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The beauty of earth is endless and immense.

From the bold and vibrant to sublime and

desolate. However, what happens when you

introduce a Kingston squirrel into this mix?

We interrupt this Flipbook message, to bring you a

message from Anonymous. We are Anonymous. We are a

legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.

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Anonymous, is an un-centralized network of

hacktivists using distributed denial of service

attacks (DDoS) .

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Originated in 2003 on the internet forum

4chan. They have expanded their reach via social

networks backed by millions of online

members. This leads us to question…..

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Cyber

Terrorists?

ARE THEY

Freedom

Fighters?

OR

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“Freedom fighters or

vandals? No consensus

on Anonymous.” -Matt Krupnick, Highbeam Research

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“In December 2006, Anonymous took down

the website of white supremacist radio

show host Hal Turner. The attack ended up

with Turner paying some very expensive

bandwidth bills and dropping a lawsuit a

year later.”

–Justia.com

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oFreedom Fighter

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“Anonymous released user

information from a major

hacking forum in

February 2011, and

security firm Mandiant

was able to use this data

to link the Chinese

military to cyber-attacks

against the U.S. this

year.” –Paul Harris, The Guardian oFreedom Fighter

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“Anonymous hacked the website of the Kasumigaura River Office in Ibaraki Prefecture, apparently mistaking "Kasumigaura" for "Kasumigaseki," the location of many central government offices.” [Intention: to protest against the enactment of the revised Copyright Law] -Yomiuri Shimbun, The Jakarta Post

Tcyber Terrorists

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“The Westboro Baptist Church is notoriously hateful and intolerant.

Anonymous successfully took down the

Westboro Baptist Church's website in

February 2011 in protest.” -Asawin Suebsaeng, MotherJones oFreedom Fighter

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“Operation DarkNet was the group's campaign against child pornography in October 2011. Because pornographers were incredibly effective at using technology to hide themselves, Anonymous used technology to put them out of business.” -Micheal Stone, Examiner

oFreedom Fighter

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“January 2008, Anonymous kicked off ‘Project

Chanology,’ its attack on the Church of Scientology, a

cult-like religion which allegedly imprisons its dissident

members. They launched denial of service attacks against

the organization's websites, and even physically

protested.” -Robert Vamosi, CNET

oFreedom Fighter

"People have the right to express themselves ... The Church of Scientology has always defended the right of freedom of expression." Both representatives also expressed concerns regarding the spread of

"hate speech". -Staff, WKMG-TV

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Tcyber Terrorists

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“The Steubenville rape case — in which images of the high school victim were disseminated in social media — obviously got a lot of attention earlier this year. Anonymous released incriminating video, tweets, and emails belonging to accused players on the school's football team.” -Crimesider Staff, CBC

oFreedom Fighter

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[Amanda Todd Case] “ A representative of the group told the Toronto Star that the group doesn’t care about causing the wrong man to be targeted. He is, after all, facing charges. So he must be evil, right? “

“I think Anonymous and anyone else needs to seriously weigh the further harm that could come out of releasing names of minors in this case or others.” –Matt Gurney, National Post

Tcyber Terrorists

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“Just this month, Anonymous began ‘Operation Free Korea.’ It's the group's effort to get ‘controversial leader Kim Jong-un to resign,’ ‘install free democracy,’ ‘abandon nuclear ambition,’ and grant ‘uncensored internet access’ to its citizens. On April 3, Anonymous released all 15,000 usernames and passwords for the government's web services and threatened to wipe its data.” –Caitlin Dewey, Washingston Post oFreedom Fighter

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“Getting onto the domestic [North Korean] internet is highly unlikely based on our current understanding of the network. It's believed to be totally separate from the internet with no network link between the two for security purposes. So this hack seems likely to be a bluff.” –Martyn Williams, North Korea Tech

Tcyber Terrorists

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May 7th, Anonymous will start phase 1 of Operation USA, which is a response to acts of “multiple war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan” and “in your own country.” The group is protesting the Obama Administration’s uses of targeted drone attacks that have resulted in the deaths of “hundreds of innocent children and families.” –This Day Live

Tcyber Terrorists

Scoreboard

Freedom Fighter o T

However, this board does not measure the

true impact of Anonymous’ actions. It is

difficult to judge what is right or wrong

and at what cost.

Cyber Terrorist

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Anonymous can be best described

through:

“I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.” –Augusten Burroughs, Magical Thinking

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THE ANONYMOUS BROADCAST HAS ENDED.

YOU MAY NOW RETURN TO YOUR FEATURED FLIPBOOK

PRESENTATION “ATTACK OF THE SQUIRRELS.”

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Queen’s students

constantly fear for their

lives. The squirrels are

known to attack students

at random. Earth cannot

be safe until we

exterminate the squirrels.

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