Timeline of events associated with Anonymous

• January: Radio host Hal Turner sued several online groups, alleging Anonymous "posted unauthorized copies of his radio shows online, attacked [his] server so as to make it unavailable, and placed unauthorised orders for goods, services and merchandise from third parties in [his] name." The case was dismissed in December for lack of response.{{cite web |url=http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-njdce/case_no-2:2007cv00306/case_id-198438/ |publisher=Justia |title=Harold C. "Hal" Turner v. 4chan.org |access-date=July 27, 2007}}

• December: A man was arrested in Toronto on charges of luring a child under the age of 14, attempting to invite sexual touching, attempted exposure, and other charges. Police stated that Anonymous, a cyber-vigilante group which trolls for pedophiles and then "outs" them, had targeted the suspect before law enforcement was involved, and cautioned that such interference could impede official investigations.{{cite news |author=Constable George Schuurman for Detective Constable Janelle Blackadar |title=Man facing six charges in Child Exploitation investigation, Photograph released, Chris Forcand, 53 |work=News Release |publisher=Toronto Police Service |date=December 6, 2007}}{{cite news |author=Jonathan Jenkins |title=Man trolled the web for girls: cops |url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2007/12/07/4712680-sun.html |newspaper=Toronto Sun |date=December 7, 2007 |access-date=February 19, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205070551/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2007/12/07/4712680-sun.html |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news |author=Gus Kim |title=Internet Justice? |work=Global News |publisher=CanWest Global Communications |date=December 8, 2007}}

• January 14: Anonymous declared war on the Church of Scientology and bombarded them with DDoS attacks, harassing phone calls, black faxes, and Google bombing.{{cite news |last=Richards |first=Johnathan |title=Hackers Declare War on Scientology |work=Fox News |date=January 25, 2008 |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325586,00.html |access-date=January 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510074500/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,325586,00.html |archive-date=May 10, 2011}}{{cite news |first=Matthew A. |last=Schroettnig |title=Anonymous Versus Scientology: Cyber Criminals or Vigilante Justice? |date=February 6, 2008 |url=http://www.thelegality.com/archives/22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705202321/http://www.thelegality.com/archives/22 |archive-date=July 5, 2008 |work=The Legality |access-date=January 25, 2008}}

• February–December: Known as Project Chanology, Anonymous organized multiple in-person pickets in front of Churches of Scientology world-wide, starting February 10 and running throughout the year, achieving coordinated pickets in over 100 cities, thousands of protestors, and wearing Guy Fawkes masks.{{cite news |first=John |last=Cook |title= Scientology – Cult Friction |url=http://radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2008/03/scientology_anonymous_protests_tom_cruise_01.php |work=Radar Online |date=March 17, 2008 |access-date=March 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323063402/http://www.radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2008/03/scientology_anonymous_protests_tom_cruise_01.php |archive-date=March 23, 2008}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20080323064212/http://radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2008/03/scientology_anonymous_protests_tom_cruise_02.php page 2] [https://web.archive.org/web/20080323064342/http://radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2008/03/scientology_anonymous_protests_tom_cruise_03.php page 3] [https://web.archive.org/web/20080323085335/http://radaronline.com/from-the-magazine/2008/03/scientology_anonymous_protests_tom_cruise_04.php page 4])

• March 28: The Epilepsy Foundation's forum was salted with posts displaying flashing computer animations with the intention of triggering seizures in photosensitive and pattern-sensitive epileptics. There was some evidence pointing to Anonymous, but Anonymous named other likely culprits including the Church of Scientology seeking to discredit Anonymous.{{cite news |first=Kevin |last=Poulsen |title=Hackers Assault Epilepsy Patients via Computer |url=https://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/03/epilepsy |work=Wired News |date=March 28, 2008 |access-date=April 1, 2008}}{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Ramadge |title=Anonymous attack targets epilepsy sufferers |url=http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23460969-5014239,00.html |work=News.com.au |date=April 1, 2008 |access-date=April 1, 2008 |archive-date=November 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108143333/http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23460969-5014239,00.html |url-status=dead }} (See also {{section link|Epilepsy Foundation#2008 forum invasion}})

• June: Anonymous claimed responsibility for attacking and defacing websites and forums of SOHH (Support Online Hip Hop) and AllHipHop, causing the sites to temporarily shut down. They also stole personal information about SOHH employees.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1590117/20080627/id_0.jhtml |title=Hip-Hop Sites Hacked By Apparent Hate Group; SOHH, AllHipHop Temporarily Suspend Access |access-date=July 18, 2008 |last=Reid |first=Shaheem |date=June 30, 2008 |work=MTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910051140/https://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1590117/20080627/id_0.jhtml |archive-date=September 10, 2008}} (See also {{Section link|SOHH|Defacement}}.)

• September 16: Anonymous declared they hacked the private email account of Sarah Palin. An individual was convicted and sentenced to a year in federal prison.{{Cite web |title=Update: Hackers claim to break into Palin's Yahoo Mail account |url=http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9114934/Update_Hackers_claim_to_break_into_Palin_s_Yahoo_Mail_account?taxonomyId=16&pageNumber=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725015032/http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9114934/Update_Hackers_claim_to_break_into_Palin_s_Yahoo_Mail_account?taxonomyId=16&pageNumber=1 |archive-date=July 25, 2009 |date=September 17, 2008 |first=Gregg |last=Keizer |website=Computer World}}{{Cite web |title=Official explains placing David Kernell at Ky. facility : Former UT student convicted in Sarah Palin e-mail case |url=http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jan/28/official-explains-placing-david-kernell-ky-facilit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511115725/http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/jan/28/official-explains-placing-david-kernell-ky-facilit/ |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |date=January 28, 2011 |first=Jamie |last=Satterfield |website=Knox News}} (See also Sarah Palin email hack.)

• January: Anonymous targeted California teen McKay Hatch who runs the No Cussing Club, a website against profanity. Hatch's home address, phone number, and other personal information were leaked on the internet, and his family received hate mail, obscene phone calls, bogus pizza deliveries, and pornography through the mail.{{cite news |url=http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jan/15/teenage-founder-of-no-cussing-club-under-siege/ |title=Teenage founder of No Cussing Club under siege |last=Rogers |first=John |date=January 15, 2009 |publisher=Ventura County Star, The Associated Press |access-date=January 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129102820/http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jan/15/teenage-founder-of-no-cussing-club-under-siege/ |archive-date=January 29, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=6665969&page=1 |title= {{-'}}No-Cussing' Club Attracts Followers – and Thousands of Hate Messages |last=Potter |first=Ned |date=January 16, 2009 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=January 21, 2009}}{{cite news |url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/720115/no-cussing-teen-faces-net-hate-campaign |title={{-'}}No cussing' teen faces net hate campaign |last=Davies |first=Shaun |date=January 18, 2009 |publisher=Nine News |access-date=January 20, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120003044/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/720115/no-cussing-teen-faces-net-hate-campaign |archive-date=January 20, 2009}}

• June: Anonymous and Pirate Bay set up a website for Iranians to communicate and coordinate online for the 2009 Iranian presidential election protests and the Iranian Green Movement by bypassing the government's internet censorship in Iran.{{Cite web |first=Jack |last=Hawke |url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/827036/internet-underground-takes-on-iran |title=Internet underground takes on Iran |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619202028/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/technology/827036/internet-underground-takes-on-iran |archive-date=June 19, 2009 |date=June 18, 2009 |website=Ninemsn}}

• September 9: Anonymous temporarily shut down the website of the Prime Minister of Australia with a denial-of-service attack as a warning in protest against the government's plan to filter the internet.{{cite news |title=Rudd website attacked in filter protest |work=ABC News |date=September 10, 2009 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/10/2681642.htm |access-date=September 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130135302/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/10/2681642.htm |archive-date=November 30, 2009}}

• January: Anonymous attacked websites of the governments of Tunisia and Zimbabwe over censorship issues related to WikiLeaks.{{cite news|title=Anonymous activists target Tunisian government sites|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12110892|newspaper=BBC |date=January 4, 2011|access-date=December 12, 2010}}

• February 10: Anonymous conducted DDoS attacks against a wide range of Australian government servers in protest of proposed internet filtering legislation which would block some pornography. Australian anti-censorship groups complained that the attack only hurt their cause, and Australian government members dismissed the attack and said that they would just restore the service when the attack finished.{{cite news |first=Asher |last=Moses |title=Operation Titstorm: hackers bring down government websites |work=The Age |location=Melbourne |date=February 10, 2010 |url=http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/operation-titstorm-hackers-bring-down-government-websites-20100210-nqku.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006124744/https://www.theage.com.au/technology/operation-titstorm-hackers-bring-down-government-websites-20100210-nqku.html |archive-date=October 6, 2019}}{{cite web |title=Aussie anti-censor attacks strafe gov websites: Operation Titstorm DDoS more of a bee sting |first=John |last=Leyden |work=The Register |date= February 11, 2010 |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/11/oz_anti_censorship_ddos_latest/}} (See also February 2010 Australian cyberattacks.)

