195:, which he joined under the moniker "Sabu". Although Anonymous does not have any formal leadership structure, the direction of the collective tended to be steered by a small number of members with a high amount of technical skill and domineering personalities. Sabu quickly established himself as one of these members. He became both a well-known individual within the community and a name often associated with Anonymous by the media.
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202:(often abbreviated as LulzSec). LulzSec performed some hacks with political motives, but most of the hacks done by LulzSec were primarily motivated by a style of humor that they described as "the lulz". LulzSec was only active during a period that they referred to as the "50 days of lulz". In this time, their targets included
164:, Monsegur was reprimanded by a security guard for bringing a screwdriver to school to help fix their computer system. Feeling insulted, he sent several complaints to the school administration. His complaints were deemed "threatening," and he was expelled. After this incident, he discontinued his formal education.
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267:, LulzSec and AntiSec. The FBI provided its own servers for the hacking to take place. Information Monsegur provided also resulted in the arrest of two UK hackers: James Jeffery and Ryan Cleary. The FBI attempted to use Monsegur to entrap
94:, working with the agency for over ten months to aid them in identifying the other hackers from LulzSec and related groups while facing a sentence of 124 years in prison. LulzSec intervened in the affairs of organizations such as
227:. One member of the group explained their motives by stating, "One cannot fight for justice and democracy by using unjust, anti-democratic tactics." Backtrace Security had found his identity through an
223:] on March 11, 2011, in "Namshub," a PDF publication (named after the Sumerian word for "incantation"). Backtrace Security was a group of ex-Anonymous members who had grown critical of vigilante
180:. In response, Monsegur defaced various websites with messages protesting the US government's treatment of Puerto Ricans. On one site he included the line "Hello, I am Sabu, no one special for now."
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1877:Stagefright
1743:George Hotz
1720:Individuals
1470:CyberBerkut
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144:Riis Houses
58:Founder of
2440:Categories
2344:Rensenware
2329:BrickerBot
2257:TeslaCrypt
2047:Bad Rabbit
1997:Foreshadow
1901:Cloudbleed
1853:Row hammer
1835:Shellshock
1829:Heartbleed
1817:Evercookie
1793:The Jester
1675:Red Apollo
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1605:GOSSIPGIRL
1600:Fancy Bear
1590:Elfin Team
1585:DarkMatter
1580:Dark Basin
1565:Bureau 121
1525:Teamp0ison
1450:Hacktivism
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900:Yahoo News
660:January 9,
318:References
312:pentesting
225:hacktivism
210:, and the
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2216:FinFisher
2206:DarkHotel
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1895:Dirty COW
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1748:Guccifer
1670:Pranknet
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2032:Malware
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1967:Exactis
1955:Spectre
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1823:iSeeYou
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1520:RedHack
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1495:LulzSec
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879:May 26,
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628:BBC.com
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2349:Triton
2288:Necurs
2278:Jigsaw
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2124:Dexter
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