<story><title>&quot;You&apos;ve angered the hive&quot;</title><url>http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/anonymous-to-security-firm-working-with-fbi-youve-angered-the-hive.ars</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>smbwrs</author><text>What interests me most about Anonymous is the fact that it&apos;s actually two groups: the small group of technically-competent individuals, and the LOIC script-kiddie griefer minions who can be dispatched at will. The griefers get the media attention and do it &quot;for the lulz&quot;, while the folks with actual skills penetrate systems and expose private information. If I had to guess, I&apos;d say that HBGary got a little information on a bunch of the griefers, and near nothing on the people who can do real damage.&lt;p&gt;If I were a hacker, Anonymous - that is, the 4chan script-kiddie bunch - would make for incredible front line. They generate an unbelievable amount of noise, and a very particular kind of hacker-ish noise, which I&apos;d imagine is fantastic for redirecting attention and covering tracks as necessary. The recent FBI raids, for example. &lt;a href=&quot;http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110128/tc_afp/britainarrestwikileaksinternetanonymous&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110128/tc_afp/britainarrestwik...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>&quot;You&apos;ve angered the hive&quot;</title><url>http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/anonymous-to-security-firm-working-with-fbi-youve-angered-the-hive.ars</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>JonnieCache</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&quot;So why can&apos;t you sell this information to the FBI like you intended? Because we&apos;re going to give it to them for free.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;As ill advised as messing with the FBI may be, this is a masterstroke. Hats off.</text></comment>