Not So Anonymous

First, let me start off by saying in no way to I condone nor condemn Anonymous in any way, shape, or form. That being said;

We have all heard about the Hactivist group Anonymous. And over the last few years many of them have been caught. Reason? They lack the common sense and ability to properly protect their identity, while conducting their "missions". Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against Anonymous, and that is not the point of this thread, however I will say that the main issue with Anonymous is the lack of properly providing information to their "Collective" members on how to properly disguise their identity when carrying out there attacks. Sure, they make it really easy for any kid with a PC to fire up an app and hack a server/machine, but doing so with no realization that they will likely be caught.

Sure, the Federal Government have a lot more tools up their sleeves these days in comparison to the days of  people like Kevin Mitnik, etc., but for every action there is an equal reaction. And sure, proxies no matter they type are no longer the safest way of disguising your identity due to servers that log inbound proxy connections, DNS leaks, etc. However, that being said, there are ways around that too, to which I will not disclose here, nor will I entertain how it works.

The truth is, there have been "Hactivist Groups" around for ages, it's nothing new. But Anonymous has grown in leaps and bounds, and that is something we as netsec professionals should be concerned about; After all we are paid to prevent attacks, and find them before the bad guys do, right? But the ones that must harbor the fear of Anonymous are the ones that have something to hide. I Know there are rouge Anonymous members that don't abide by the creed of the group. And the only reasons that exists is because of the lack of management of Anonymous members. Imagine if Anonymous had an organizational structure? The world at large would be digitally doomed.

The reason I brought this up is because of this story here: http://gawker.com/the-fbi-raided-steubenville-anonymous-guys-house-here-511634071

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