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What you need to know about the role of dark money in Alabama's election

by Jana Kasperkevic
Dec 12, 2017
Anonymous super PACs have poured millions of dollars into advertising on both sides.
Roy Moore, former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, is running for the U.S. Senate seat vacated when Jeff Sessions was appointed U.S. Attorney General by President Donald Trump.
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Hacktivism

How hacktivism intersects with the law

by Ben Johnson and Danielle Stephens
Apr 28, 2017
Activists are using technology, sometimes illegally, to promote social and political change. What kind of legal backlash do they face?
A demonstrator, and supporter of the group Anonymous, rests during a protest against corrupt governments and corporations in front of the White House in Washington, D.C.
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Is ‘hacktivism’ a force for good … or chaos?

by Ben Johnson and Danielle Stephens
Apr 28, 2017
Hackers are 'the best parts of science and information sharing,' research scientist Chester Wisniewski told us. It's part of our special series.
“I am a proudly a hacker, and I get very irritated when hacker is used as a pejorative or to mean criminal activity, because I think hackerism represents our best,” Chester Wisniewski says.
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Founder of hacker group LulzSec explains the chaos of hacktivism

by Ben Johnson and Danielle Stephens
Apr 28, 2017
“Did I help the cause or did I hurt the cause?” asks Hector Monsegur, otherwise known by his hacker handle Sabu.
“When you're using hacking to disrupt a government without an understanding of all the consequences, that's when I start to feel like there's a lot more chaos than sense,” said Hector Monsegur, founder of the hacker group LulzSec and a director at Rhino Security.
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Anonymous doxxes family business

by Wes Williams
Nov 2, 2015
The document release was intended to out members of the KKK.
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Marketplace @ SXSW

Yik Yak, privacy settings and the anonymous economy

by Ben Johnson
Mar 18, 2015
Data protection is popular at SXSW, but opting out might be a false promise.
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October: Not a great month to be a hacker

by Molly Wood
Oct 29, 2013
This month has seen two high profile cases of young men being caught hacking.
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We Are Anonymous: A peek inside the hacker group

by Molly Wood
Jun 14, 2012
A new book examines the hacking collective, where it came from and where it’s going.
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LulzSec hackers take a dive on account of a stoolie

by Molly Wood
Mar 7, 2012
G-men put online palookas in the hoosegow!
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Codebreaker

Anonymous releases FBI phone conversation

by Marc Sanchez
Feb 6, 2012
Hackers spy on spies
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