Anonymous just keeps on making grander threats, but they have finally made the greatest threat possible - shutting down the entire Internet. In a pastebin post that we won't link to for obvious reasons, a member of Anonymous posted a document called "Operation Global Blackout." You may remember #OpGlobalBlackout from a previous Anonymous video that promised ...

appears that Anonymous may pose more of a threat to the U.S. government than initially thought. The Wall Street Journal is reporting General Keith Alexander, director of the NSA, has said that Anonymous may be capable of taking down power grids via a cyberattack in the next few years. The statements were reportedly made in meetings at the White House and other private gatherings ...

As per usual, Anonymous is taking credit for the takedown. No, the outage probably won't last for a long period of time, but even if Anonymous is erroneously taking credit for the site being down, the connection is being interrupted by some entity. As the news of this particular takedown spreads, it will inevitably lead back to the "is Anonymous helping when they do things ...

Anonymous seems to pick a lot of targets these days that they feel are deserving of their unique brand of Internet vigilantism. Their latest target - Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews. We reported last Tuesday that Toews introduced C-30 - a bill that would require ISPs to collect information on citizens that would be accessible by the authorities at any ...

the scourge of the Anonymous hacker group has been eliminated. Until that time, however, sit back and enjoy the ride as Anonymous takes down yet another site, all in an effort to speak out against SOPA, PIPA, and, of course, ACTA. Anonymous' latest round of victims included websites serving the Federal Trade Commission ( business.ftc.gov ), as well as the follow FTC consumer ...

not only with Anonymous but with the global protest scene as a whole. A spokesman for the Internet freedom group Quadrature du Net said that the anti-ACTA protests are a "demonstration without precedent" because it is taking place all over Europe "at the same time." The protests seem to be working as Germany has held off on signing the controversial treaty. The Czech ...

would appear that Anonymous has also confirmed the blocks. They are now in the process of setting up proxies so that Iranian citizens can access the Internet. @ioerror Jacob Appelbaum Iran is filtering the internet more intensely as of the last 48 hours. SSL/TLS is censored on many ISPs but not all. 5 hours ago via web · Reply · Retweet · Favorite · powered by @socialditto ...

hubbub, as well as Anonymous ' hijinks, then you've undoubtedly noticed the masks many protesters have been wearing, exactly like the lead image suggests. While these masks have become incredibly popular because of these protests, and because Anonymous has adopted them as their logo, for those who may not know, the masks were first made popular by Alan Moore and his V for Vendetta ...

about cat videos, Anonymous , ragefaces, and general lulz? And, what will replace all that? Remember Digg? Myspace? Prodigy? Each generation is so cutting edge. But, eventually, the next media format comes along. Boundaries get pushed. Previous ways to measure popularity pale in comparison to current ways. But, for now, we can laugh at the concept of aging ...

The Web site hacking and dumping of info will not stop - next up is the United Nations. A hacker going by the handle Casi dumped information from the United Nations Web site yesterday that contained many vulnerabilities that other hackers could use to get inside the UN's database to cause some real damage. I guess the question here is why did Casi hack