Who's Who in the AntiSec Movement

The following is a summary of known entities in the Anti-Security movement as of 1800 Pacific 25 June 2011. I'll be maintaining it with updates on a regular basis and invite readers to add to this information through the comments section or via email. My contact information and public key is available here. This page will load slowly due to the Silobreaker.com screenshots so please be patient.

You can check for the latest announcements of compromised data by AntiSec hackers in the ZeroPaid feed along the sidebar of his blog.

Latest update:  1418Z 01JUL2011

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Anonymous
Description: A loose collective ("hive") of activist hackers or "hacktivists" that self-identify as a political movement for change [4]
Website: http://anonops.blogspot.com/
Twitter: @anonops
Leadership: the organization claims to have no specific leader however it utilizes spokespersons and IRC moderators that assume the role by default.
Associates:
Barrett Brown - former spokesman who left Anonymous to form Project PM [6]
Anony_ops (@anon_central) - current spokesman
Ryan Cleary (aka "Ryan"): left Anon to form LulzSec [6]; responsible for exposing data from Anonymous IRC channel [7]; publicly identified later as Ryan Cleary by other Anonymous members in retaliation, then arrested by Scotland Yard for attacking the SOCA website [8]
Owen: identified as one of Anon's leaders by Ryan
Kayla: former Anon member, split to form LulzSec with OpSony [5]
Sabu: identified as one of Anon's leaders by by Th3J35t3r [3]; left Anonymous to form LulzSec
Topiary: Left Anonymous to form LulzSec
Affiliates:
AnonItaly: Twitter @anonitaly
AnonAustria: Twitter @anonaustria
RedHack Team (Turkey): Twitter @r3dh4ck
PirateBoat "Your Anon News": Twitter: @BrazilAnonymous
IRC: irc.anonops.li
LocalLeaks: Blog, Repository
HackerLeaks: Blog, Repository

AnonymousIRC
Description: LulzSec merged back with Anonymous on 25 June 2011. Since then, AnonymousIRC (@AnonymousIRC) has become the voice of the AntiSec movement.
Affiliates
Facebook: Operation Payback

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LulzSec
Description: LulzSec was formed by at least 4 ex-Anonymous members who preferred a more aggressive posture than membership in Anonymous offered them. They created a splinter group called LulzSec after the success and media attention garnered by their HB Gary Federal and HB Gary attacks. LulzSec head Sabu announced that LulzSec has ended "its cruise" today 25 June 2011 via Pastebin.
Website: http://lulzsecurity.com/
IRC: http://irc.lc/anonops/antisec/LulzLizard[@@@]
Twitter: @LulzSec
Members:
Sabu: Identified as LulzSec leader by Th3J35t3r [3]; Twitter: The Real Sabu (@AnonymouSabu)
Ryan: See above
Kayla: See above
Topiary: See above (Twitter: @atopiary)
m_nerva: a former member of LulzSec, m_nerva leaked LulzSec's chat logs and in retaliation, LulzSec released m_nerva's identity.

Affiliates
LulzSec Scotland (Twitter: @LulzSecScotland)
LulzSec Brazil (Twitter: @LulzSecBrazil, @LulzSec_br)
LulzSec Italy (Twitter: @LulzSecItaly)
The Lulz Raft - Canada (Twitter: @LulzRaft)

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The Jester (aka th3j35t3r)
Description: Jester (th3j35t3r) is a self-defined grey-hat "hacktivist for good" who has been hacking LulzSec IRC channel servers and posting the information to PasteBin. Additional background is available at his Wikipedia entry. He maintains a blog and is believed to be part of Team Web Ninjas".
Twitter: @th3j35t3r

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TeaMp0isoN
Description: Team Poison is a Muslim hacker crew with 3 members. They have taken credit for releasing former Prime Minister Tony Blair's personal contact list online as well as publishing the membership list of the English Defense League in December 2010. [1] . They have been attacking LulzSec as script kiddies and not true hackers.
Twitter: @TeaMp0isoN_
Members:
TriCk (aka SayWhat?): TriCk is a teen college student living at home in the U.K who claims to have started hacking when he was 11 years old. [1]
iN^SaNe
Luit [13]
Hex00010 [13]


NOTE: hann claims that m_nerva was also a member of TeaMp0isoN however this earlier article which contains an interview with a different TeaMp0isoN hacker (TriCk) intimates that they were part of LulzSec [1]

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Warv0x (AKA Kaihoe)
Description: A hacker who, like Team Pois0n, opposes LulzSec as script kiddies and is seeking to demonstrate his superiority by attacking former LulzSec targets like PBS in a more advanced way.[9] Unlike Team Pois0n, he doesn't claim any religious or political affiliations. Warv0x (Kaihoe) appears to be a new alias with no history before 2011.


