Meanwhile, in Sweden…The first wedding ceremony by Sweden's officially recognized religion based on file-sharing happened recently at a tech conference. On the religion's site, it wishes the happy couple well: “Hopefully, they will copy and remix some DNA-cells and create a new human being.” (via usnews.com) Read More ›
The Feds raid the home of unofficial Anonymous spokesperson Barrett Brown. They're after his Twitter records, chat logs, IRC conversations, his computer, and apparently everything else, according to the search warrant obtained by BuzzFeed. Read More ›
Chinese authorities have confirmed that the network of hackers known as Anonymous successfully compromised several government websites last month. Read More ›
21-year-old Canadian fashion designer Adrian Wu presented this show at the Toronto fashion week as his 2012 Fall/Winter collection. Is it worthy of the Legion? Read More ›
Tech PR is horribly broken. On the eve of the Big Pitch—that's SXSW—an industry vet lets loose. Read More ›
Hector Xavier Monsegur used to run legendary hacker group LulzSec. Today, we found out he works for the FBI. Everybody, say hello to Sabu. Read More ›
The Israel group a target as Obama speaks. Also “Occupy AIPAC.” Read More ›
Pop culture is seeping into politics more and more every day. The Polish Palikota Party showed a united front, and abuse of office copier regulation, during parliament yesterday. Read More ›
Anonymous attacked CBS.com Sunday afternoon, deleting all its files except for a single index page. CBS, outspoken for its support of SOPA and PIPA legislation, is currently back up and running. UniversalMusic.com, also pro-SOPA and -PIPA, was also reportedly taken down for a brief period of time. Read More ›
Last night hacktivist group Anonymous carried out a massive DDOS attack on multiple government websites, along with the RIAA and MPAA's websites. We were lucky enough to be sitting in on the 4chan thread as it was happening (NSFW language, obviously). Read More ›
Lieutenant John Pike has already become a meme, so it only goes to follow that he'd have his own fake Twitter. SPRAAAAYYYYYY!!!! Read More ›
In response to Lt. John Pike's pepper spraying of UC Davis protestors, the international hacking group Anonymous has put out this video urging people to flood his home phone, cell, email, office, and mail box with messages condemning his actions. What do you think? Is this a fair response to an officer's use of pepper spray? Read More ›
The Zetas are one of the biggest players in Mexico’s drug war, which has resulted in about 40,000 deaths since 2006. Earlier this month, a YouTube video showed a man in a Guy Fawkes mask who claimed to speak for Anonymous threatening to reveal Zeta members.
You might be surprised by what's behind the mask. People, young and old, male and female, perhaps not unlike you. Keeping with the tradition that there is no “official” branch of Anonymous, this video serves to illustrate that anyone and everyone is capable of uniting under a common identity, or the guarded protection thereof. My sincere apologies to those who no habla Español. Read More ›
As part of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests, Anonymous has released a new video announcing plans to strike the New York Stock Exchange with a DDoS attack on October 10th. Before you get too excited, the stock market can still function without NYSE.com. Read More ›
Anonymous threatens retaliation if violence towards #OccupyWallStreet protesters persists. Watch Video ›
Footage of protestors being penned-up and pepper-sprayed Saturday has raised the ire of Anonymous, who has reportedly identified the officer from the video. Will Anon's amateur sleuthing bring further retaliation? Read More ›
On Sunday, hundreds of NYPD officers swarmed on Union Square, arresting protesters. Reports of police using tear gas have spread through Twitter. While the NYPD maintains that they neither own nor use tear gas, some have stepped forward to confirm that they were pepper-sprayed. In at least one video, a man is violently tackled for simply talking to an officer. Read More ›
Ninety users of 4chan's anonymous /b/ board took the Political Compass quiz. The results may surprise you.
Thousands gathered in lower Manhattan to voice their opinions on the state of the economy, corporate and government corruption, and the rent being too damn high. Adbusters, Anonymous, Jimmy McMillan, and more make appearances in this video. Watch Video ›
Sexy Fawkes is a very NSFW Tumblr site where users submit sexy pictures of themselves wearing Guy Fawkes masks and little else. (via sexyfawkes.tumblr.com) Read More ›
Reuters' Ant DeRosa interviews Cole Stryker, author of the controversial new book Epic Win For Anonymous. According to Tumblr user brookemarine, Stryker's book is already being used in Human Comm & Culture class at NYU! (via soupsoup.tumblr.com) Read More ›
If all goes according to plan, 20,000 people will camp out on Wall Street to demand the end of corporate personhood. Will September 17th bring the radical democratic shift our country needs? Read More ›
Did you know that every time someone buys a Guy Fakwes mask, to self-identify with the decentralized hacker collective known as Anonymous, Warner Brothers gets paid? The image of Anonymous is nothing more than another revenue stream to Time Warner. Time to abandon the dumb “V for Vendetta” image. Read More ›
Anonymous is planning to attack and kill Facebook on November 5th, 2011 over privacy concerns. Planning the attack for Guy Fawkes Day (one of the idols of the group) is poetic considering the size of the target. Are you ready for the end? We'll have all your Facebook Rapture coverage right here so stick around. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go share this on Facebook. Watch Video ›
Sometimes I think Anonymous is annoying, but then they go and do something like this. Well done. Well done. (via imgur.com) View Image ›
This has Oscar nomination written all over it. Vanessa Redgrave stars as Queen Elizabeth I in this film, which explores the theory that William Shakespeare may not have written the plays and poems attributed to him. Watch Video ›
Was LulzSec behind the UK Census hack? Did the UK Census hack even happen? Who's this kid the police have arrested while LulzSec continues unphased? What's with the AntiSec Graffiti popping up in San Diego? View List ›
Lulzsec is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Lulzsec. View Topic ›
