'Anonymous'
'Anonymous' | |
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The headless man signifies the leaderless organisation. The global emblem depicts its worldwide relevance and reach. | |
Formation | 2004 |
Type | • Multiple-use name • Virtual community • Voluntary association |
Interests | Free speech |
Interest of | Barrett Brown, Rogue Media Labs |
This is for the group, named 'Anonymous'. For a list of documents from authors who deliberately remain anonymous, see Anonymous.
'Anonymous' is a group identity used in online actions that typically seek to thwart the globalised corporate media by reporting alternative information. However, anybody can use the name, government agencies too.
Contents
Symbols
The headless suit is commonly used online.
The Guy Fawkes mask, from the film V for Vendetta is used by activists both to hide their own identity and to signify sympathy with the group 'Anonymous'.
Origin
The beginning of Anonymous were the Habbo Hotel Raids initially organised on 4chan.[1][2]
Two of the main accounts on Twitter are/were:
- @YourAnonNews
- @YourAnonCentral (connected to the activist Heather Marsh)
Activities
On 5 November 2018, Anonymous leaked documents about the Integrity Initiative and Institute for Statecraft, apparently showing how these UK taxpayer funded groups were employed to create anti-Russian disinformation.[3][4][5]
Events carried out
Event | Location | Description |
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Epik data breach | Data breach in September 2021. Is Anonymous doing the job of the FBI for them because the facts aren't adding up. | |
Integrity Initiative/Leak | CyberGuerilla | A series of 7 leaks, starting on 5 November 2018, of unknown origin and veracity. After some time, the II disputed the authenticity of some of the documents, but was not clear about which. |
Integrity Initiative/Leak/1 | Cyberguerilla | The first of many leaks which exposed covertly organised groups of Russophobic academics, journalists, government officers and deep state operatives who strategised about how to alert to people to a purported Russian "threat". |
Integrity Initiative/Leak/2 | Cyberguerilla | The second Integrity Initiative Leak, 24 days after Integrity Initiative Leak 1. |
Integrity Initiative/Leak/3 | Cyberguerilla | The 3rd tranche of documents released as part of the Integrity Initiative Leak, on 13 December 2018. |
Integrity Initiative/Leak/4 | Cyberguerilla | The fourth Integrity Initiative Leak, from early 2019. |
Integrity Initiative/Leak/5 | Cyberguerilla | Released on the 24 January 2019, the fifth Integrity Initiative Leak. |
Integrity Initiative/Leak/6 | Cyberguerilla | The 6th Integrity Initiative Leak, posted on 8 February 2019. |
Integrity Initiative/Leak/7 | Cyberguerilla | The final tranche of Integrity Initiative documents, released in March 2020, which gave an impression of the scale of the multi-million pound operation |
A Document by 'Anonymous'
Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
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File:Anonymous-open-letter-to-us-citizens.pdf | open letter | 24 March 2011 | US | An incitement to revolution |
Event Participated in
Event | Start |
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Operation Want | 2011 |
Related Document
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:Anonymous Surpasses Wikileaks | article | 17 February 2011 | John Young |
Documents sourced from 'Anonymous'
Title | Type | Subject(s) | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:5 July Seminar; Potential guest list for discussion | spooky seminar invitation list | Deep state Propaganda UK Integrity Initiative Spooky seminar | 26 February 2016 | Integrity Initiative | Seminar with a mix of media, academics and lots of spooks |
Document:Appendix A Ukraine Indicators and Warnings | Ukrainan view of Russian/separatist tactics and strategy | Russia Ukraine Separatists | 26 February 2016 | Integrity Initiative | Ukrainian officers tells British colleagues their opinions |
Document:Avisa Partners Presentation | company presentation | Propaganda France Integrity Initiative Lobbyism | June 2016 | Avisa Partners | This is very revealing but more official presentation of the company's influence work. Compare with the dirty tricks in Document:Combatting Russian Disinformation |
Document:Background to the Simulation Seminars | report | Center for the Study of New Generation Warfare | 28 February 2018 | Chris Donnelly | Background to and observation of two war Simulation Seminars |
