We Are Anonymous

Parmy Olson

Aug 2013 · Random House

About this ebook

In January 2012, the hacker collective Anonymous brought down the FBI website in response to planned American laws against internet piracy. In 2011, LulzSec, a sister organisation, broke into and blocked computer systems at VISA, Mastercard and PayPal. The groups have infiltrated the networks of totalitarian governments in Libya and Tunisia. They have attacked the CIA and NATO. But instead of being sanctimonious and secretive, these cyber activists are flippant and taunting, never hesitating to mock those they've outsmarted. Today, governments, big businesses and social activists are waking up to the true power of the internet, and how it can be manipulated.

This is the story of a hive mind, with many hackers across the globe connected to slice through security systems and escape untraced. Through the stories of four key members, We Are Anonymous offers a gripping, adrenalin-fuelled narrative drawing upon extensive research, and hundreds of conversations with the hackers themselves. By coming to know them - their backgrounds, families, motivations - we come to know the human side of their virtual exploits, showing exactly why they're so passionate about disrupting the internet's frontiers.

Ratings and reviews

This is not a review of the book but a review outlining the issues a came across while removing googles unnecessary DRM, it was a long undertaking as I am a Linux user, I looked for DRM free version of the book not to avoid the DRM but to avoid giving google any revenue and also a store that is anti DRM is pro-consumer but unfurtonitly I was unable to go this rount, once I had bought the book I then struggled to find the download link as I am sure google had obfuscation such standard features to keep up on they're platform. I downloaded the book as a .ACSM file what ever that is, I ran adobe digital edition in WINE to get the .EPUB file, I then needed to remove the DRM at this point I loaded up the pirate bay and downloaded the book.. I won't buy from google again, and any publisher forcing me to use googles proprietary systems is not worth my time or money.

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We Are Anonymous

About the author

Parmy Olson is a writer with Forbes magazine. She lives in San Francisco. We Are Anonymous is her first book.