'Anonymous' hack attacks make world sit up, take notice
Hack the planet and save the world is the rallying cry of an army of keyboard warriors known as Anonymous, which in the last 18 months has targeted everyone from the Tunisian government to the Boston police, the Vatican to Sony, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews to PayPal, blocking their websites or retrieving embarrassing files and emails for the world to see.
The elusive "hacktivist" collective, identified only by its logo of a headless man in a suit or its Guy Fawkes masks, has hacked into the Syrian defence ministry and Bank of America. It has eavesdropped on Scotland Yard and the FBI. And it has outed alleged white supremacists across Canada, including a couple in Quebec City.
With more than 15 million page views on its main news website and more than 560,000 Twitter followers, it's clear the world is paying attention to this nascent form of politics — and for good cause.