• July: Anonymous flooded the Oregon Tea Party's Facebook page when they found out that OTP had been using part of Anonymous' slogan, "We Are Legion". OTP surrendered, apologized and recanted.{{cite web|last=Chalk|first=Andy|title=Anonymous Punishes the Oregon Tea Party|url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/102426-Anonymous-Punishes-the-Oregon-Tea-Party|work=The Escapist|date=July 28, 2010|access-date=August 7, 2011|archive-date=August 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829072145/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/102426-Anonymous-Punishes-the-Oregon-Tea-Party|url-status=dead}}

• July: In response to Chelsea Manning's imprisonment and treatment after leaking classified information to WikiLeaks, Anonymous threatened to disrupt activities at Marine Corps Brig, Quantico by cyber-attacking communications, exposing private information of personnel, and other harassment methods. Military spokespersons responded that the threat has been referred to law enforcement and counterterrorism officials and requested an investigation.{{cite news|url=https://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/03/07/anonymous-hackers-target-alleged-wikileaker-bradley-mannings-jailers/|title=Anonymous Hackers Target Alleged WikiLeaker Bradley Manning's Jailers|first=Andy|last=Greenberg|date=March 7, 2011|work=Forbes|access-date=March 17, 2011}}{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gt8mSjhQ8IOKf7PNWsQavmpZLC2A?docId=CNG.08dc880232fd4c049d2f1a10f4641409.a71 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140131132657/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gt8mSjhQ8IOKf7PNWsQavmpZLC2A?docId=CNG.08dc880232fd4c049d2f1a10f4641409.a71 |archive-date=January 31, 2014 |title=US probes hacker threat over WikiLeaks soldier |date=March 8, 2011 |agency=Agence France-Presse |access-date=March 17, 2011}}

• September: Anonymous targeted major pro-copyright and anti-piracy organizations, law firms, individuals, and entertainment industry websites in retaliation for DDoS attacks on torrent sites.{{cite news |title=4chan launches DDoS against entertainment industry |first=John |last=Leyden |newspaper=The Register |date=September 22, 2010 |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/20/4chan_ddos_mpaa_riaa/ |access-date=October 22, 2010}}{{cite news |title=4chan Users Organize Surgical Strike Against MPAA |newspaper=Pandalabs Security |first=Sean-Paul |last=Correll |date=September 17, 2010 |url= http://pandalabs.pandasecurity.com/4chan-users-organize-ddos-against-mpaa/ |access-date=October 22, 2010}} (See also Operation Payback.)

• December: Anonymous started DDoS attacks on websites of companies who had withdrawn banking facilities from WikiLeaks including Amazon, PayPal, BankAmerica, Swiss bank PostFinance, MasterCard, and Visa.{{cite web|first=Sean-Paul |last=Correll |url=http://pandalabs.pandasecurity.com/operationpayback-broadens-to-operation-avenge-assange/ |title=Operation:Payback broadens to "Operation Avenge Assange" |series=PandaLabs Blog |publisher=Pandalabs.pandasecurity.com |date=December 6, 2010 |access-date=December 15, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/hackers-website-bank-froze-wikileaks-funds/ |title=Hackers take down website of bank that froze WikiLeaks funds |access-date=December 7, 2010 |archive-date=December 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208235538/http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/hackers-website-bank-froze-wikileaks-funds/ |url-status=dead }} Over the next year, dozens were arrested and several convicted for their part in the operation. (See also {{Section link|Operation Payback#Operation Avenge Assange}} and {{section link|Anonymous (hacker group)|Operation Avenge Assange}}.)

• December: Anonymous promoted sifting through WikiLeaks to identify potentially overlooked cables, making short videos covering the topic, and flooding the internet with them.{{Cite web |date=2010-12-10 |title=With "Operation Leakspin," Anonymous Vows to Help WikiLeaks with Crowdsourced Journalism |url=https://www.themarysue.com/operation-leakspin/ |access-date=2022-07-25 |website=The Mary Sue |language=en |first=Robert |last=Quigley}}

• January 3: Anonymous got involved during the Tunisian Revolution and engaged in DDoS attacks on key Tunisian websites—including the president, prime minister, ministry of industry, ministry of foreign affairs, and the stock exchange—taking down at least 8 websites and defacing several others. Anonymous distributed information and scripts to help Tunisians bypass government censorship, and Anonymous' own website also came under DDoS attack.{{cite news|title=Anonymous activists target Tunisian government sites|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12110892|newspaper=BBC |date=January 4, 2011|access-date=January 7, 2011}}{{cite news|title=Hackers hit Tunisian websites|first=Evan |last=Hill |url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/01/201113111059792596.html|newspaper=Al Jazeera |date=January 3, 2011|access-date=January 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204083906/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/01/201113111059792596.html |archive-date=February 4, 2011}}{{cite news|title=Tunisia's bitter cyberwar|author=Yasmine Ryan|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/01/20111614145839362.html|newspaper=Al Jazeera |date=January 6, 2011|access-date=January 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201041645/http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/01/20111614145839362.html |archive-date=February 1, 2011}}{{cite magazine |last=Norton |first=Quinn |date=2012-01-11 |title=2011: The Year Anonymous Took On Cops, Dictators and Existential Dread |url=https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/anonymous-dicators-existential-dread/ |magazine=Wired |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614003019/https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/anonymous-dicators-existential-dread/ |archive-date=June 14, 2012}}

• January 9: Anonymous hacked and defaced the website of Fine Gael, an Irish political party.{{cite web |url= http://www.thejournal.ie/fine-gael-website-defaced-by-anonymous-hacktivists-2011-01/ |title= Fine Gael website defaced by Anonymous 'hacktivists' |author=Gavan Reilly |date= January 9, 2010 |work=TheJournal.ie |access-date=January 9, 2011}}

• February 5–6: The CEO of security firm HBGary announced they had successfully infiltrated Anonymous. In retaliation, Anonymous hacked and vandalized the company's website, took control of the company's e-mail, and took down the phone system. Anonymous also hacked the CEO's Twitter account and doxed him online.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/hacktivists-take-control-of-internet-security-firms-2207440.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/hacktivists-take-control-of-internet-security-firms-2207440.html |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Hacktivists take control of internet security firms – Online, Media |work=The Independent |location=UK |date=February 8, 2011 |access-date=March 29, 2011 |first=Jerome |last=Taylor}}

• February 16: Anonymous engaged in a flame war with Westboro Baptist Church, resulting in a DDoS attack on WBC's godhatesfags.com website.{{cite news|title=Anonymous: Defending freedom of speech one blocked website at a time.: The self styled 'super-consciousness' of Anonymous has turned on Westboro Baptist church. Are they going too far?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2011/feb/20/1|first=Martin|last=Robbins|date=February 20, 2011 |access-date=February 21, 2011|work=Guardian |location=UK}}{{cite web|title=Anonymous hits Westboro Baptist Church websites after online verbal trade-off|url=http://www.scmagazineuk.com/anonymous-hits-westboro-baptist-church-websites-after-online-verbal-trade-off/article/196699/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004103843/http://www.scmagazineuk.com/anonymous-hits-westboro-baptist-church-websites-after-online-verbal-trade-off/article/196699/ |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |first=Dan|last=Raywood|work=SC Magazine UK |date=February 21, 2011|access-date=February 21, 2011|publisher=SC Magazine}}

