New challenges as well <| sep |> TRANSLATEDtldr don ' t get caught First , figure out a way to communicate anonymously . This will likely need to start with individuals learning how to utilize basic shit like irc , VPNs , proxies and other tools that attempt to assist with anonymity . Second , once you ' re able to communicate with some modicrum of anonymity you ' ll need to do more than that . You ' ll need to build a botnet to operate your very own Tor network , since you ' re going to be operating a private peer 2 peer network you ' re also going to run something like WASTE on it . Third , once you have a WASTE filesharing and communication network running on an anonymizing botnet you can move on to coordination of activities . You ' re going to need everyone to brush up on simple , basic shit and practice until you ' re blue in the face . Rooting unix systems with known vulnerabilities , playing the various wargames cough honeypots cough , learning assembly and disassembly , reverse engineering software , debugging various sorts of software Android and iOS attacks are ubiquitous now , phone hacking software is only going to get better , if like the videogame dedsec you want to focus on direction action operations you ' re going to need to get to the level of people who are extremely good now and taking it to a level that is almost imaginary in scope . Fourth , once you have anonymity and the means to affect change you need to decide what your mission statement is . What the fucking shit are you doing this for ? Find out . Fifth , look at the failure of every other hacking group . Usually , people are caught because of hubris , incompetence and double agent spy shit . Any participants can be turned with the right leverage . Look at what happened to sabu and anonymous participants can always be turned into informants because the FBI can blackmail you with whatever they would like . If you ' re serious about doing this , you ' re going to need to figure out a system that actually makes sense . Seperate your door kickers from your intelligence apparatus . Script kiddies conduct DDoS attacks , run anonymizing private tor exit nodes , and conduct other basic shit . Sixth , insulate yourself against anything illegal by at least two to three degree ' s of seperation . Follow moscow rules with everything . If you ' re running an operation , you must cease comms and wait a year to act , then peel off and seperate for no less than five years after you ' re made a move . This can and will defeat the persistent threat of surveillance . That takes discipline but it ' s necessary against state adversaries capable of dragnet blanket surveillance . Are they your target ? Maybe not , but they are the only credible threat worth worrying about . Seventh , disregard all of this and forget all this juvenile hacktivism shit . In the words of Abbie Hoffman , ' They can ' t win they ' ve already won . '