Anonymous Begins Teaching Hacktivism on IRC (softpedia.com)

Softpedia reports that "At the end of April, members of the Anonymous hacker collective announced the launch of the OnionIRC, an internet relay chat network where the group says it aims to teach people about hacking and hacktivism." [Chat logs are available through the @OnionIRC Twitter account.] Classes cover topics like open-source intelligence and how to use nmap and bash, but "The teachers and the main people behind this campaign have been focused more on promoting the principles of hacktivism than anything else...classes on the idea of Anonymous itself, hacktivism in general, and civil disobedience." An anonymous Slashdot reader writes: The group's actual hacking activity has died down in the past years, with less "hacks" and more DDoS attacks, which most of the times are carried out by attention-seeking members. Because of this, the group's older members created the OnionIRC as a way to recruit and train new members.
Meanwhile, Softpedia reports that an Anonymous group is now targeting the mayor of Denver for dismantling homeless shelters, by bringing new attention to unconfirmed rumors that he once visited a prostitute.

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Yes , they do

[Viol8]

And they're usually very experienced coders/hackers you name it - there are very few newbies or script kiddies on IRC mainly because they've never heard of it. I suspect anonymous' lectures will last about 5 minutes before they're laughed off the channel.

Anonymous is embarrassing

[tom229]

Anonymous is proof that anything designed and managed by committee is doomed to chaos. They gained notoriety with some pretty basic hacks several years ago, as well as from DDOSing a couple big websites, based on some strong principles. Since then, they've just been an embarrassment. This move to political "hacktivism" could better be described as armchair extremism without focus. Some sects are against trump, some are for, etc. Regardless, activism isn't about picking political leaders, it's about core principles and ideals. And the Guy Fawkes mask has always been corny. Nothing screams basement dweller more than hiding your identity behind a character from your favorite movie. These guys are just embarrassing.