• February 27: As part of the 2011 Wisconsin protests, Anonymous knocked offline the website for the Koch brother's Americans for Prosperity.{{cite web |last=Webster |first=Stephen C. |url=http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/27/anonymous-targets-the-brothers-koch-claiming-attempts-to-usurp-american-democracy/ |title='Anonymous' targets the brothers Koch, claiming attempts 'to usurp American Democracy' |website=The Raw Story |date=February 27, 2011 |access-date=March 29, 2011 |archive-date=March 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110304143812/http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/27/anonymous-targets-the-brothers-koch-claiming-attempts-to-usurp-american-democracy/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.care2.com/causes/politics/blog/anonymous-joins-madison-protests-takes-down-koch-bros-website/ |title=Anonymous Joins Madison Protests, Takes Down Koch Bros Website |publisher=Care2.com |access-date=March 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504180519/http://www.care2.com/causes/politics/blog/anonymous-joins-madison-protests-takes-down-koch-bros-website/ |archive-date=May 4, 2011 |date=March 1, 2011 |first=Jessica |last=Pieklo}}

• March 14: Anonymous threatened to release Bank of America emails purported to show evidence of fraud in the force-placed insurance market. The emails were alleged to have come from a former employee of a subsidiary to Bank of America.{{cite web |author=Katya Wachtel |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/anonymous-hackers-bank-of-america-wikileaks-emails-documents-2011-3 |title=Anonymous Hackers Release Trove Of Emails That Allegedly Show Bank Of America Committed Mortgage Fraud |publisher=Businessinsider.com |date=March 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401165116/https://www.businessinsider.com/anonymous-hackers-bank-of-america-wikileaks-emails-documents-2011-3 |archive-date=April 1, 2011}}

• April: Anonymous attacked Sony websites in response to the lawsuit Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc. v. Hotz, resulting in the 2011 PlayStation Network outage.{{Multiref2 |1={{cite web|url=http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/05/6413487-hacker-group-targets-sony-executives-children?chromedomain=technolog|title=Hacker group targets sony executives -children|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125221511/http://ingame.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/04/05/6413487-hacker-group-targets-sony-executives-children?chromedomain=technolog|archive-date=November 25, 2011|df=mdy-all}} |2={{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/did_anonymous_hack_sonys_playstation_/16795694.html|title=Did Anonymous Hack Sony's PlayStation Network?|newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=April 27, 2011 }} |3={{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2011/04/22/as-playstation-network-outage-continues-hackers-deny-involvement/|title=Hackers deny involvement in PlayStation Network outage|date=April 22, 2011}} }}

• June 6: Anonymous claimed to have hacked India's National Informatics Centre in support of Ramdev, defacing it.{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/hackers-join-ramdevs-campaign-110924|title=Hackers join Ramdev's campaign|date=June 8, 2011|publisher=NDTV |access-date=June 8, 2011|location=New Delhi}}

• June 12: Anonymous claimed responsibility for a DDoS attack of the website of the National Police Corps of Spain, asserting it was a legitimate form of peaceful protest in retaliation for the arrest of three individuals alleged to be associated with acts of cyber civil disobedience attributed to Anonymous.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-13749181|title=BBC- Spanish police website hit by Anonymous hackers | work=BBC News | date=June 13, 2011}}

• June 15: The group launched DDoS attacks on ninety-one Malaysian government websites in retaliation for their censoring of websites.{{cite news|last=Albanesius|first=Chloe|title=Hackers Target Malaysian Government Sites|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2387108,00.asp|access-date=June 16, 2011|newspaper=PC Magazine|agency=Ziff Davis|date=June 16, 2011}}

• June 20: Members of the group took down the websites of the Orlando, Florida Chamber of Commerce and inserted a message into the website of the Universal Orlando Resort requesting that users "boycott Orlando". The group did so in response to the arrests of members of Food Not Bombs for feeding the homeless in Lake Eola Park against city ordinances.{{cite news|last=Damron|first=David|title=Hackers crash web sites to protest Orlando's homeless feeding restrictions|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-hackers-attack-sites-for-homeless-20110620,0,7225913.story|access-date=June 21, 2011|newspaper=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=June 20, 2011|agency=Tribune Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703053233/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-hackers-attack-sites-for-homeless-20110620,0,7225913.story|archive-date=July 3, 2011|location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} The group had planned and announced the attack on their IRC channel.{{cite news|last=Mack|first=Eric|title=Anonymous Plans Attack on City of Orlando Website, IRC Chatter Suggests|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/230432/anonymous_plans_attack_on_city_of_orlando_website_irc_chatter_suggests.html|access-date=June 21, 2011|newspaper=PC World|date=June 16, 2011|agency=IDG|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110618030849/http://www.pcworld.com/article/230432/anonymous_plans_attack_on_city_of_orlando_website_irc_chatter_suggests.html|archive-date=June 18, 2011}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13952864 |title=BBC News - Hacker group Anonymous declares war on Orlando, Florida |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=June 28, 2011 |access-date=August 30, 2011}} The group has vowed to take a different Orlando-related website offline every day, and have also targeted the re-election website of Mayor of Orlando Buddy Dyer and the Orlando International Airport. A member of the group left a Guy Fawkes mask outside of the mayor's home; the police are treating the picture taken of the mask as a threat against the mayor.{{cite news|last=Schlueb|first=Mark|title=Police say hackers targeted Orlando mayor|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-hackers-homeless-threat-20110706,0,7374580.story|access-date=July 7, 2011|newspaper=Orlando Sentinel|date=July 6, 2011|agency=Tribune Company|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906045710/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-hackers-homeless-threat-20110706,0,7374580.story|archive-date=September 6, 2012|location=Orlando, Florida|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} On July 11, the group took down the website of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orlando and the Rotary Club of Orlando.{{cite news|last=Joyce|first=Kelly|title=Hacker group Anonymous strikes again|url=http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/071111-Anonymous-Orlando-website-hackers|access-date=July 12, 2011|newspaper=WOFL|date=July 11, 2011|agency=Fox Television Stations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715000954/http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/071111-Anonymous-Orlando-website-hackers|archive-date=July 15, 2011|url-status=dead|location=Orlando, Florida}}

• June 20: Operation AntiSec — The group collaborated with LulzSec to hack the websites of a number of government and corporate sources and release information from them.{{cite news|last=Olivarez-Giles|first=Nathan|title=AntiSec 'hackers without borders' claim new hack on Arizona state police|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/06/antisec-hackers-leak-files-said-to-be-from-arizona-state-police.html|access-date=June 30, 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=June 29, 2011|agency=Tribune Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703061036/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/06/antisec-hackers-leak-files-said-to-be-from-arizona-state-police.html|archive-date=July 3, 2011|url-status=live|location=Los Angeles}}{{cite news|last=Weisenthal|first=Joe|title=Notorious Hacker Group LulzSec Just Announced That It's Finished |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/lulzsec-finished-2011-6|access-date=June 25, 2011|newspaper=Business Insider|date=June 25, 2011|agency=Silicon Alley Insider|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627005600/http://www.businessinsider.com/lulzsec-finished-2011-6|url-access=subscription|archive-date=June 27, 2011}} As well as targeting American sites, Anonymous also targeted government sites in Tunisia, Anguilla, Brazil, Zimbabwe, Turkey, and Australia. On July 21, Anonymous released two documents allegedly taken from NATO.{{cite magazine|last=Albanesius |first=Chloe |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388823,00.asp |title=Anonymous: We Hacked NATO - News & Opinion |magazine=PCMag.com |date=July 21, 2011 |access-date=February 4, 2012}}

• June 28: Anonymous announced that within the next 24 hours, it would hack into the website of the Knesset, the legislature of Israel, and knock it offline. It was stated that the planned attacks were a response to alleged hacking attacks by Israeli intelligence such as the Stuxnet virus, a computer virus which allegedly was created by Israeli and U.S. intelligence and targeted the Iranian nuclear program.{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4088515,00.html |title=Knesset targeted by hackers - Israel News, Ynetnews |newspaper=Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=June 20, 1995 |access-date=August 30, 2011}}

