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The beauty of earth is endless and immense.
From the bold and vibrant to sublime and
desolate. However, what happens when you
introduce a Kingston squirrel into this mix?
We interrupt this Flipbook message, to bring you a
message from Anonymous. We are Anonymous. We are a
legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.
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Anonymous, is an un-centralized network of
hacktivists using distributed denial of service
attacks (DDoS) .
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Originated in 2003 on the internet forum
4chan. They have expanded their reach via social
networks backed by millions of online
members. This leads us to question…..
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Cyber
Terrorists?
ARE THEY
Freedom
Fighters?
OR
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“Freedom fighters or
vandals? No consensus
on Anonymous.” -Matt Krupnick, Highbeam Research
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“In December 2006, Anonymous took down
the website of white supremacist radio
show host Hal Turner. The attack ended up
with Turner paying some very expensive
bandwidth bills and dropping a lawsuit a
year later.”
–Justia.com
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oFreedom Fighter
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“Anonymous released user
information from a major
hacking forum in
February 2011, and
security firm Mandiant
was able to use this data
to link the Chinese
military to cyber-attacks
against the U.S. this
year.” –Paul Harris, The Guardian oFreedom Fighter
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“Anonymous hacked the website of the Kasumigaura River Office in Ibaraki Prefecture, apparently mistaking "Kasumigaura" for "Kasumigaseki," the location of many central government offices.” [Intention: to protest against the enactment of the revised Copyright Law] -Yomiuri Shimbun, The Jakarta Post
Tcyber Terrorists
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“The Westboro Baptist Church is notoriously hateful and intolerant.
Anonymous successfully took down the
Westboro Baptist Church's website in
February 2011 in protest.” -Asawin Suebsaeng, MotherJones oFreedom Fighter
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“Operation DarkNet was the group's campaign against child pornography in October 2011. Because pornographers were incredibly effective at using technology to hide themselves, Anonymous used technology to put them out of business.” -Micheal Stone, Examiner
oFreedom Fighter
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“January 2008, Anonymous kicked off ‘Project
Chanology,’ its attack on the Church of Scientology, a
cult-like religion which allegedly imprisons its dissident
members. They launched denial of service attacks against
the organization's websites, and even physically
protested.” -Robert Vamosi, CNET
oFreedom Fighter
"People have the right to express themselves ... The Church of Scientology has always defended the right of freedom of expression." Both representatives also expressed concerns regarding the spread of
"hate speech". -Staff, WKMG-TV
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Tcyber Terrorists
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“The Steubenville rape case — in which images of the high school victim were disseminated in social media — obviously got a lot of attention earlier this year. Anonymous released incriminating video, tweets, and emails belonging to accused players on the school's football team.” -Crimesider Staff, CBC
oFreedom Fighter
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[Amanda Todd Case] “ A representative of the group told the Toronto Star that the group doesn’t care about causing the wrong man to be targeted. He is, after all, facing charges. So he must be evil, right? “
“I think Anonymous and anyone else needs to seriously weigh the further harm that could come out of releasing names of minors in this case or others.” –Matt Gurney, National Post
Tcyber Terrorists
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“Just this month, Anonymous began ‘Operation Free Korea.’ It's the group's effort to get ‘controversial leader Kim Jong-un to resign,’ ‘install free democracy,’ ‘abandon nuclear ambition,’ and grant ‘uncensored internet access’ to its citizens. On April 3, Anonymous released all 15,000 usernames and passwords for the government's web services and threatened to wipe its data.” –Caitlin Dewey, Washingston Post oFreedom Fighter
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“Getting onto the domestic [North Korean] internet is highly unlikely based on our current understanding of the network. It's believed to be totally separate from the internet with no network link between the two for security purposes. So this hack seems likely to be a bluff.” –Martyn Williams, North Korea Tech
Tcyber Terrorists
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May 7th, Anonymous will start phase 1 of Operation USA, which is a response to acts of “multiple war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan” and “in your own country.” The group is protesting the Obama Administration’s uses of targeted drone attacks that have resulted in the deaths of “hundreds of innocent children and families.” –This Day Live
Tcyber Terrorists
Scoreboard
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However, this board does not measure the
true impact of Anonymous’ actions. It is
difficult to judge what is right or wrong
and at what cost.
Cyber Terrorist
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Anonymous can be best described
through:
“I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.” –Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking
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THE ANONYMOUS BROADCAST HAS ENDED.
YOU MAY NOW RETURN TO YOUR FEATURED FLIPBOOK
PRESENTATION “ATTACK OF THE SQUIRRELS.”
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Queen’s students
constantly fear for their
lives. The squirrels are
known to attack students
at random. Earth cannot
be safe until we
exterminate the squirrels.
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