Document:Balkans Trip Report | cluster meeting | 28 November 2018 | Simon Bracey-Lane | Workshop in Montenegro. "'Story telling' difficult if journalists are branded fake news" | |
Document:Bid for MoD Funding 2017-2018 | project proposal | Propaganda Integrity Initiative II/C | 14 March 2017 | Integrity Initiative | "Creation of a Europe-wide network of groups who understand the danger of Russian active measures and who can pass the message on to their own decision-makers and public, often using material which we initiate" |
Document:Chief of Defence Intelligence at RUSI 180518 | speech summary | Propaganda Fusion center Interoperability Great power competition for resources | 24 May 2018 | Euan Grant | There need to be exponential growths in information operations [..] and in cooperation with offensive cyber ops. |
Document:Chris Donnelly CV Short | CV | Chris Donnelly | 13 December 2018 | Chris Donnelly | Chris Donnelly short CV |
Document:Chris Donnelly Paris Brussels May 2016 v2 | report | Propaganda Belgium France Integrity Initiative II/C | 13 December 2018 | Chris Donnelly | Chris Donnelly talks to his French II connections. "They think our main target needs to be the parts of the political class and the security structures 'where the rot is'"... "As an independent NGO we can do things they can’t do and national governments can’t do" |
Document:Chris Donnelly Washington DC Schedule | schedule | Wikipedia Washington DC | 26 December 2018 | Integrity Initiative | A schedule of c's meetings in Washington |
Document:Chris Donnelly proposal to FCO | document | Balkans Eastern Europe Market research Edelman | 24 May 2018 | Chris Donnelly | The local partner then needs to do or commission an assessment of the agents or promoters of corruption and influence, eg key businessmen or politicians, as well as opposition politicians and clean businessmen, journalists etc who can be allies. These we bring out on trips to London, HQ NATO etc. |
Document:Cluster Meeting Schedule Thessanoliki | cluster meeting | 28 November 2018 | Simon Bracey-Lane | Meeting with focus on Balkan countries and Greece | |
Document:Combatting Russian Disinformation | report | Wikipedia Propaganda France Integrity Initiative II/C | June 2016 | Avisa Partners | A truly astonishing II document, with a lot of dirty methods. It is written by an established covert French propaganda network, spreading more than a 1000 stories a month, offering to work for II. "our ability to publish articles across hundreds of credible media outlets means that any campaign we undertake will have far more sway than the content published only on state-sponsored outlets RT and Sputnik, and their local few allies." |
Document:Creating or improving the structural mechanisms for tracking, analysing and responding to Russian malign influence and disinformation | strategy document | McCarthyism Propaganda war Academic restrictions | 50318 | Euan Grant | identification of academic sympathies with Russia; Providing source material for radio, TV and print and online media on impact of Russian influence; Preparation of a course on information literacy for University-level students |
Document:CyberGuardian Cyber Security Education Programme for Children and Young People | brainwashing concept paper | Hacking "Cyberwarfare" Brainwashing of children | 30 January 2016 | Integrity Initiative | II puts lots of thought into how the military can train British children for cyberwarfare. |
Document:Domestic Determinants of Russia’s anti-Western Campaign | analysis draft | 28 November 2018 | Hannes Adomeit | II analysis of Russian foreign policy (outline) | |
Document:Draft agenda for the conference Tackling Tools of Malign Influence | conference plan | Tackling Tools of Malign Influence | Chris Donnelly | Draft conference plan for the Tackling Tools of Malign Influence event | |
Document:Establishing a modern perspective - Nation-State vs Network State | article | Perpetual war Cold War II Hypercompetition | 26 February 2016 | Chris Donnelly | "The...requirement is for the organisation to be able to get its message across, to ensure that the Government and the people understand that they are actually engaged in one (or more) instability, like it or not." Chris Donnelly believes “we are at war, but with peacetime attitudes." |
Document:Executive Summary Cyber Security Education Programme for Children and Young People | brainwashing concept paper executive summary | Hacking "Cyberwarfare" Brainwashing of children | 26 February 2016 | Integrity Initiative | II sums up its thought on how the military can train British children for cyberwarfare |