• August: Someone announced "Operation Facebook", an alleged plan to take down Facebook on November 5, 2011. It was an attempted revival of an earlier OpFacebook that was also abandoned.{{Multiref2 |1={{cite news|last=Poeter|first=Damon|title=Anonymous Vows to 'Destroy' Facebook on the November 5 at 12h15|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2390768,00.asp|access-date=August 11, 2011|date=August 9, 2011|work=PC Magazine}} |2={{cite news|last=Olson|first=Parmy|title=Why The Anonymous Facebook 'Plot' Was A Dud|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2011/08/11/why-the-anonymous-facebook-plot-was-a-dud/|access-date=August 11, 2011|newspaper=Forbes|date=August 11, 2011}} |3={{cite news|last=Tsukayama|first=Hayley|title=Facebook 'operation' shows off Anonymous's cracks|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/faster-forward/post/facebook-operation-shows-off-anonymouss-cracks/2011/08/10/gIQAL55A7I_blog.html|access-date=August 11, 2011|newspaper=Washington Post|date=August 10, 2011|agency=The Washington Post Company|location=Washington, D.C.}} }}

• August: Operation BART — After Bay Area Rapid Transit shut down cell phone service in an attempt to disconnect protesters from assembling after a police shooting, Anonymous sent out a mass email/fax bomb to BART personnel and organized multiple mass in-person protests at the network's Civic Center station. Anonymous also hacked the BART website, and released the personal information of 102 BART police officers, as well as account information for about 2,000 customers.{{Multiref2 |1={{cite magazine|last=Poeter |first=Damon |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2391160,00.asp |title=Anonymous BART Protest Shuts Down Several Underground Stations |magazine=PCMag.com |date=August 15, 2011 |access-date=August 30, 2011}} |2={{cite web|last=Chen |first=Caroline |url=http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2011/08/anonymous_hacks_bart_police_we.php |title=Anonymous Hacks BART Police Website, Releases Personal Information of 100 Officers - San Francisco - News - The Snitch |work=The Snitch |publisher=Blogs.sfweekly.com |date=August 17, 2011 |access-date=January 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021112554/http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2011/08/anonymous_hacks_bart_police_we.php |archive-date=October 21, 2011}} |3={{cite web |author1=by Cecilia Vega |author2=Lilian Kim |name-list-style=amp |url=https://abc7news.com/archive/8306165/ |title=Website for BART customers hacked by Anonymous; hundreds of passwords compromised - abc7news.com |publisher=Abclocal.go.com |date=August 14, 2011 |access-date=January 13, 2013 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928143557/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=8306165 |url-status=live}} }}

• August: Dubbed "Shooting Sheriffs Saturday," Anonymous hacked 70 (mostly rural) law enforcement websites and released 10 GB of leaked emails, social security numbers of police, training files, informant information and other information.{{Multiref2 |1={{cite web|last=Mills |first=Elinor |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20089054-245/antisec-hackers-post-stolen-police-data-as-revenge-for-arrests |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018042305/http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20089054-245/antisec-hackers-post-stolen-police-data-as-revenge-for-arrests/ |archive-date=October 18, 2011 |title=AntiSec hackers post stolen police data as revenge for arrests - InSecurity Complex - CNET News |publisher=News.cnet.com |date=August 6, 2011 |access-date=January 13, 2013}} |2={{Cite web |title=Online security breach! Hackers leak social security numbers of cops in Missouri |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20087410-501465.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808044756/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20087410-501465.html |archive-date=August 8, 2011 |website=Techtalk |date=August 3, 2011 |first=Ysolt |last=Usigan}} }}

• August: Anonymous hacked the Syrian Ministry of Defense website and replaced it with an image of the pre-Ba'athist flag, a symbol of the pro-democracy movement in the country, as well as a message supporting the 2011 Syrian uprising and calling on members of the Syrian Army to defect to protect protesters.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/08/139094501/syria-is-hacked-by-anonymous-and-pressed-by-gulf-allies|agency=National Public Radio|date=August 8, 2011|access-date=August 8, 2011|title=Syria Is Hacked By Anonymous, And Pressed By Gulf Allies|first=Bill|last=Chappell}}

• August 17: (Operation Pharisee) Anonymous organized efforts against the Vatican's websites, coinciding with World Youth Day 2011. Hacking was unsuccessful and a two-day DDoS attack failed to slow the website.{{Multiref2 |1={{cite news|title=In Attack on Vatican Web Site, a Glimpse of Hackers' Tactics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/technology/attack-on-vatican-web-site-offers-view-of-hacker-groups-tactics.html |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301154110/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/27/technology/attack-on-vatican-web-site-offers-view-of-hacker-groups-tactics.html |archive-date=2012-03-01 |access-date=February 27, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 26, 2012|author=Nicole Perlroth|author2=John Markoff}} |2={{cite web|title=Imperva's Hacker Intelligence Summary Report The Anatomy of an Anonymous Attack|url=http://www.imperva.com/docs/HII_The_Anatomy_of_an_Anonymous_Attack.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503222243/http://www.imperva.com/docs/HII_The_Anatomy_of_an_Anonymous_Attack.pdf |archive-date=May 3, 2012 |publisher=Imperva|access-date=February 27, 2012}} }}

• October: Operation DarkNet — Anonymous DDoSed 40 child porn sites, published the usernames of over 1500 people frequenting one of those websites, and invited the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Interpol to follow up.{{Cite news |date=2011-10-24 |title=Hackers take down child pornography sites |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-15428203 |access-date=2023-11-18}}

• October 6: Op Cartel — Anonymous claimed Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas had kidnapped one of the group's members, demanded the hostage be freed, and threatened to publish personal information about members of the cartel and their collaborators in politics, police, military, and business. The website of Gustavo Rosario Torres, a former Tabasco state prosecutor, was defaced with a message suggesting his involvement with the organization. Anonymous claimed in early November that the victim had been freed, but reporters did not find evidence of Anonymous involvement and noted a lack of details and police reports. The Veracruz state attorney general couldn't confirm the kidnapping.{{multiref2 |1={{cite magazine|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/242843/anonymous_takes_on_mexican_drug_cartel.html|title=Anonymous Takes On Mexican Drug Cartel|author=John P Mello Jr.|date=October 30, 2011|magazine=PC World}} |2={{cite magazine|last=Albanesius |first=Chloe |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2395863,00.asp |title=Drug Cartel Releases 'Anonymous' Hostage, But Battle Continues - News & Opinion |magazine=PCMag.com |date=November 4, 2011 |access-date=February 4, 2012}} |3={{cite web |author=Arthur, Charles |date=November 2, 2011 |title=Anonymous retreats from Mexico drug cartel confrontation |url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/nov/02/anonymous-zetas-hacking-climbdown |accessdate=September 12, 2021 |work=The Guardian}} |4={{Cite web |last=Copeland |first=Dave |date=2011-11-01 |title=Doubts about Anonymous Mexico's kidnapping claim emerge |url=https://www.dailydot.com/irl/anonymous-mexico-los-zetas-kidnapping-skepticism/ |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}} |5={{Cite web |date=2011-11-07 |title=Whatever Happened to Anonymous' Operation Cartel? |url=https://talkingpointsmemo.com/idealab/whatever-happened-to-anonymous-operation-cartel |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=TPM – Talking Points Memo |language=en-US}} }}

• November 7: (Operation Brotherhood Takedown) Anonymous threatened to take down the websites of the Muslim Brotherhood, and on November 12 the Muslim Brotherhood announced that four websites were temporarily taken down by a DDoS attack.{{Multiref2 |1={{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna45226909 |title=Anonymous Declares War on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood|last=Wagenseil|first=Paul|date=November 9, 2011|publisher=NBC News|access-date=May 29, 2012}} |2={{cite news|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/26345.aspx|title=Brotherhood sites hacked and shut down by Anonymous group|date=November 12, 2011|work=Ahram Online|access-date=May 29, 2012}} }}

• November 22: In response to the UC Davis pepper-spray incident, Anonymous released the personal information of the officer that pepper-sprayed protestors.{{cite news |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2011/11/22/hacker-group-anonymous-targets-pepper-spraying-uc-davis-cop/ | location=New York | work=Daily News |title=Hacker group Anonymous targets pepper-spraying UC Davis cop |access-date=February 8, 2017 |date=November 22, 2011 |first=Nancy |last=Dillon}}

