wikileaks releases Stratfor data stolen by Antisec
26 Feb 2012
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(FBI 2012, 16)