title: We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency
author:  Parmy Olson 
description: "A lively, startling book that reads as 'The Social Network' for group hackers. As in that Facebook film the technological innovations created by a few people snowball wildly beyond expectation, until they have mass effect. But the human element - the mix of glee, malevolence, randomness, megalomania and just plain mischief that helped spawn these changes - is what Ms. Olson explores best...<em>We Are Anonymous </em>also captures the broad spectrum of reasons that Anonymous and LulzSec attracted followers."<b><i>Janet Maslin, <i>New York Times</i></i></b><br /><br />"Olson keeps <i>We Are Anonymous </i>moving quickly, as she jumps around in chronology, using dramatic cliffhangers to tie the different strands of the narrative together while commanding attention... An eminently human tale."<b><i>Rowan Kaiser, <i>AV Club</i></i></b><br /><br />"An incredible story."<b><i>Jon Stewart, <i>The Daily Show</i></i></b><br /><br />"A masterpiece of shoe-leather journalism, a fast-paced, richly detailed account of the group's beginnings, various schisms and most spectacular attacks"<b><i><em>The Daily</em></i></b>
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  PROFILE
  
  Fxmsp: The invisible god of networks
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  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  INTRODUCTION
  KEY FINDINGS 
  EVOLUTION STAGES 
  VICTIM PORTFOLIO: GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE AND INDUSTRIES
  TIMELINE OF ACTIVITIES ON UNDERGROUND FORUMS
  TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES (TTPs)
  FIRST STEPS IN THE UNDERGROUND
  EXPANSION OF ACTIVITY: PRESENCE ON NEW UNDERGROUND FORUMS
  EXPLOIT[.]IN AND THE FIRST ADS FOR THE SALE OF ACCESS TO COMPROMISED 
  NETWORKS
  EPISODE I: COLLABORATION WITH LAMPEDUZA
  EPISODE II: THE PHANTOM MENACE
  THE FINAL STRAIGHT: END OF Fxmsp’s OPERATIONS
  Fxmsp’s PRESUMED IDENTITY: DEANONYMIZATION STAGES
  RECOMMENDATIONS 
  APPENDIX 1. LIST OF COMPANIES COMPROMISED BY Fxmsp TO WHICH HE AND 
  HIS ACCOMPLICE SOLD ACCESS* 
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