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Anonymous, a loosely organized group of Internet hackers, have been initiating civil disobedience while maintaining anonymity since forming on the image board 4chan in 2003. Beginning in 2008 the group started taking on more collaborative, international hacktivism by initiating protests and other actions with the overarching goal of promoting Internet freedom and freedom of speech. In 2011, following several high profile attacks, the group was added to NATO’s list of enemies.
Below is a breakdown of Anonymous’ most notorious hacktivism feats since 2008:
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Project Chanology
In early 2008, Anonymous started “Project Chanology”; a protest against the Church of Scientology. The group felt that the church was engaging in Internet censorship when they demanded that all leaked videos of a Tom Cruise rant be taken off of YouTube.
Project Chanology included a call to action on 4chan that drew 30 users to join over night and launched over 200 attacks.
The group also released a video on YouTube outlining the purpose of Project Chanology and even engaged in real life protests of Church of Scientology offices.
Bay Area Transit
In 2010 Anonymous struck again with their attack on Bay Area Transit, which arose after the organization blocked cell phone service following the protest against police shooting of 
Charles Blair Hill.
The BART attack included:
• MYBART.org becoming hacked and defaced with the Anonoymous logo
• The release of MYBART.org customer information
• Leaking of 102 BART officer’s information from the Police Officers Association website
Operation Payback
Throughout 2010 and 2011 Anonymous ran campaigns against anti-piracy organizations and hacked websites of banking companies who 
withdrew funding to WikiLeaks.
The hacktivist group was able to take down the websites of both Visa and MasterCard. Other targets included PayPal and Amazon.com.
The repercussions of Operation Payback included the arrests of 5 men in the UK.
Public Enemy #1
Although Anonymous denied their involvement of the 2011 Playstation network hacking, once Sony took legal action against hackers, Anonymous lost their cool.
They attacked Sony in April 2010, which resulted in the arrest of 3 Anons in Spain. Ay yi yi…
Most recently, Anonymous launched their second attack against the New York Stock Exchange in 2 years. The attack threatened to erase the NYSE, but also caused division among Anon members.
Perhaps they could have benefited from an online CRM system to sort out their internal issues!
Anonymous Attacks Deserving Honorable Mention
Anonymous has targeted a wide array of individuals and organizations.
Individuals that have been the target of Anonymous Attacks include the Australian Prime Minister and White Supremacist Radio Host Hal Turner.
Westboro Baptist Church has also been attacked along with Habbo, Egyptian Government sites, Support Online Hip Hop, and Bank of America.
Anonymous’ Most Notorious Hactivism Feats Infographic Embed Code
What are your thoughts on how an Anonymous collective operates? Do you believe this is a viable method for achieving freedom of speech and information for all?
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Check out our detailed article about other websites that have felt the wrath of Anonymous.
Umph..it was Lulzsec the splinter group of Anoms who hacked Sony and they even hack anoms web site. But we might never know the truth.
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