• December 24: (Stratfor email leak) Anonymous claimed they stole thousands of e-mail addresses and credit card information from security firm Stratfor. The hackers included Jeremy Hammond, who worked with Anonymous to release Stratfor's 5,543,061 emails to WikiLeaks. The emails revealed Stratfor's surveillance of groups such as Occupy Wall Street and protestors of the Bhopal disaster.{{Multiref2 |1={{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16330396|title='Anonymous' hackers hit US security firm Stratfor|author=BBC News|date=December 26, 2011|publisher=BBC}} |2={{cite magazine |last1=Kopfstein |first1=Janus |date=November 21, 2013 |title=Hacker with a Cause |url=https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/hacker-with-a-cause |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107014300/https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/hacker-with-a-cause |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |url-access=subscription}} }}

• January: Anonymous hacked the website of the California Statewide Law Enforcement Association and released information about its members' identities, addresses, and credit cards.{{cite web |url=http://www.news10.net/news/california/article/170789/430/Anonymous-hacks-California-Statewide-Law-Enforcement-Asso |title=Thousands affected after Anonymous hacks police union website |publisher=news10.net |date=January 1, 2012 |access-date=January 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102191620/http://www.news10.net/news/california/article/170789/430/Anonymous-hacks-California-Statewide-Law-Enforcement-Asso |archive-date=January 2, 2014 |df=mdy-all |first1=Maneeza |last1=Iqbal |first2=Suzanne |last2=Phan}}

• January 13: The Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission website was hacked, with a false report of the arrest of people involved in the oil sector replacing the normal page.{{cite web|url=http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/01/13/subsidy-protest-efcc-site-hacked-with-false-arrests-oil-moguls/ |title=Subsidy Protest: EFCC site hacked with False arrests of oil moguls |publisher=P.M. NEWS Nigeria |date=January 13, 2012 |access-date=February 13, 2012}}

• January 19: (Operation Megaupload) Almost immediately after enforcement actions were taken against Megaupload including arresting four workers, Anonymous DDoSed numerous websites including those of the US Department of Justice, US Copyright Office, FBI, MPAA, Warner Brothers Music, RIAA, HADOPI, and Universal Music Group (the company responsible for the lawsuit against Megaupload).{{Multiref2 |1={{cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/technology/megauploads-kim-schmitz-arrested-in-auckland-site-shut-down-2012012009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202213247/http://www.newshub.co.nz/technology/megauploads-kim-schmitz-arrested-in-auckland-site-shut-down-2012012009|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2016|title=Megauploads Kim Schmitz arrested in Auckland site shut down - Technology - 3 News|newspaper=Newshub|access-date=February 7, 2015 |date=January 20, 2012 |first1=Dan |last1=Satherley |first2=James |last2=Murray}} |2={{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/01/19/anonymous-hackers-claims-attack-on-doj-universal-music-and-riaa-after-megaupload-takedown/ | work=Forbes | first=Andy | last=Greenberg |date=January 19, 2012 |title=Anonymous Hackers Hit DOJ, FBI, Universal Music, MPAA And RIAA After MegaUpload Takedown |access-date=February 8, 2017}} |3={{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16646023 | work=BBC News | title=Hackers retaliate over Megaupload website shutdown | date=January 20, 2012 |first=Leo |last=Kelion}} }}

• January 21: (Operation Anti-Acta) A series of DDoS attacks on Polish government websites took place, for which the Anonymous took responsibility and referred to as "the Polish Revolution", stating it was in revenge for the upcoming signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) agreement by the Polish government. Websites affected include those of the Prime Minister of Poland, the lower house of parliament, and the ZAiKS copyright association.{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/83910,Anonymous-shuts-down-Polish-PMs-web-site |title=Anonymous shuts down Polish PM's web site - National |publisher=Radio Poland |date=January 22, 2012 |access-date=February 13, 2012}}

• February: (Operation Russia) Anonymous hackers obtained access to the emails of several prominent pro-Kremlin activists and officials including Vasily Yakemenko, head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, Kristina Potupchik, press secretary for the Nashi youth movement, and Oleg Khorokhordin, deputy head of the Department for Internal Affairs at the Presidential Administration. Twitter account @OP_Russia posted links to copies of the emails, which disclosed how some influential bloggers and trolls had been paid to post pro-Putin comments and stories on negative press articles on the internet.{{Multiref2 |1={{cite web|url=http://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2012/02/06_a_3991069.shtml|title="Нам мало интересна политика". Первое интервью российских Anonymous, взломавших почту главы Росмолодежи Василия Якеменко. |trans-title="We are not very interested in politics." The first interview with Russian Anonymous, who hacked the email of the head of Rosmolodezh Vasily Yakemenko. |last=Туманов|first=Григорий|date=February 6, 2012|publisher=Gazeta.ru|language=ru|access-date=February 7, 2012}} |2={{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/russia/2012/02/120207_anonymous_hackers_nashi.shtml|script-title=ru:Хакеры готовы продолжить публикацию писем "Наших" |trans-title=Hackers are ready to continue publishing Nashi letters |date=February 7, 2012|publisher=BBC|language=ru|access-date=February 7, 2012}} |3={{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/07/nashi-emails-insight-kremlin-groups-priorities?newsfeed=true|title=Emails give insight into Kremlin youth group's priorities, means and concerns|last=Elder|first=Miriam|date=February 7, 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=February 8, 2012|location=London}} |4={{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/07/putin-hacked-emails-russian-nashi?newsfeed=true|title=Polishing Putin: hacked emails suggest dirty tricks by Russian youth group|last=Elder|first=Miriam|date=February 7, 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=February 8, 2012|location=London}} |5={{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/vladimir-putin/9068035/Russian-youth-group-accused-of-paying-journalists-to-lionise-Vladimir-Putin.html|title=Russian youth group accused of paying journalists to lionise Vladimir Putin|date=February 8, 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=February 8, 2012|location=London}} }}

• February 3: Anonymous hacked and defaced the Boston Police Department's website. BPD responded with their own deadpan humor video.{{Multiref2 |1={{cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/03/anonymous-boston-police-occupy-wall-street_n_1252718.html | work=Huffington Post | first=Peter | last=Finocchiaro | title=Anonymous Hacks Boston PD Website | date=February 3, 2012}} |2={{cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/boston-cops-react-to-anon_n_1272382.html | work=Huffington Post | first=David | last=Moye | title=WATCH: Boston Cops React To Anonymous Hack With Quirky Video | date=February 13, 2012 }} |3={{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILhiW76B3H8 |title=The Boston Police Virtual Community |type=Video |date=February 8, 2012 |people=BPDNews.com}} }}

In 2012, Anonymous claims to have added a firewall they called The Great Oz, allegedly designed to prevent election tampering in the United States.{{cite news| url=http://m.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/17/1162678/-Anonymous-claims-it-stopped-Karl-Rove-from-hacking-the-vote | work=Daily Koz | title=Anonymous claims it stopped Karl Rove from hacking the vote | date=Nov 17, 2012}}

{{Main|Syria Files}}

On February 6, 2012, Anonymous broke into the mail server of the Syrian Ministry of Presidential Affairs, gaining access to some 78 inboxes of Bashar al-Assad's staffers in the process. One of the email files was a document preparing Assad for his December 2011 interview with ABC's Barbara Walters. One of the passwords commonly used by Assad's office accounts was "12345."{{cite web|last=Ravid |first=Barak |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/bashar-assad-emails-leaked-tips-for-abc-interview-revealed-1.411445 |title=Bashar Assad emails leaked, tips for ABC interview revealed |website=Haaretz.com |date=February 8, 2012 |access-date=February 13, 2012}}

In July 2012, Anonymous gave over 2.4 million e-mails to WikiLeaks.{{cite web|last=Siracusa |first=John |url=https://arstechnica.com/security/2012/07/anonymous-takes-credit-for-syrian-emails-hack |title=Anonymous takes credit for hack that exposes 2.4 million Syrian e-mails |website=Ars Technica |date=July 9, 2012 |access-date=July 26, 2012}}

