Spinoff of Hactivist Group Anonymous Targets Celebrities
A faction of the infamous hacktivist collective Anonymous appears to be branching off from the group's social responsibility mission and getting into the celebrity snooping business.
In recent days, the faction, which calls itself Hollywood Leaks, has posted cell phone numbers of celebrities, nude photos of a rapper, and a confidential copy of a movie script to the Internet.
Anonymous is known for the "Guy Fawkes" masks occasionally worn by its members and for launching cyber attacks loosely related to free speech. Notches on its belt include attacks on Scientology, Bay Area Rapid Transit in San Francisco, government contractor HBGary Federal, and Egyptian government servers during the uprisings in that country. The recent rummaging of celebs' cell phone and email accounts, though, looks more like the work of star snoops than hacktivists.
