It is perhaps a little hard to remember now, but in 2010, there seemed to be a new global superpower. A superpower that acted in unorthodox ways, which was unaccountable and yet of the people, and that was above all nameless, faceless and, as it styled itself, Anonymous.. Born of the internet, it acted most decisively and effectively when it was the internet itself that was threatened. One of its earliest, most successful operations came a matter of days after WikiLeaks published the embassy cables and found its source of funding cut off after PayPal, Visa and Mastercard refused to take donations on its behalf. The link for this article located at The Guardian is no longer available. . LulzSec and Anonymous took on cyber foes, altering the digital landscape through significant attacks and leaks, exposing institutional flaws and reshaping perceptions of hackers as activists. Cyber Insurgency, Hacker Culture, Digital Activism. . Anthony Pell
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