But who will watch the watchmen?Gawker, apparently. Last week they released chat logs leaked by dissident members of that hacktivist group, Anonymous. As it turns out, the so-called leaderless hivemind is actually more old school in its structure than the idealistic myth would like to let on.Sabu, it seems is the all powerful leader plotting his plans in the private IRC channel #HQ, surrounding himself with eight or so meek yes-men. His attributes are what you’d expect of a 1337 h4x0r: he’s arrogant, manipulative, but highly skilled in his dark arts. In one excerpt, he openly ridicules a member of his inner council over an idea.04:44 Sabu: who the fuck wrote that doc
04:45 Sabu: remove that shit from existence
04:45 Sabu: first off there is no hierachy or leadership, and thus an operations manual is not needed04:46 Sabu: shit like this is where the feds will get american anons on rico act abuse and other organized crime laws
04:47 Laurelai: yeah well you could have done 100 times more effective shit with HBgary
04:47 Laurelai: gratted what we got was good
04:47 Sabu: if you’re so fucking talented why didn’t you root them yourselves?
04:47 Laurelai: but it could have been done alot better
04:47 Sabu: also we had a time restraint
04:48 Sabu: and as far as I know, considering I’m the one that did the op, I rooted their boxes, cracked their hashes, owned their emails and social engineered their admins in hours
04:48 Sabu: your manual is irrelevent.04:51 Sabu: ok who authored this ridiculous “OPERATIONS” doc?
04:51 Laurelai: look the guideline isnt for you
04:51 Sabu: because I’m about to start owning nigg3rs
04:51 marduk: authorized???
04:52 Laurelai: its just an idea to kick around
04:52 Laurelai: start talking
04:52 Sabu: for who? the feds?
04:52 marduk: its not any official doc, it is something that Laurelai wrote up.. and it is for.. others
04:52 marduk: on anonops
04:52 Sabu: rofl
04:52 Laurelai: just idea
04:52 Laurelai: ideas
04:52 Sabu: man
04:52 marduk: at least that is how i understand it
04:52 Laurelai: to talk over
04:53 Sabu: le sigh
04:53 marduk: mmmm why are we so in a bad mood?
04:53 Sabu: my nigga look at that doc
04:53 Sabu: and how ridiculous it is04:54 marduk: look, i think it was made with good intentions. and it is nothing you need to follow, if you dont like it, it is your good right
04:55 Sabu: no fuck that. its docs like this that WHEN LEAKED makes us look like an ORGANIZED CRIME ORGANIZATIONIt makes sense now why Anonymous has failed to match its effectiveness during the infamous Scientology campaign, an effort that made huge strides in shedding light on a highly controversial and opaque organization. Since then they’ve stumbled as the group failed to find a true collective purpose. That is of course until WikiLeaks entered the spotlight. Anonymous has been clamoring for association ever since the arrival of Julian Assange, making some wonder if the two were actually collaborating. The chat logs insinuate some connections.04:51 Sabu: who the fuck is laurelai and why is he/she/it questioning our owning of hbgary
04:51 marduk: uhm.. she is with wl
04:51 Sabu: and?
04:51 marduk: and kayla knows her.
04:51 Sabu: blehMuch of it is typical of the Internet, at least the anonymous portion. There’s some real stuff going on there, perhaps even true ideals but in the end, it can get pretty childish.viaGawker
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04:45 Sabu: remove that shit from existence
04:45 Sabu: first off there is no hierachy or leadership, and thus an operations manual is not needed04:46 Sabu: shit like this is where the feds will get american anons on rico act abuse and other organized crime laws
04:47 Laurelai: yeah well you could have done 100 times more effective shit with HBgary
04:47 Laurelai: gratted what we got was good
04:47 Sabu: if you’re so fucking talented why didn’t you root them yourselves?
04:47 Laurelai: but it could have been done alot better
04:47 Sabu: also we had a time restraint
04:48 Sabu: and as far as I know, considering I’m the one that did the op, I rooted their boxes, cracked their hashes, owned their emails and social engineered their admins in hours
04:48 Sabu: your manual is irrelevent.04:51 Sabu: ok who authored this ridiculous “OPERATIONS” doc?
04:51 Laurelai: look the guideline isnt for you
04:51 Sabu: because I’m about to start owning nigg3rs
04:51 marduk: authorized???
04:52 Laurelai: its just an idea to kick around
04:52 Laurelai: start talking
04:52 Sabu: for who? the feds?
04:52 marduk: its not any official doc, it is something that Laurelai wrote up.. and it is for.. others
04:52 marduk: on anonops
04:52 Sabu: rofl
04:52 Laurelai: just idea
04:52 Laurelai: ideas
04:52 Sabu: man
04:52 marduk: at least that is how i understand it
04:52 Laurelai: to talk over
04:53 Sabu: le sigh
04:53 marduk: mmmm why are we so in a bad mood?
04:53 Sabu: my nigga look at that doc
04:53 Sabu: and how ridiculous it is
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04:55 Sabu: no fuck that. its docs like this that WHEN LEAKED makes us look like an ORGANIZED CRIME ORGANIZATIONIt makes sense now why Anonymous has failed to match its effectiveness during the infamous Scientology campaign, an effort that made huge strides in shedding light on a highly controversial and opaque organization. Since then they’ve stumbled as the group failed to find a true collective purpose. That is of course until WikiLeaks entered the spotlight. Anonymous has been clamoring for association ever since the arrival of Julian Assange, making some wonder if the two were actually collaborating. The chat logs insinuate some connections.04:51 Sabu: who the fuck is laurelai and why is he/she/it questioning our owning of hbgary
04:51 marduk: uhm.. she is with wl
04:51 Sabu: and?
04:51 marduk: and kayla knows her.
04:51 Sabu: blehMuch of it is typical of the Internet, at least the anonymous portion. There’s some real stuff going on there, perhaps even true ideals but in the end, it can get pretty childish.