On Friday, February 10, 2012, Anonymous claimed responsibility for taking down the Central Intelligence Agency's website for more than 5 hours. Several servers went back up while others stayed down.{{cite news| url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400140,00.asp | work=PC Magazine | first=Chloe | last=Albanesius | title=Anonymous Takes Down CIA Web Site | date=February 10, 2012}} This followed a conversation leak, in which Anonymous took responsibility, between FBI and Scotland Yard officials discussing members of Anonymous being put on trial as well as other topics on the group, which took place a week before.{{Cite web |last=Olivarez-Giles |first=Nathan |date=2012-02-03 |title=Anonymous leaks FBI phone call discussing hacking investigations |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-anonymous-leaks-fbi-phone-call-discussing-hacking-investigations-20120203-story.html |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} On March 6, 2012, Donncha O'Cearbhaill was charged in connection with the leak.{{cite news

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|access-date=April 18, 2012}} He was released 24-hours later.{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2012/03/07/hackers_hit_spanish_security_co_in_revenge_attack/|title=Irish hacking suspect freed in wake of FBI sting - Boston.com|newspaper=boston.com|date=March 7, 2012|access-date=February 7, 2015|last1=Pogatchnik|first1=Shawn}}

Following Interpol's announcement on February 28 that they made arrests of 25 suspected members of the hacking activist group Anonymous in Europe and South America, their site went down for a moment.{{cite news|author=Ben Quinn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2012/feb/29/interpol-website-cyber-attack?newsfeed=true |title=Interpol website suffers 'Anonymous cyber-attack' |newspaper=Guardian |date=February 29, 2012 |access-date=April 9, 2012 |location=London}}

On March 4, 2012, Anonymous took down the American Israel Public Affairs Committee website. An AIPAC spokesman was questioned on the matter but did not respond.{{cite news| url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/anonymous-appears-to-take-down-aipac-website | work=BuzzFeed | title=Anonymous Takes Down AIPAC Website | date=March 4, 2012}} A video titled "Anonymous: Message to AIPAC" was uploaded on YouTube earlier the same day.{{cite video| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EujY4sCSv38 | work=TheAnonMessage | title=Anonymous: Message to AIPAC | date=March 4, 2012}}{{Importance inline|reason=No reliable source or reporting|date=December 2022}}

The official website of the Vatican was brought down temporarily by a DDoS attack from Anonymous on March 7, 2012. Later that day the website recovered. Anonymous has also attempted to take the site down in 2011 but the attempt did not succeed. They claimed that their attack was not targeted against the followers of the Catholic Church but against the Church itself, which Anonymous viewed as corrupt.{{cite news|author=Nicole Winfield Associated Press |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1142659--anonymous-hackers-claim-to-bring-down-vatican-website-site-inaccessible-for-hours |title=World News: Anonymous hackers claim to bring down Vatican website, site inaccessible for hours |work=thestar.com |date=March 7, 2012 |access-date=April 9, 2012 |location=Toronto}}

On March 12 the Vatican's official website was brought down for a few hours by a second DDoS attack. Anonymous also hacked Vatican Radio and gained access to the Vatican Radio database in protest against the Vatican Radio allegedly using "repeaters with power transmission largely outside the bounds of the law."{{cite web |last=Espiner |first=Tom |url=http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/security-bulletin-10000166/vatican-confirms-second-anonymous-hack-10025615/?tag=mncol%3Btxt |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130114073318/http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/security-bulletin-10000166/vatican-confirms-second-anonymous-hack-10025615/?tag=mncol;txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 14, 2013 |title=Vatican confirms second Anonymous hack |publisher=Zdnet.co.uk |date=March 20, 2012 |access-date=April 9, 2012 }}

On March 21, 2012, 1.7GB of data was stolen from the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics by Anonymous. The leak reportedly contained "shiny things such as internal emails and the entire database dump."{{cite web|author=Zach Walton |url=http://www.webpronews.com/anonymous-leaks-bureau-of-justice-database-2012-05 |title=Anonymous Leaks Bureau Of Justice Database |date=May 21, 2012 |publisher=WebProNews |access-date=June 9, 2012}}{{Cite web |last=Martinez |first=Jennifer |date=2012-05-23 |title=Anonymous: We hacked DOJ |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2012/05/anonymous-we-hacked-doj-emails-database-076670 |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}

On March 16 the official website of Monsanto's Hungarian website collapsed and wasn't restored until March 26.{{multiref2|1={{cite web|url=http://index.hu/tech/2012/03/23/biotechnologiai_oriascegnek_uzent_hadat_a_magyar_anonymous/ |title=Index - Tech - Biotechnológiai óriáscégnek üzent hadat a magyar Anonymous |date=March 23, 2012 |publisher=Index.hu |access-date=April 9, 2012}}|2={{cite web|url=http://index.hu/tech/2012/04/06/benne_van_a_lulz_a_levegoben/ |title=Index - Tech - A magyar Anonymous a világrend ellen |date=April 6, 2012 |publisher=Index.hu |access-date=April 9, 2012}}|3={{cite web|url=http://kuruc.info/r/6/93571/Anonymous |title=Kuruc.info - Az Anonymous háborút hirdetett egy vegyipari vállalat ellen - feltörték honlapjukat |publisher=kuruc.info|access-date=February 7, 2015}}|4={{cite web |author=Ferenc Czippel |url=http://gepnarancs.hu/2012/03/anonymous_monsanto/ |title=Az Anonymous kiütötte a Monsanto Magyarországot - Gépnarancs |publisher=Gepnarancs.hu |access-date=April 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325143123/http://gepnarancs.hu/2012/03/anonymous_monsanto/ |archive-date=March 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all |language=hu |trans-title=Anonymous knocked out Monsanto Hungary}}}}

In March 2012, people claiming to be a part of Anonymous leaked the source code for old versions of Norton AntiVirus and Norton Utilities.{{cite news|last=Whittaker |first=Zack |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/anonymous-leaks-symantecs-norton-anti-virus-source-code/ |title=Anonymous leaks Symantec's Norton anti-virus source code |work=ZDNet |date=March 9, 2012 |access-date=January 13, 2013}}

In April 2012, Anonymous hacked 485 Chinese government websites, some more than once, to protest the treatment of their citizens. They urged people to "fight for justice, fight for freedom, [and] fight for democracy".{{Cite web|title=Anonymous hacks Chinese government sites in protest, some still compromised|url=https://www.theverge.com/2012/4/5/2927853/anonymous-hack-chinese-government-sites|last=Sottek|first=T. C.|date=2012-04-05|website=The Verge|language=en|access-date=2020-06-01}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17623939 |title=BBC News - Chinese websites 'defaced in Anonymous attack' |publisher=Bbc.com |date=April 5, 2012 |access-date=January 13, 2013}}{{Cite web|title=Anonymous hacks hundreds of Chinese government sites|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/anonymous-hacks-hundreds-of-chinese-government-sites/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327063242/http://www.zdnet.com/article/anonymous-hacks-hundreds-of-chinese-government-sites/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 27, 2015|last=Protalinski|first=Emil|website=ZDNet|language=en|access-date=2020-06-01}}

On April 21, Anonymous defaced the official site of Formula One, in protest against the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix. The race was the subject of ongoing controversy, as it was being held during ongoing anti-government protests, with the support of the government.{{cite news|title=Rage against the Formula One machine|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/rage-against-the-formula-one-machine-7665991.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/rage-against-the-formula-one-machine-7665991.html |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|first1=Jerome|last1=Taylor|first2=David|last2=Tremayne|work=The Independent|date=April 21, 2012|access-date=June 10, 2012|location=London}}{{cite news|title=Clashes in Bahrain ahead of F1 race|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/04/201242073436819990.html|work=Al Jazeera|publisher=Qatar Media Group|date=April 20, 2012|access-date=June 10, 2012}} Anonymous posted a press release criticising the decision to hold the race despite the violent crackdowns,{{cite news|title=Amnesty questions Bahrain reforms as F1 concerns deepen|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jV1--EXM6pWmRhARdI-V0Y_MV3tQ?docId=CNG.948a2cf5c9e4b1bd3f984c4d2465ab3a.701|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501221419/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jV1--EXM6pWmRhARdI-V0Y_MV3tQ?docId=CNG.948a2cf5c9e4b1bd3f984c4d2465ab3a.701|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 1, 2012|first=Lara|last=Sukhtian|work=Google News|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=April 17, 2012|access-date=June 10, 2012}} and posted data of ticket sales for the event with sensitive information — particularly the credit card numbers of spectators — redacted. Other sites related to the sport and the Bahraini government were also the subject of distributed denial-of-service attack.{{cite web|url=https://thenextweb.com/me/2012/04/22/anonymous-launches-attack-on-formula-one-releases-data-dump-of-ticket-sales/ |title=Anonymous Launches Attack on Formula One Websites |date=April 22, 2012 |publisher=Thenextweb.com |access-date=June 9, 2012}}