Document:FCO Skripal material 16.03.18 | Twitter roundup | George Monbiot Robert van der Noordaa Julia Davis Anton Shekhovtsov James Patrick Paula Chertok Thomas Grove Martin Lewis Jason Beattie Paul Canning Gordon Guthrie David Jack Jamie Dettmer Krisztian Simon Andrew Scott | 16 March 2018 | Chris Hernon | A Twitter roundup from II. The contents are fairly standard fare, but which users II chose to follow is very interesting, including a certain type of journalist, and "other users in our field". |
Document:FCO Skripal twitter sample 23.3.18 | Twitter roundup | Garry Kasparov Sergei Skripal Julian Lindley-French Edward Lucas Henrik Breitenbauch Integrity Initive network Elliot Higgins Veli-Pekka Kivimäki Hans de Vreij Committee to Investigate Russia Mig Greengard Stiftung Leo Strauss Jimmy Rushmore | 23 March 2018 | Chris Hernon | A Twitter roundup from II. The contents are fairly standard fare, but which users II chose to follow is very interesting, and some are indeed "other users in our field" |
Document:FCO Skripal twitter sample 24.3.18 | Twitter roundup | Sergei Skripal Jakub Janda Deborah Haynes Ian Bond 112 News Andreas Umland Niels Ockelmann James Marson Craig Silverman John Sweeney Daniel Twining Ryan O'Farrell Nina Khrushcheva Shashank Joshi Thomas Embleton Elizabeth Tsurkov | 24 March 2018 | Chris Hernon | A Twitter roundup from II. The contents are fairly standard fare, but which users II chose to follow is very interesting, and some are "other users in our field". |
Document:Finding the money | seminar description | Spying on opposition Financing Russian influence money | 12 June 2016 | Perry Fawcett Ian Cohen | Inegrity Initiative is convinced all opposition is Russian funded, and wants to prove it |
Document:Framing Russian meddling in the Catalan question | report | Julian Assange Spain Catalonia Catalonia/Independence | October 2017 | Integrity Initiative/Cluster/Spain | An example of Projection by the Integrity Initiative. The Moncloa operation shows that the group itself has been involved in subverting the Spanish political process. This document accuses Russia of involvment in the Catalonia independence question. |
Document:Genesis and features of Russia’s hybrid warfare in Ukraine | presentation | Ukraine Hybrid war | June 2018 | Jon Searle | Quote from presentation: “aggression will [only] be over when Russia is over" |
Document:Greek Cluster Meeting | cluster meeting | 25 June 2018 | Integrity Initiative | The Greek cell ('cluster') conspires against the elected Syriza government. | |
Document:Greek Media and Information Literacy Week | media workshop | 28 November 2018 | Integrity Initiative | The British covert propaganda outfit wants..."to familiarize readers/media users with basic principles and concepts so that they can judge and control...the online and printed content they read, share or create, so as to be able to distinguish news from misinformation, biased content, or propaganda". | |
Document:II Network Skripal | report | Skripal Affair | 21 March 2018 | Simon Bracey-Lane | media feedback from II members in smaller countries to HQ in London in Skripal affair |
Document:II Report Greek Diplomatic Expulsions | press summary | 28 November 2018 | Integrity Initiative | Summary of Greek comments after expulsion of Russian diplomats "with the constant advice of the American embassy". | |
Document:II Twitter performance January 2018 | success analysis | Integrity Initiative | 14 March 2017 | Chris Donnelly | Our total number of Twitter followers was 328 as of 18th January. |
Document:Ideas for Ramping up IfS Contributions to the Cause | strategy document | Propaganda Skripal Affair | 16 March 2018 | Victor Madeira | Outline of the Ifs-parts of a big covert propaganda campaign to synchronize and spread the British narrative ('the Cause') in the Skripal case. |
Document:Institute for Statecraft & Center for Naval Analyses Joint Workshop | workshop summary | Sweden Estonia Norway Poland Psyop Navy Nuclear weapon US/Marine Corps Zapad Information Warfare | 22 June 2018 | Integrity Initiative | Information Warfare Study Day hosted by British Navy. Candid opinions (with a NATO-flavor) on lots of military issues. |
Document:Institute for Statecraft project on Russian influence - Impact as at 19 04 2016 | report | Propaganda | 19 April 2016 | Chris Donnelly | A list of stories II has planted in media per April 2016, some openly, some secretly, like "Trolls on the Kremlin Payroll"; plus a number of youtube lectures with a lacklustre number of unique views. |
