Who is Anonymous?

For more than a decade, Anonymous has headacheed many authorities around the world with a series of big and different campaigns.

For a long time, Anonymous has become a haunting and terrifying name for many businesses, organizations and individuals in the world. Anonymous has been rated by the National Post as 'the most powerful organization in the world' or on the list of the most influential figures in the world of the prestigious Time magazine. So what is Anonymous?

1. What is anonymous?

Anonymous when looking up the dictionary definition is anonymous, anonymous, no name. Because of the meaning of this word, the particularly famous hacker group in the world has taken the name of his group to indicate that Anonymous is nobody, but brings together a lot of talented people in the hacker world. Anonymous participants are divided into two types: one that wants to stand out to change the world, one that participates in campaigns to satisfy oneself, entertainment is essential.

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Anonymous was born in 2003, starting from a call on the 4chan forum with the Guy Fawkes masked icon as in the movie V for Vendetta. Since the following years, the Anonymous group has carried out cyber attacks, such as the attack on the famous radio host Hal Turner's website, or in 2010 the group brought down the Australian Prime Minister's website - Kevin Rudd, . So what is the number of Anonymous participants to make so many attacks?

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2. How does Anonymous work?

Anonymous's operating network is unlike any organization because there are no rulers or heads to give instructions. The motto of that group is 'You can't behead a headless snake'. Even the members of Anonymous do not know how many people there are. The number of Anonymous is not fixed and increases, spreading all over the world.

They operate on the pretext of opposing Internet control from agencies and governments. Therefore, for decades of existence, Anonymous has caused countless Internet attacks throughout the country. As soon as any team member launches the attack and the other members will join the attack at breakneck speed.

Most of the attacks have Anonymous representatives appearing in the videos, with Guy Fawkes masks, giving short messages to the organization being attacked. IP addresses are constantly changing and it is difficult to locate.

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3. Is the hero or fear of the Internet?

In the attacks of Anonymous, there have been many cases of demolishing child sexual abuse sites online, stealing thousands of credit cards and passing them to charities. Or to mention the campaign to attack the extremist group threatening the security of the world at that time.

Anonymous stands between the boundaries of terrorists or righteous people standing up to destroy evil. There have also been many scandalous incidents brought to light thanks to the attacks of Anonymous. Many people liken Anonymous to Robin Hood of the online world.