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M
Macpherson, C. B., 47
Malakanyang Palace, 281
Mann, Larissa, 374
Manning, Chelsea, 82, 83–4, 88, 106, 148, 223, 265, 282, 298, 326, 339, 382
ManTech International, 233, 293, 301
Mapping Muslims: NYPD Spying and Its Impact on American Muslims, 380
#marblecake channel, 61, 62, 64, 72–6, 154, 182, 201
Martyn, Darren (pwnsauce), 248–9, 250–1, 264, 290, 353, 384–5
Maryville, Missouri case, 371, 375
MasterCard, 3, 119, 126, 127, 141, 185, 193, 198
Mays, Benjamin Elijah, 113
Mazzetti, Mark, 359
MBD (Mongoven, Biscoe & Duchin), 351
McGill University, 40
McHugh, Noah (JustBatCat), 369
McKee, Michelle, 368–9
McKinnon, Gary, 194
media: Anonymous as duping of, 99
attention for Operation BART, 306
author as media mouthpiece for Anonymous, 181
as compelled to cover Anonymous, 50
consensus never to attack, 200
coverage of AntiSec press release, 288
as driven batty by Anonymous, 50
as not getting enough of LulzSec antics, 238
role in making Anonymous what it is, 14, 16, 46, 49
validation from as solidifying Anonymous, 106
see also specific media outlets and publications
MegaUpload, 347
Mele, Nicco, 121
Menn, Joseph, 158, 213
Middle East, 201, 334
Milburn, Colin, 246
Milhon, Jude (St. Jude), 167
militant tactics, 9
#MilitaryMeltdownModay, 300, 302
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, 367
Mirza, David, 237, 258
MIT, 36, 171, 172, 367
Mitnick, Kevin, 38, 86, 194, 389
Moglen, Eben, 381
Moher, Patty, 54
Mongoven, Biscoe and Duchin (MBD), 351
Monsegur, Hector Xavier (Sabu): see Sabu (Hector Xavier Monsegur)
Moore, Alan, 281
moral goals vs. lulz-driven action, 66
moral leveling, 190
moralfaggotry/moralfags, 62, 67, 68, 69, 147, 201, 240, 309
More Pranks to Pull on Idiots! 280
Motherboard, 391
motherfuckery.org, 70
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), 96, 97, 99, 100, 102, 103, 138, 348
Mouffe, Chantal, 311, 396
mpaa.org, 139
Mubarak, Hosani, 191, 305
#muBARTec hashtag, 305
Mudge, 261
multiple use name, 39
Murphy, Samantha, 294
Muslims, 380–1
myBART.org, 306
Myspace, 67
m0rpeth, 377
N
namefagging/namefags, 46, 185, 189
Namshub, 241, 242, 243
Natapoff, Alexandra, 360
National Lawyers Guild, 194
NATO, 291, 301
Naval Criminal Investigative Service, 333
Nawaat/Nawaat.org 148–149, 151
NBC, 54, 205
Neiman Marcus, 261
nerd scare, 194–9
New York State Association of Chiefs of Police (nychiefs.org), 343
New York Times, 82, 84, 118, 121, 152, 208, 210, 228, 334, 358, 359, 369, 372, 379
New York Times Magazine, 372
New Yorker, 371
newfags, 42, 68
#newor chat room, 96
News International, 169, 385
Newsweek, 113
Nezvanova, Netochka, 39–40, 46
NIC, 158–9, 320–1
nick, 116, 362
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 272–4, 275, 377
Nieves, Mike: see Virus
Ninjasec, 251
n00bs, 42
Northrop Grumman, 210, 224, 270
Norton, Quinn, 147, 181, 331, 337, 393
NSA: see US National Security Agency (NSA)
Nyan Cat, 239
nychiefs.org (New York State Association of Chiefs of Police), 343
NYPD, 71, 326, 328
NYSEC, 257, 259, 323, 356
O
Obama, Barack, 365
Obama Administration, 119
OccultusTerra (IRC server), 90
Occupy movement, 2, 49, 50, 181, 318, 321, 322, 323, 327–9, 331, 333–4, 351–2, 366
O’Cearbhaill, Donncha (Palladium), 280, 353, 356, 363, 384–5, 388, 389, 390, 392
Ochoa III, Higinio O. (w0rmer), 305
Off the Hook (radio show), 297
Office of the President of the Philippines, 281
Office of the US Trade