Document:Integrity France | report | Propaganda France Integrity Initiative II/C | 25 June 2018 | Integrity Initiative | a partial list of II-France members. For complete list, see Integrity Initiative/Cluster/France |
Document:Integrity Initiative Budget for the 12 months ending 31 March 2019 | Budget and activity plan | Propaganda Integrity Initiative II/C Political warfare Information Operation | 2 November 2018 | Integrity Initiative | Budget outlining how Integrity Initiative is going to control the information space, and influence policy-makers, specialists and media. |
Document:Integrity Initiative Weekly Report 16th to 22nd July 2018 | report | Australia Norway China Taiwan Greg Sheridan | 22 July 2018 | Euan Grant | input into media documentaries and fictional entertainment, including specific topics |
Document:Integrity Initiative Weekly Report 9th to 15th July 2018 | report | Russia Portugal Spain Africa Scotland Moldova Integrity Initiative/Cluster | 15 July 2018 | Euan Grant | |
Document:Integrity initiative: Notes on discussions in Greece | report | Greece | 2017 | Chris Donnelly Integrity Initiative/Cluster/Greece | II looking hard for Russian influence. It "is insidious but everywhere, so it is difficult to pinpoint..Their funding is difficult to identify." |
Document:Invoice Visit to Norway 23-4 January 2018 Alex Finnen | Invoice | Norway Alexander Finnen | Alexander Finnen | Proves Alex Finnen is connected to Norwegian cell | |
Document:Invoice to MoD for Ukrainian Visit | success analysis | Ukraine Integrity Initiative Vidmantas Eitutis Land Intelligence Fusion Centre | 22 November 2017 | Chris Donnelly | Invoice from Institute of Statecraft to the Ministry of Defence for Ukrainian visit to London |
Document:John Searle Statecraft invoice 29 May 18 | invoice | John Searle | 29 May 18 JL | John Searle | John Searle invoice to Institute of Statecraft for "Research activities" |
Document:Journalism skill sharing seminar | review | Foreign Desk Ltd | 26 December 2018 | Victor Madeira | Foreign Desk Ltd suggested a joint event with the Integrity Initiative to groom 15 young journalists. The proposal has comments from II's Victor Madeira |
Document:Maritime Battle Staff Information Warfare (IW) Study Day | seminar description | Netherlands Psyop DETER/DECEIVE Information Warfare | 22 June 2018 | Integrity Initiative | Information Warfare Study Day hosted by British Navy |
Document:Meeting Note Moscow Stock Exchange Forum | seminar description | Gold Oil Aluminium Russian economy Economic warfare Arkady Dvorkovich Alexander Afanasiev Pavel Grachev Oleg Mukhamedshin Grain | 12 June 2017 | Integrity Initiative | II, probably Victor Madeira or Perry Fawcett, attended a Russian business forum in London |
Document:Meetings in Greece Feb 2017 | cluster meeting | 10 February 2017 | Integrity Initiative | Greek II collaborators discussing how to reorient Greek public opinion. | |
Document:Military measures | report | War Ukraine | 3 January 2014 | Chris Donnelly | A list of suggested military measures to Ukraine in 2014, including "Mine Sevastopol harbour/bay" |
Document:Monthly Accounts | accounts | Integrity Initiative | 22 November 2017 | Chris Donnelly | The Monthly Accounts for the Integrity Initiative, somewhat in the startup phase |
Document:Notes from David Leask meeting 27 March 2018 | strategy document | Russia Today Scotland Scottish National Party Integrity Initiative Scottish independence | 27 March 2018 | Chris Donnelly | Integrity Initiative convinced Scottish 'fringe' nationalism is a Kremlin plot caused by RT and Sputnik; intends to influence to tie Scotland to NATO, England wants to keep media and political dominance |
Document:Production schedule 05 04 2016 | output report | 4 May 2016 | Integrity Initiative | A list of written output from II staff, mostly for internal study use. | |
Document:Production timetable March-April 2016 | output planning report | 25 February 2016 | Integrity Initiative | A list of planned written output from II staff, similar to Document:Production schedule 05 04 2016 | |
... further results |
References
- ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ziq8LPWfgkIC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87&ots=id2bmpaK2w&focus=viewport&dq=anonymous+habbo+hotel
- ↑ https://habboraids.fandom.com/wiki/Habbo_is_racist
- ↑ https://www.moonofalabama.org/2018/11/british-government-behind-secret-anti-russian-disinformation-campaign.html
- ↑ https://www.ukcolumn.org/article/integrity-initiative-look-deep-state
- ↑ https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2018/12/20/institute-for-statecraft-slams-door-in-labour-mps-face/