Calling Anonymous – We Need Your Help!

Recently, we did a show discussing hacking groups, such as Anonymous and LulzSec, and touched on the notion of state-sponsored hacking. Since then, listeners have told us that hacking may be performed by agents of a state or government without actually being sponsored by the government. Apparently, it can be easy to abuse the aura of official office to cover an employee's own, personal activities.

When a government or an indivdiual within a government misuses their resources to cause harm, what can the victims do? One wonders if there might be some way to call on Anonymous for help?

They certainly have the forensic expertise to determine if the accidental deletion of a year's worth of blogs, or an untiemly system crash leading to the loss of entire web sites really was an accident of somthing more sinister. And they can certainly both protect and respond to cyber actions against an online operation.

Could Anonymous be a hacker A-Team?

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