Anonymous And Ex-Anonymous Hackers Wage A War Of Identification

Anonymous and the group calling itself Backtrace Security seem to be engaged in a campaign of mutually-assured anonymity destruction.

As promised, Backtrace Security, a group of pseudonymous hackers formerly associated with the hacker collective Anonymous, published files earlier this week on BacktraceSecurity.com containing what the group says are identifying details and communication records of members of Anonymous. One file contains the chat logs of several members discussing operations like the attack on security firm HBGary and Gawker. Another PDF includes a spreadsheet of more than 70 pseudonyms of users in Anonymous along with names, addresses, email addresses and other details.

Then Anonymous fired back. A Twitter user associated with Anonymous with the handle TreehouseJen published a link to a page on the document site Pastebin that claims to reveal the identities of Backtrace’s members–three individuals’ names, addresses, phone numbers, and even YouTube videos revealing voices and faces.