1. Photocredits: “.I Travel East.” -Flickr
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?
2. 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.
Photocredit: Ben Page –Flickr
3. Anonymous, is an un-centralized network of
hacktivists using distributed denial of service
attacks (DDoS) .
Photocredit: Paul Gern -Flickr
4. 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…..
Photocredit: Paul Gern -Flickr
6. “Freedom fighters or
vandals? No consensus
on Anonymous.”
-Matt Krupnick, Highbeam Research
Photocredit: Lorraine Murphy –Flickr
7. “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
Photocredit: Andrew Cuba – Flickr
oFreedom Fighter
8. Photocredit:Ian Britton– Flickr
“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
9. Photocredit: Kenny Teo - Flickr
“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
10. Photocredit: The Library of Congress– Flickr
“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
11. Photocredit: “dar_ko_16”- Flickr
“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
13. Photocredit: Cristian Sitov, -Flickr
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“January 2008, Anonymous kicked off ‘Project
Chanology,’ its attack on the Churchof Scientology, a
cult-like religion which allegedly imprisons its dissident
members. They launched denial of service attacks against
the organization'swebsites, and even physically
protested.”
-Robert Vamosi, CNET
oFreedom Fighter
14. "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
Photocredit: “The Library of Congress” –Flickr
Tcyber Terrorists
15. Photocredit: “darcyadelaide” – Flickr
“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
16. Photocredit:The Library of Congress – Flickr
[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
17. Photocredit: “Lord Bullgod” -Flickr
“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
18. Photocredit: Bruce Irving– Flickr
“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
19. Photocredit:George Eastman House– Flickr
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
20. Scoreboard
Freedom Fighter o T
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
Photocredit: Created by me
21. Anonymous can be best described
through:
“I myself am made
entirely of flaws, stitched
together with good
intentions.”
–Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking
22. THE ANONYMOUS BROADCAST
HAS ENDED.
YOU MAY NOW RETURN TO
YOUR FEATURED FLIPBOOK
PRESENTATION “ATTACK OF THE
SQUIRRELS.”
23. Photocredit: “blmiers2” – Flickr
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.
