Anonymous is a loosely associated hacking organization formed on 4chan to represent many online users as a digital global brain. They oppose censorship and surveillance, shutting down government websites while wearing Guy Fawkes masks. Though impossible to join formally, one is Anonymous by choosing to participate in distributed denial-of-service attacks using tools like the Low Orbit Ion Cannon against targets such as Scientology and governments in support of causes like internet freedom and democracy.

1. “We are anonymous. We are Legion. We do
not forget. We do not forgive. We do not
forget. Expect us.”
-Anonymous

2. Anonymous
By Thomas Griffith

3. Who is Anonymous?
• Anonymous is a loosely associated hacking
organization. It was formed on “4chan” to
represent the idea of many online and offline
community users existing as an anarchic
digitalized global brain.
• Anonymous strongly opposes internet censorship
and surveillance, and have shutdown multiple
government websites.
• Their members can be recognized by their “Guy
Fawkes” mask in public.

4. How do you join Anonymous?
• It is impossible to join Anonymous as they
have no ranks, leaders and no means of
communication.
• You are “Anonymous” if you simply choose to
be.

5. Commander X
• A person simply known as Commander X
provides interviews and Video’s for
Anonymous.
• He is thought to be a San Francisco
gardener, and the leader of Anonymous.
Command X said in his own words that he is a
“peon” in Anonymous.

6. Distributed-Denial-Of-Service Attack
• Distributed-Denial-Of-
Service attack or more
commonly known as a
DDOS is an attempt to
make a machine or
network unavailable to its
users.
• This is usually done by
saturating the target with
external communications
requests.

7. Low Orbit Ion Cannon
• Low Orbit Ion Cannon is
a network stress test
application that
Anonymous uses to
launch its DDOS attacks.
• Users download it and
willing allow their
computer to be part of
a bot net, which is then
launched at a target
decided by AnonOPs.

8. Example of a government site hacked by Anonymous.

9. Anonymous members wearing “Guy Fawkes” masks.

10. Some “Achievements” of 2006-2007
• In 2008 Anonymous specialized in doing
“Habbo Raids”, they would go on “Habbo
Hotel and form swastika like formations.
• Later that year Anonymous tracked child
predator Chris Forcand even before the police
started investigations. Anonymous was
responsible for Chris Forcands arrest some
sources say.

11. 2008
• Project Chanology was
Anonymous’ mission to
take out the Church Of
Scientology. Anonymous
sees Scientology as a lie
and wishes to end their
religion one way or
another. They have
released many videos
about scientology from
2009 to the present day.

12. 2009
Anonymous Targetted
California Teen McKay
Hutch who ran the “No
Cussing Club”.
They leaked his home
address, phone number
and other personal
information on the
internet.

13. 2010
• In 2010 Anonymous
launched Denial-Of-
Service attacks on
VISA, MasterCard and
Paypal companies for
removing their services
from wiki-leaks.

14. 2011
• Aaron Barr the chief
executive of Hbgary
security firm announced
that he had infiltrated
Anonymous. In response
Anonymous hacked his
website, dumped 68 000
emails, erased files, and
took down the phone
system.

15. 2012
• In April
2012, Anonymous
launched a attack on
485 Chinese
Government
websites, some more
than once to protest
the lack of democracy
in the country.