Anonymous boasts of itself as being a easy collective , a jumble of miscellaneous , at time conflict ideals , sans leadership . It seems to work well for them ! Except this nebulousness also lets in pretty much anyone . Including thecops .
MSNBC reportsthe recent rash of Anonymousarrests , span Spain and South America , can be traced back to a single chat elbow room . And this chatroom , like pretty much all of Anonymous ’ chatrooms , were ripe for monitoring :
https://gizmodo.com/25-anonymous-suspects-arrested-in-global-interpol-sting-5889235
In the communique released on its web log , Anonymous Iberoamerica aver the 25 [ arrest ] were snare not through “ inteligence body of work or information processing strategy ” but rather through “ the use of undercover agent and informant within the apparent motion . ”
Anon faces a tricky balance here . Its power to swarm websites with DDoS blast and recruit new natural endowment adequate to of more advanced assault trust on a bad , swinging opened door . But this same nonexistent door insurance mean a great spate of the group ’s communication and planning is available to anyone who want to see it . Most participants utilize commonplace methods to encrypt their identity element , but as we see , at least 25 did n’t .
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