Representative (USTR), 90, 96
offline protesting tactics, punishment for as compared to punishment for digital protesting tactics, 140
OKCupid, 261
oldfags, 73
Olson, Parmy, 121, 181, 233, 238, 250, 264, 324, 332, 335, 363
O’Neill, Gráinne, 194
#opbart channel, 305, 306, 307, 309
#opdeface channel, 157, 162, 163
#OpEgypt channel, 191, 192
Open Technology Institute, 383
Open Whisper Systems, 383–4
Operation Anti-Security (#AntiSec), 284, 289, 293
Operation Avenge Assange, 3, 121, 135, 137, 138, 141, 143, 147, 154, 303, 306
Operation BART (OpBART), 7–8, 304, 305–10, 312, 321
Operation Leakspin, 143
Operation Payback (o:p), 96, 99, 100, 108, 110, 112, 121, 122, 125, 128, 135, 146, 154, 193, 303
Operation Psychout, 73
Operation Slickpubes (OpSlickPubes), 70, 71
Operation Sony (OpSony), 243–7, 248
Operation Steubenville, 424n23
Operation Sundevil, 194
Operation Thunder, 303
Operation Titstorm, 89
Operation Tunisia (OpTunisia), 143–8, 154, 157, 165, 166, 177, 182, 192, 418n13
operations security (OpSec), 255, 362
#operationpayback channel, 101, 109, 120, 126, 130, 131, 133
#ophbgary channel, 216, 217, 218, 228
OpJustice4Rehtaeh, 370
OpLastResort, 367
#opnewblood channel, 373
OpNoPro, 308–9
#OpTunisia channel, 147–58
OpWisconsin, 283
Ouassif, Yassine, 360
owen/Owen, 185–9, 190, 213, 214, 227
owning process, 160
Oxblood Ruffin, 138
P
Pagan, 351
Page, Benjamin, 430–1n15
Palantir Technologies, 207, 208, 234, 422n29
Palin, Sarah, 120, 126
Palladium (Donncha O’Cearbhaill): see O’Cearbhaill, Donncha (Palladium)
PandaLabs security blog, 121, 122
Panther Moderns, 283
papersplx, 399, 404
Parry, Nigel, 357
Parsons, Leah, 370
Parsons, Rehtaeh, 370, 372
Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, 333
Partyvan Network (IRC), 57
Pastebin, 238, 284, 310, 311, 320, 327, 328, 386
Patriotic Nigras, 19
PayPal, 3, 119, 121, 123–7, 138, 141, 185, 198, 301
PBS, 237, 265
Penny, Laurie, 381
Perlroth, Nicole, 358
Personal Democracy Forum (PDF), 377, 378
Phiber Optik (Mark Abene), 86, 87
philes (textfiles), 279
Philippine National Police, 281
Phillip, Whitney, 32, 396
phishing, 93, 166, 167, 168, 169
Phortune 500 Guide to Unix, 279
phreaking, 35–6, 85
Pinkertons, 209
PIPA (Protect IP Act), 346
Pirate Bay, 97, 98, 100, 101, 106, 107, 111, 216, 289, 301, 346
Pirate Party, 1
07–8, 110, 112, 154, 390
PKE, 227–8
Plan C, 397
PlayStation Network (PSN), 243, 246, 247, 262
Poitras, Laura, 378, 379
policies/mechanisms for handling operations, 373
political life, emotional character of, 396
political ops, 2
Polish Palikot’s Movement Party, 348
polyphony, 131
Poole, Chris (moot), 43
Poulsen, Kevin, 346, 389
pranking, 2, 31, 35, 36, 37, 60
Preska, Loretta, 359, 391, 392
#press channel, 60, 73
primary ideal, of Anonymous, 47
Primitive Rebels (Hobsbawm), 71
Privacy International, 390
private channels (IRC), 10, 102, 116, 155, 157, 240, 253, 332, 362
private intelligence contracting, 234–5
private message (PM), 148, 227, 283, 294, 325
Project Chanology: see Chanology/ Project Chanology
Project PM (PPM), 234, 313–14, 338, 387
#propaganda channel, 130, 165, 192
Protest Warrior, 282
proxy, 320
prvt.org, 241
pseudonymous environment, 173, 398
PSN (PlayStation Network), 243, 246, 247, 262
public channels (IRC), 101, 102, 109, 110, 116, 117, 130, 154, 191, 253, 264, 299, 332, 342
Public Knowledge, 89
publicity videos, 6, 11
Puck (trickster), 33–4, 96
#pure-elite channel, 156
pwning, 215, 264, 357