Operation Anti-Security
Description: Operation Anti-Security was jointly launched by Anonymous and LulzSec on 19 June 2011 with the directive to attack government agencies and leak classified documents [11].
Twitter hash: #antisec
Independent Affiliates
ub3rleet5 (Twitter: @ub3rl33ts)
Phsy (members include @stramble)
List of attacked organizations as of 25 Jun 2011:
Columbian Black Eagles Special Police Unit
Arizona Dept of Public Safety
U.K Serious Organized Crime Agency
Brazil.gov.br
Presidencia.gov.br
Tunisia.gov.tn (27 Jun 2011)
agcom.it (28 Jun 2011)

AntiSecPro Security Team
Description: After LulzSec announced the end of its operations on 25 June 2011 and its merge with Anonops, Anonops announced the formation of AntiSecPro Security Team via their IRC channel. According to their 26 Jun 2011 release, the team is not currently active but is in a slow growth phase and includes a school for new hackers. The leaders have stressed the need for secrecy in the new group, making it a top priority:

"It is very important that any member of this team to not offer or expose any type of information that may identify themselves. It is also strictly prohibited to ask for any information about an individual which at minimum includes, name, location, picture and gender rather it be to the individual personally or via another source. It is your responsibility to protect this information, also to report to one of the founders so measures can be addressed."

Server: irc.anonops.li
Channel: #antisecpro
School for new hackers: http://lolhackers.com/school/
Attacks:
28 June 2011

1. Zimbabwean government dumps
2. Mosman Municipal Council (mosman.nsw.gov.au) dump
3. Universal Music Group Partners dump 1 & 2 containing umusic.com's user:passwords
4. Viacom dump containing internal mapping of Viacom and its servers
5. Assorted Brazillian Government dumps and passwords







References:
[1] "Inside the secret world of the geeks with the power to unleash anarchy", The Independent 25 June 2011: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/inside-the-secret-world-of-the-geeks-with-the-power-to-unleash-anarchy-2302562.html
[2] "UK Serious Organised Crime agency website down after LulzSec Ddos attack": The Hacker News 20 June 2011: http://www.thehackernews.com/2011/06/uk-serious-organised-crime-agency.html
[3] "Th3J35t3r (The Jester) claim to expose identities of LulzSec Leader "Sabu"": The Hacker News 24 June 2011: http://www.thehackernews.com/2011/06/th3j35t3r-jester-claim-to-expose.html
[4] "Interview with Anonymous( Anony_ops OR Anon_Central)": Hacker News 18 June 2011: http://www.thehackernews.com/2011/06/interview-with-anonymous-anonyops-or.html
[5] "Hackers claim rogue Anonymous faction behind PSN attack" Electronista.com; 5 Jun 2011:
http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/05/06/splinter.from.anonymous.said.at.fault.for.psn.hack/#ixzz1QJDqKaZh
[6] "Anonymous "Spokesman" Quits, Forms Splinter Group": HITB.com; 17 May 2011: https://news.hitb.org/node/41304
[7] "The hackers hacked: main Anonymous IRC servers invaded". ArsTechnica.com: 17 May 2011 http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/the-hackers-hacked-main-anonymous-irc-servers-seized.ars
[8] "Teenager Ryan Cleary charged with attacking website of UK law enforcement agency" The Telegraph 22 June 2011: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/8592487/Teenager-Ryan-Cleary-charged-with-attacking-website-of-UK-law-enforcement-agency.html
[9] "PBS and WriterSpace hacked again by WarV0x". The Hacker News 24 June 2011: http://www.thehackernews.com/2011/06/pbs-public-broadcasting-service.html
[10] "Inside LulzSec: Chatroom logs shine a light on the secretive hackers", The Guardian, 24 June 2011: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/24/inside-lulzsec-chatroom-logs-hackers?intcmp=239
[11] "Operation Anti-Security" Pastebin.com 19 Jun 2011: http://pastebin.com/9KyA0E5v
[12] TeaMp0isoN June 2010 defacement lists members: http://zone-h.org/mirror/id/11005813

