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We Are Anonymous Parmy Olson

We Are Anonymous By Parmy Olson

We Are Anonymous by Parmy Olson


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Summary

In January 2012, the hacker collective Anonymous brought down the FBI website in response to planned American laws against internet piracy.

We Are Anonymous Summary

We Are Anonymous by Parmy Olson

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.

We Are Anonymous Reviews

A lively, startling book that reads as 'The Social Network' for group hackers. * New York Times *
An incredible story. -- Jon Stewart * The Daily Show *
A masterpiece of shoe-leather journalism, a fast-paced, richly detailed account of the group's beginnings, various schisms and most spectacular attacks. * The Daily *
A remarkable inside account of the hacker movement. * New York Magazine *
Spellbinding account of mischief and mayhem ... With all the makings of a fast-paced espionage thriller, Olson...meticulously and impartially recreates the operations of Anonymous and LulzSec. * Publishers Weekly *

About Parmy Olson

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

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GOR007997180
9780434022083
043402208X
We Are Anonymous by Parmy Olson
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Paperback
Cornerstone
20130815
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