On April 21, 2012 [http://soldierx.com/hdb/busabos busabos] of Anonymous Philippines attacked the China University Media Union website, as a retaliation against alleged Chinese hackers who defaced the University of the Philippines website, which claimed that the Scarborough Shoal is Chinese territory. Anonymous left a message that the Scarborough Shoal is the Philippines' territory. On April 25, 2012, [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/-depth/09/28/12/hacktivist-leader-talks-abs-cbn busabos] of Anonymous #OccupyPhilippines warned that they had not yet started their attack against Chinese websites. The members that can be counted in hand called the cyber attacks were a result of the 2012 Scarborough Shoal standoff.{{cite web|url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/34379/hackers-bring-ph-china-dispute-to-cyberspace |title=Hackers bring PH-China dispute to cyberspace - Inquirer Global Nation |publisher=Globalnation.inquirer.net |date=April 23, 2012 |access-date=July 26, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/04/25/12/ph-hackers-invite-pinoys-attack-chinese-sites|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426214312/http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/04/25/12/ph-hackers-invite-pinoys-attack-chinese-sites|url-status=live|archive-date=April 26, 2012|title=PH hackers invite Pinoys to attack Chinese sites - ABS-CBN News|author=Ira Pedrasa, ABS-CBNnews.com|date=April 25, 2012|publisher=abs-cbnnews.com|access-date=February 9, 2015}}

On May 17, 2012, Anonymous launched an attack against the websites of the India Supreme Court and the then-ruling Congress party in reaction to internet service providers blocking popular video sites like Vimeo as well as file-sharing sites like The Pirate Bay.{{cite web|title=NDTV Online News|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/operation-india-engaged-warns-anonymous-after-hacking-supreme-court-site-212240?trendingnow|date=May 17, 2012|access-date=June 9, 2012|publisher=NDTV|location=New Delhi, India}}

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On May 20, 2012, Anonymous launched Opération Québec in reaction to the adoption of Bill 78 by the government of Quebec, an act restricting the freedom of association in this Canadian province after several weeks of student protests.{{cite web|author=Catherine Levesque |url=http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/05/20/anonymous-operation-quebec_n_1531489.html?ref=politique |title=Grève étudiante: un vidéo d'Anonymous dénonce la loi 78 et lance l'"Opération Québec" |language=fr |trans-title=Student strike: an Anonymous video denounces law 78 and launches “Operation Quebec” |publisher=Quebec.huffingtonpost.ca |date=May 20, 2012 |access-date=June 9, 2012}} A video was released urging the governing Liberal Party of Quebec to let the citizens protest.

On May 21, the websites of the Liberal Party of Quebec, of the Ministry of Public Security of Quebec as well as a government site on police ethics were DDoSed.{{cite web |url=http://blogues.radio-canada.ca/surleweb/2012/05/21/anonymous-operation-quebec/ |title=Les Anonymous piratent plusieurs sites du gouvernement du QuĂŠbec - Blogue des chroniques Sur le web - Radio-Canada.ca |publisher=Blogues.radio-canada.ca |access-date=July 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822085752/http://blogues.radio-canada.ca/surleweb/2012/05/21/anonymous-operation-quebec/ |archive-date=August 22, 2013 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite news|author=QMI Agency |url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/19/quebec-liberal-government-sites-hacked |title=Quebec Liberal, government sites hacked - Canada - News |newspaper=Toronto Sun |date=May 19, 2012 |access-date=June 9, 2012}}

Anonymous then threatened to disrupt the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Canada, to be held between June 7 and 10 in Montreal, the same way they did for the Bahrain Grand Prix. They claimed to have accessed personal information stored in the F1 website.{{cite web |url=http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/05/30/anonymous-threatens-to-attack-montreals-grand-prix-race/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530144437/http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/05/30/anonymous-threatens-to-attack-montreals-grand-prix-race/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2012 |title=Montreal protests: Anonymous threatens to attack Canadian Grand Prix race - Sports - National Post |publisher=Sports.nationalpost.com |date=May 30, 2012 |access-date=June 9, 2012 }}

On May 30, Anonymous leaked a video called "DVD Gouverne (mental)", a 2 hours long footage from Sagard, Quebec where a party for the wife of Paul Desmarais of Power Corporation had been held in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/05/30/video-desmarais_n_1557309.html?1338413360&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008 |title=Anonymous publie une vidéo de l'anniversaire de Jacqueline Desmarais |language=fr |trans-title=Anonymous publishes a video of Jacqueline Desmarais' birthday |publisher=Quebec.huffingtonpost.ca |date=May 30, 2012 |access-date=June 9, 2012}} Among the guests were former US president George H. Bush, premier Jean Charest of Quebec, former Canadian prime ministers Jean Chrétien and Brian Mulroney, former Québec premier Lucien Bouchard, former governor general of Canada Adrienne Clarkson, journalist Charlie Rose, singers Robert Charlebois and Hiromi Omura, lyricist Luc Plamondon and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin.{{cite news|url=https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/351236/anonymous |title=Anonymous publie une vidéo filmée à Sagard |newspaper=Le Devoir |access-date=June 9, 2012}}

An Anonymous video was released on June 8, 2012, claiming that an attack against the government of Cyprus would take place due to reasons of government corruption, media misinformation and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement{{cite news| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2YLsYKlUIA | title=Anonymous Message To Cyprus | date=June 8, 2012}} On June 26, DDoS attacks took place against 47 websites of the Republic of Cyprus, which were taken down for 15 hours.{{cite news| url=http://www.naftemporiki.gr/story/376134 | work= Naftemboriki | title=Cyprus: Mass Cyber Attack from Anonymous| date=June 27, 2012}} The government stated that it was a coordinated attack by Anonymous.

On June 26, 2012, the website of the Japanese Business Federation, was taken offline, with Anonymous claiming this was part of "Operation Japan". The reason for their action was the new amendments to the copyright laws in Japan.{{cite news|last=Phneah |first=Ellyne |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/anonymous-hacks-japanese-govt-sites/ |title=Anonymous hacks Japanese govt sites |work=ZDNet |date=June 28, 2012 |access-date=January 13, 2013}} For those found to have illegally copied material such as music, DVDs or Blu-ray discs, fines could run as high as $25,000 and carry a sentence of two years in prison, according to CNET Japan.{{cite news| url=https://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/06/japan-download-copyright-law | magazine=Wired | first=Daniel | last=Feit | title=Japan Passes Jail-for-Downloaders Anti-Piracy Law | date=June 21, 2012}}

On July 25, 2012, Anonymous launched an online protest in response to the Anaheim police shooting. It began with the release of the personal information of some of the top officers, including police chief John Welter.{{cite news| url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/07/anonymous-posts-anaheim-police-chiefs-personal-information.html | work=Los Angeles Times | title=L.A. Now | date=July 27, 2012}}

In July 2012, Anonymous hacked Australian ISP AAPT and later leaked 40 GB of partially redacted customer data to protest data retention policy.{{cite news|last=Lee |first=Michael |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/anonymous-begins-dump-of-stolen-isp-data/ |title=Anonymous begins dump of stolen ISP data |work=ZDNet |date=July 28, 2012 |access-date=January 13, 2013}}

On July 6, 2012, as part of the Yo Soy 132 student protest movement, the Mexican branch of Anonymous defaced the PRI party website, the party that held the power of the country for 70 years and that the 132 movement accused of human rights violations during that period. Anonymous hacked the site leaving slogans against the electoral fraud and the imminent return of the PRI party to power.{{cite web|url=http://www.adnpolitico.com/2012/2012/07/06/anonymous-hackea-la-pagina-del-pri-df-escribe-fuera-epn|title=Anonymous vs PRI: 'juegan' a hackear y restablecer sitio web - 2012 - ADNPolítico.com|publisher=adnpolitico.com|access-date=February 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024032702/http://www.adnpolitico.com/2012/2012/07/06/anonymous-hackea-la-pagina-del-pri-df-escribe-fuera-epn|archive-date=October 24, 2014|url-status=usurped|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://noticias.univision.com/article/1139746/2012-07-06/tecnologia/noticias/anonymous-ataco-pagina-pri-distrito-federal|title=Anonymous atacó la página del PRI en la capital de México - Univision Noticias|publisher=noticias.univision.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/857833.html|title=El Universal - - Hackean página del PRI en el DF|publisher=eluniversal.com.mx|access-date=February 8, 2017|archive-date=October 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024080336/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/857833.html|url-status=dead}}