pwnsauce (Darren Martyn), 248–9, 250–1, 264, 290, 353, 384–5
PyLoris, 348
Q
q-lined, 179
Q/q, 213–214
q, 179–80, 185–8, 213–14, 217, 222
Q (Sigurdur “Siggi” Thordarson), 346
R
Radar, 54
Radio Hacking, 279
Radwaddie, 123, 124, 125, 126
Ragan, Steve, 181, 264
rage comic, 239
Rancière, Jacques, 396
random dice day, 88, 90, 95, 96, 98
Random forum, 41
see also 4chan’s random bulletin board /b/
rape culture, 372, 374, 395, 399
Ravel (Sue), 72
Raven (Trickster), 33
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), 96, 99, 102, 104, 348
Recursion (Cody Kretsinger), 287, 327
reddit, 26, 44
RedHack, 156
Reed, Harper, 365, 366
Religious Technology Center, 54, 59
#reporter channel, 169, 178, 181, 182, 184, 185, 193, 215, 264
Reporters Without Borders’ Press Index, 144
repulsive order of the financiers, 22
Reset the Net, 383
resistance, everyday tactics of, 126
Reuters, 99
RevoluSec, 340, 341
Risen, James, 84, 379
Riseup, 379, 382
rofled, 70
Rolling Stone, 369, 424n23
RollRedRoll.com, 369
root (full administrator), 160
Rosen, Ruth, 364
Rosol, Eric J., 140
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), 370
RSA Security Inc., 233
rubik, 155, 157, 159, 160, 161–4
ruin life campaigns, 21
Rule #17, 64
Rustle League, 19
Rutherford, Danilyn, 392
S
S., Bernie, 85–6
Sabu (Hector Xavier Monsegur), 87–8, 155, 156, 181, 215, 218, 219, 233, 237, 241–2, 248, 251, 253, 254, 255, 265, 283, 285, 287–8, 289, 291, 292–3, 294–7, 299, 312, 318–22, 324, 325–35, 339, 340, 344–6, 353–62, 390, 391
Sabutage, 363, 365
Sagada 11, 281
Saleh, Ibrahim, 150
San Francisco BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), 7
see also Operation BART (OpBART)
Sanreckzi, Monica, 371
Santayana, George, 118
Sauter, Molly, 136
#savetpd (Save the Pirate Bay) channel, 101
#savetpbmods channel, 102
Schneider, Nathan, 322, 333
Schneier, Bruce, 382
Scientology, Church of: see Church of Scientology
Scientology-oriented activism (4chan thread on), 55
Scientology vs. the Internet, 58
Scott, James, 107
screen session, 320
script kiddies, 158, 282, 285, 326
Sea Org, 77
#!sec channel, 340
secrecy, as sustenance for Anonymous participants, 300
secret cabals and channels, 74, 102, 109, 112, 114, 130, 154, 248, 250, 292, 297, 299, 319, 324, 364
secrets, sharing of, 324
security, challenges in, 260
security industry: black hat hackers as having contempt for, 285, 344
reliance of on hackers and researchers, 25
Sennett, Richard, 399
Serious Organised Crime Agency (UK), 169, 237, 289
SETI@home, 94
711chan, 55, 57
SF Weekly, 311
Shadowcrew, 420n5
Shapira, Ian, 184
Sharpie, 308–9
shell access, 160
Sheriff’s Office of Baldwin County, Alabama, 337
shitstorm, 185–8, 190, 193
#ShootingSherrifsSaturday, 300
Shorrock, Tim, 235
Sidi Bouzid, 151
Sifry, Micah, 378
Silverglate, Harvey, 420n8
the sir, 239
skiddies, 158
Skype, 21, 47, 183, 255, 335
Slab City, 22, 23
Slate, 370
Slaughter, Jessi, 44–5, 240
Slim, 144, 173
see also Amamou, Slim
Smith, Lamar, 234
Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice (Natapoff), 360
snitching/snitches, 85–6, 87, 88, 195, 295, 296, 297–8, 318, 320, 321, 325, 327, 357, 363, 364
snooty 133t hacker, 263
Snowden, Edward, 171, 301, 302, 378, 380, 382, 383, 384
social bandits, 71
Social Security numbers, 7, 21, 32, 216
Soghoian, Chris, 382
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, 105
Something Awful, 32, 45
Sony, 237, 244, 245, 246, 247, 260, 262, 263, 327
SonyRecon, 246
SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), 346, 347, 349
SopaStrike.com, 346
Space Rogue, 261
spam bombing, 93, 94
“Special Identities Modernization (SIM) Project,” 301
specialforces.com, 343
Spitler, Daniel (JacksonBrown), 24
Spooky Business (Center for Corporate Policy), 209, 211
St. Jude (Milhon, Jude), 167
Stallman, Richard, 120
Stanford, 36
Steal this Book (Hoffman), 280
Stefan, 261
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields, 174
Sterling, Bruce, 279
Stern, Carl, 205
Steubenville, Ohio football case, 368–73
StickyDrama, 44
Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), 346, 347, 349
Stratfor, 314, 339–45, 349–52, 357–8, 362, 387
Strauss-Kahn, Dominique, 29
Streisand, Barbara, 53
Streisand Effect, 53
structurelessness, tyranny of, 76
structures of feeling, 432n40
Stuckey, Daniel, 358, 359
Sullivan, William Cornelius, 204
superaltern, 48
surveillance, current style of, 209, 379–81
Swartz, Aaron, 171, 172, 367–8
Swedish prosecutor, 126
Syria, 143, 359
T
tactics: digital protest, 139�
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direct action political, 88
disruptive, 136, 137, 256
for enforcing ideal of egalitarianism, 189
illegal, 7, 13, 63, 88, 90, 92, 98, 108, 111, 209, 299, 310
law-abiding, 108
legal, 7, 13, 63
legally gray, 7
militant, 9
punishment for offline protesting tactics as compared to punishment for digital protesting tactics, 140
of resistance, 126
Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System), 383
Takriz, 151
Tan, 261
Target, 261
Taussig, Michael, 265
TeaMp0isoN, 283
Team Roomba, 19
Team Themis, 208, 209, 228, 234
TeamViewer, 167
Tech Herald, 181
Technical Assistance Program (TAP), 280
techno-tricksterism, 35
TED, 267–8, 270
TEDGlobal, 273
Telecomix, 192, 200, 201
textfiles (philes), 279
tflow, 166–73, 215, 241, 248–51, 252, 283, 289, 290, 291, 299, 301
Thomas, Douglas, 389
Thompson, Fred, 260
Thordarson, Sigurdur (Siggi) (Q), 346
tieve.tk, 96
Timm, Trevor, 382
Time magazine, 204
Time Warner, 271
Tinychat, 183
Tits or gtfo (get the fuck out), 195
Topiary, 16, 155, 179–80, 181, 182–3, 215, 217, 238, 249, 250, 252, 253, 255, 265, 283, 285, 288, 289, 290, 291, 293, 299, 301, 320–1, 363
see also Davis, Jake (Topiary)
top-level domain (TLD), 159
Tor, 332, 348, 382, 390
TorrentFreak, 98, 106, 108
TorrentSpy, 97
traffic floods, 139
transparency, 36, 75, 76, 84, 182, 199
tricksters, 33–5, 96, 182, 240, 273, 274–5, 293, 394
Trogo, 122–3, 124, 125, 126
trolling, 4, 6, 8, 19, 19–46, 32, 35, 38, 39, 41, 45, 50, 62, 182, 282
Truman, Harry, 203
TTI/Vanguard, 267, 270
Tufekci, Zeynep, 127
TuniLeaks, 149
Tunisia, 2, 142, 143–5, 147–55, 157–60, 162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 182, 191, 395 see also OpTunisia
Tupac article (bogus), 266
Turner, Hal, 65–6
20th Century Fox, 169
2600, 86, 239, 257, 280, 297, 298, 299
Twitter, 127, 128, 130, 151, 182, 183, 212, 238, 241, 248, 254, 257, 265, 286, 293, 307, 318, 342, 353, 356
Twitter Revolution, 201
2chan.org, 41
U
u4ea, 37, 38
ultracoordinated motherfuckery, 6, 58, 60, 81, 396
unauthorized access, 24
underground hackers/hacker underground, 35, 36, 37, 85, 174, 194, 253, 258, 264, 314
Universal Music, 348
#upperdeck channel, 114
Urban Dictionary, 45
US Army, 301
US Copyright Office, 348
US Department of Energy, 301
US Department of Homeland Security, 333
US Department of Justice, 367
US Federal Reserve, 261, 333
US government: on cyberwarfare class of activities, 6