What 12 can do: A glimpse into the secret world of “hacktivists” defending WikiLeaks

December 16, 2010

via the Guardian: every decentralized swarmish “starfish” network that survives has some kind of at least minimal “spider” backbone. The “Anonymous” network was coordinated by a hidden cabal of around a dozen highly skilled hackers. What is amazing is that a team of 12 people could motivate and orchestrate “Operation Payback,” attacking Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal.

Well… 12 people? Perhaps its not so astounding.

What could 12 people in your network do?

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