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The Rapid Rise and Fall of LulzSec

This is more of a prediction than a statement of fact but I feel pretty confident in saying that LulzSec won't be around for much longer. Anonymous may still avoid LulzSec's fate depending on whether they decide to abandon the AntiSec movement and stay focused on battling repressive regimes like they did with Tunisia, but they only have a small window of time to make that decision.

The reason why I'm making this prediction is because of today's New York Times article on the take-down of DigitalOne.com by the FBI. That's bad enough but it's not why LulzSec is screwed. They're screwed because the U.S. Intelligence Community has learned how to collaborate. It's taken them years but the historical animosity between CIA, FBI, and NSA has just recently diminished to the point where they are now able to work together better than ever before. And lucky LulzSec, they're all focused on you right now.

Now you might not be too worried about the FBI considering the state of their InfraGuard sites in Atlanta and Connecticut, and you might even be naive enough to believe that crashing the CIA's public website means you have nothing to fear from them either. Frankly speaking, if that's true - you couldn't be more wrong. Unlike the FBI and your local police, CIA isn't constrained by the same rules. It has resources that other agencies salivate after, including its own Army, Navy, and Air Force. It's people love what they do so much that even after they retire they stay in the game. And while Anonymous likes to say that they never forget, the Agency has a well-deserved reputation of getting even with anyone who fucks with them. You, apparently, have made that very unfortunate list. If you guys make it to Labor Day without either getting arrested, disappearing, or self-destructing, I'll be very surprised. Either way, you'll be featured in the new edition of my book for sure.

UPDATE: (25 Jun 2011) LulzSec announces it has ended operations via a post at Pastebin:

1. Friends around the globe,
3. We are Lulz Security, and this is our final release, as today marks something meaningful to us. 50 days ago, we set sail with our humble ship on an uneasy and brutal ocean: the Internet. The hate machine, the love machine, the machine powered by many machines. We are all part of it, helping it grow, and helping it grow on us.
5. For the past 50 days we've been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself, and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could. All to selflessly entertain others - vanity, fame, recognition, all of these things are shadowed by our desire for that which we all love. The raw, uninterrupted, chaotic thrill of entertainment and anarchy. It's what we all crave, even the seemingly lifeless politicians and emotionless, middle-aged self-titled failures. You are not failures. You have not blown away. You can get what you want and you are worth having it, believe in yourself.
7. While we are responsible for everything that The Lulz Boat is, we are not tied to this identity permanently. Behind this jolly visage of rainbows and top hats, we are people. People with a preference for music, a preference for food; we have varying taste in clothes and television, we are just like you. Even Hitler and Osama Bin Laden had these unique variations and style, and isn't that interesting to know? The mediocre painter turned supervillain liked cats more than we did.
9. Again, behind the mask, behind the insanity and mayhem, we truly believe in the AntiSec movement. We believe in it so strongly that we brought it back, much to the dismay of those looking for more anarchic lulz. We hope, wish, even beg, that the movement manifests itself into a revolution that can continue on without us. The support we've gathered for it in such a short space of time is truly overwhelming, and not to mention humbling. Please don't stop. Together, united, we can stomp down our common oppressors and imbue ourselves with the power and freedom we deserve.
11. So with those last thoughts, it's time to say bon voyage. Our planned 50 day cruise has expired, and we must now sail into the distance, leaving behind - we hope - inspiration, fear, denial, happiness, approval, disapproval, mockery, embarrassment, thoughtfulness, jealousy, hate, even love. If anything, we hope we had a microscopic impact on someone, somewhere. Anywhere.
13. Thank you for sailing with us. The breeze is fresh and the sun is setting, so now we head for the horizon.
15. Let it flow...
17. Lulz Security - our crew of six wishes you a happy 2011, and a shout-out to all of our battlefleet members and supporters across the globe

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