Anonymous

 My group still has not met to film the rest of our short film. I decided to do a little more research on the hacker. We have not filmed that part yet so this will defiantly benefit me.Anonymous is one of the most well known group of hackers in the world. This group has completed many extreme hacking events over the years including attacks on government, major corporations, financial institutions, etc.

        The group gained national attention in 2008 when they hacked the church of scientology. Anyone who wants to be in this group can be. If you say you are in the group that means you are in the group. Most members of the group remain unknown.  There are only 7 anonymous hackers who have been "unmasked". Most of the time when members draw "law enforcement fire" they loose their anonymity as a result.  

         This group has no specific goal. They want to combat censorship, promote freedom of speech, and counter government control. There is three major ways that they hack information. They crash web servers,  leaking private information, and website defacement. In our film, the hacker is hacking web servers and leaking private information. Even though our hacker may not be apart of anonymous, the two are very similar so this research was very beneficial. 

http://abcnews.go.com/US/worldwide-hacker-group-anonymous/story?id=37761302

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/07/anonymous-hackers_n_3398282.html