11993 Tags
anonymous
5 Articles
![Homeland Security used a modified version of the Anonymous logo in a presentation on surveillance](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2018/01/22/quest.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Homeland Security used a modified version of the Anonymous logo in a presentation on surveillance
A presentation from Homeland Security on Intelligence Oversight Training appears to include a version of Anonymous’ “man without a head” logo that was modified to depict a surveillance state. Perhaps even more interestingly, the image has a preexisting copyright and appears to have been originally used in an article describing Pakistan’s mass surveillance system - a system that appears to liaise with the National Security Agency.
![DAPL fusion center reports illustrate everything wrong with fusion centers](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/08/09/FusionCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
DAPL fusion center reports illustrate everything wrong with fusion centers
Flimsy threat assessments issued by North Dakota fusion center regarding the Standing Rock protests reinforce much of the criticsim that’s been leveled against fusions over the last decade and a half: namely, that fusion centers are not very good at their job, do not produce intelligence which is actionable or particularly useful, and are instead used to gain intelligence about activist groups, and members of the public who are not a crime risk, violating their civil liberties for basically no reason at all.
![DAPL threat assessment paints nonviolent Standing Rock protestors as unruly mob, defends use of attack dogs as "protection"](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/07/25/DAPLcov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
DAPL threat assessment paints nonviolent Standing Rock protestors as unruly mob, defends use of attack dogs as “protection”
A threat assessment by a local fusion center on the Standing Rock protests recently released to MuckRock presents a lopsided view of the conflict, with guards and law enforcement subject to unfair treatment on social media for their use of dogs as “protection,” and retaliatory public shaming for racist Facebook posts about Native Americans.
![Unsealed records reveal Boston prosecutors feared retaliation from Anonymous over 2011 Twitter subpoena](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/07/14/AnonCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Unsealed records reveal Boston prosecutors feared retaliation from Anonymous over 2011 Twitter subpoena
Documents unsealed this week illuminate why the district attorney in Boston subpoenaed Twitter for information about one of its users in 2011, and why prosecutors asked the court to keep the records secret. The lead prosecutor said his office feared Anonymous or other hacktivists might attack his office’s website if the case garnered too much publicity.
![Joint Terrorism Task Force shared intelligence on Aryan Nations, Anonymous … and Occupy Wall Street](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/04/20/OWScov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Joint Terrorism Task Force shared intelligence on Aryan Nations, Anonymous … and Occupy Wall Street
Back in 2011, the FBI’s Memphis field office hosted an intelligence briefing for the local Joint Terrorism Task Force. Topics included the latest issue of Inspire magazine, “white powder” letters, and updates on the notorious domestic terror groups Aryan Nations, Anonymous, and Occupy Wall Street.
4 Requests
Completed
Anonymous Police Hacking 2/2012 - 12/2014 - Dallas Police Department
Bernard Rodriguez sent this request to the Dallas Police Department of Dallas, TX
Rejected
Anonymous Police Hacking 5/2015 - Baltimore Police Department
Bernard Rodriguez sent this request to the Baltimore Police Department of Baltimore, MD
Awaiting Response
Emma North-Best sent this request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America
Rejected
Documents Related to LulzSec and Communication Logs with Other Agencies
Jordan Lassiter sent this request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States of America