Hacking groups on

the web.
Modern day heroes or villains?
Cian Brennan 13341876

Anonymous hacking
group

Famous hacking group claiming

responsibility for numerous online hacks

Use the guy Fawkes mask as their symbol

Self proclaimed heroes of the internet

Claim to be responsible for the attack of the

Sony corporation and the PSN during 2011

Sony Corporation
hack(2011)

Hacked the PlayStation Network and

brought the whole network down

Users of the PS3 couldn't play online for a

whole month

Claimed they were showing weakness in

their system and they claimed not to have
stolen anything

Results

Huge uproar in the gaming community

Cost Sony millions of dollars

Created huge mistrust in Sony

Caused Online websites to enhance security

measures

Shooting of Michael Brown

In 2014 police shot an unarmed AfricanAmerican man which would become known
as the Ferguson shooting

Riots and uproar followed this shooting

Anonymous felt like it was their duty to act

as vigilantes and take this matter into their
own hands

Released name of the policeman who was

involved on their twitter account for
everyone to see

Got banned from twitter as a result

Hacked the KKKs website and shut it down

Released numerous identities of the KKK

members online

2013 Credit Card Scandal

5 talented independent hackers, attacked

the JetBlue airways and J.C Penney websites

Stole 160 million credit card numbers

Sold them online for 10 a piece

Total loss of over 300 million for the

companies

Led to huge mistrust in these organisations

5 men were eventually caught and

sentenced to life in a high profile prison

A US attorney claimed these men threaten

our economic well-being, our privacy, and
our national security

Heroes or villains?

In my opinion there is no definitive answer

Although I respect the Anonymous group

they certainly do a lot of questionable
things

The majority of other hackers who abuse

their talents are definitely villains

References-Citations
Source 1: Holtfreter, R.E, CFE, CICA and
Harrington, A(2014). "Will The Hackers Win
The Battle", Strategic Finance
Source 2: Wikipedia, Anonymous,
http://en.wikipedia/wiki/Anonymous_
%28group%29 (as of 25/10/2014)
Source 3: Waites, R. (October 20, 2011). "V
for Vendetta masks: Who's behind them".
BBC News.

Questions and Answers?