On July 20, 2012, a second attack on a PRI related website was performed as part of the Yo Soy 132 student protest movement, by the Mexican branch of Anonymous. This time Anonymous did it on the birthday of president elect Peña Nieto, and as "a gift" they left a picture of Peña next to slogans against electoral fraud and a penis shaped birthday cake.{{cite web|url=http://www.bsecure.com.mx/featured/hackean-paginas-del-pri-como-festejo-a-pena-nieto/|title=Hackean páginas del PRI como festejo a Peña Nieto - b:Secure|publisher=bsecure.com.mx|access-date=February 7, 2015}}

On August 10, 2012, Anonymous launched a DDoS attack and defacement of more than 100 Myanmar websites, all hackers from all over the world joined this operation as a protest for killing Muslim Rohingya in Myanmar.{{cite web |url=http://anonnews.org/press/item/1720/ |title=Everything Anonymous |publisher=AnonNews.org |access-date=January 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227111832/http://anonnews.org/press/item/1720/ |archive-date=December 27, 2012 |df=mdy-all }} Myanmar's hackers also made a lot of counterattacks.{{cite web |url=http://www.gilerhackers.net/search/label/Myanmar%20hackers |title=[GH] Giler Hackers!: Myanmar hackers |publisher=Gilerhackers.net |date=January 9, 2013 |access-date=January 13, 2013 |archive-date=March 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305100412/http://www.gilerhackers.net/search/label/Myanmar%20hackers |url-status=dead }}

On August 13, 2012, Anonymous hacked two Uganda government websites to protest the country's strict anti-gay laws.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/16/uganda-government-websites-hacked-anonymous-gay-rights_n_1789623.html|title=Uganda Government Websites Hacked By Anonymous In Defense Of Gay Pride, LGBT Rights - Huffington Post|date=August 16, 2012 |publisher=TheHuffingtonPost.com |access-date=August 6, 2016}}

In mid-September 2012, Anonymous hackers threatened the Hong Kong government organization, known as National Education Centre. In their online video, Anonymous members claimed responsibility for leaking classified related government documents and taking down the National Education Centre website, after the Hong Kong government has repeatedly ignored months of wide-scale protests against the establishment of a new core Moral and National Education curriculum for children from 6–18 years of age. The new syllabus has come under heavy criticism and international media attention, as it does not award students based on how much factual information is learned, but instead grades and evaluates students based on their level of emotional attachment and approval of the Chinese Communist Party.[http://hk.dv.nextmedia.com/actionnews/local/20120916/18017424/20001202 攻陷國教網站　黑客匿名：要革命！]. Retrieved September 16, 2012.

[http://soldierx.com/hdb/busabos busabos] of Anonymous Philippines launched a series of attacks against several websites of the Philippine government to protest against the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. The hackers urged for the revisions of the cybercrime law. On September 26, Anonymous defaced several websites, including that of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Philippine National Police.{{cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/275768/scitech/technology/hackers-deface-phl-govt-websites-urge-revision-of-cybercrime-law |title=Hackers deface PHL govt websites, urge revision of Cybercrime Law - SciTech - GMA News Online - The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere |publisher=Gmanetwork.com |date=September 26, 2012 |access-date=January 13, 2013}}{{cite web|title=Hacktivist leader talks to ABS-CBN|url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/-depth/09/28/12/hacktivist-leader-talks-abs-cbn|publisher=ABS-CBN Corporation|access-date=5 October 2013|date=28 September 2012}} They claim that the law violates freedom of expression and described the law as "most notorious act ever witnessed in the cyber-history". On October 1, they hacked again several government websites in an operation dubbed as "Bloody Monday" and asked for "a revision of the [Cybercrime Law] for the betterment of the Filipino netizens." In February 2014 the Philippine Supreme Court ruled out the online libel to be unconstitutional because of its some provisions.{{cite web|url=http://www.rappler.com/nation/50881-sc-upholds-cybercrime-law-sections|title=SC rules online libel constitutional|work=Rappler|date=February 18, 2014}}

Anonymous re-posted the names, addresses, and emails of the prominent members of the Westboro Baptist Church on December 16, 2012, due to announced plans to picket the funerals of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting,{{cite web|url=http://www.inquisitr.com/440545/anonymous-hacks-the-westboro-baptist-church-posts-all-their-personal-information/ |title=Anonymous Hacks The Westboro Baptist Church: Posts All Their Personal Information |publisher=Inquisitr.com |date=December 16, 2012 |access-date=January 13, 2013}} followed by saying that God would protect their site. They also caused several DDOS attacks on the site itself, hacked the social media accounts of the members involved, and started a whitehouse.org petition to get the Church legally branded as a Hate Group.{{Cite web |last=Mattise |first=Nathan |date=2012-12-17 |title=Anonymous sets sights on an old enemy—the Westboro Baptist Church |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/12/anonymous-sets-sights-on-an-old-enemy-the-westboro-baptist-church/ |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |date=2012-12-17 |title=Hackers Vow To Render Westboro Baptist Church 'Obsolete' After Threat To Protest At Newtown School - CBS New York |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/hackers-vow-to-render-westboro-baptist-church-obsolete-after-threat-to-protest-at-newtown-school/ |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}

In December 2012, Cleveland police fired 137 rounds at a car, killing its two occupants.{{cite news| url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cleveland-police-officers-punished-for-137-bullet-chase/ | work=CBS News |title=Cleveland police officers punished for 137-bullet chase}} Anonymous responded in April 2013 by releasing the personal information of the officers involved.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/Anonymous_Newz/status/329281986399186945 |title=Anonymous DOX Links To Cleveland Police Department > November 29, 2012 137 Shots fired into 2 Unarmed Civilians > pastebin.com/5ic0enWR |publisher=twitter.com|access-date=February 8, 2017}} 12 officers were later fired or disciplined for their role in the shooting, although criminal charges are still being considered by a grand jury.

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In early 2013, the group released an incriminating video, photographs and tweets from the Steubenville High School football team allegedly involved in a gang rape of an underage girl in rural Ohio. They also released a number of e-mails and photos hacked from the e-mail account of one of the football programs boosters, whom they alleged to have helped cover up the case.{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/steubenville-students-laugh-alleged-rape-article-1.1232113 |title=Steubenville High School students joke about alleged rape in highly-charged case against Big Red football players |newspaper=NY Daily News |date=January 3, 2013 |access-date=January 13, 2013 |location=New York}}

{{See also|Yo Soy 132|l1=Yo Soy 132 student protests}}

On January 13, 2013, the SEDENA (the Mexican Army) website was penetrated by the Anonymous branch in Mexico, and all the information found on the vulnerable servers was disclosed (including usernames and passwords). The content of the site was changed for a video with images of the riots that occurred during Peña Nieto's presidential inauguration (on December 1, 2013), and a voice in the background pronounces the Zapatista manifesto. The reason behind the attack was in retaliation for what they called the return of an oppressive government imposed by electoral fraud.{{cite web|url=http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=330815|title=Proceso|author1=Comunicación e Información|author2=SA de CV|publisher=proceso.com.mx|access-date=February 7, 2015|date=January 16, 2013|archive-date=October 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024050430/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=330815|url-status=dead |language=es |trans-title=Hacker Anonymous Sedena page; leaves Zapatista message }}

In January 2013, the group attacked and defaced the United States Sentencing Commission website turning it into a game page repeatedly after which traffic to the website made it crash following the suicide of Reddit co-founder and activist Aaron Swartz. Swartz was accused of stealing materials from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with intent to distribute them freely.{{cite web|url=http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/anonymous-hijacks-federal-website-threatens-doj-document-dump-174943824--abc-news-politics.html|title=Anonymous Hijacks Federal Website Over Aaron Swartz Suicide |date=January 26, 2013 |first=Matthew |last=Larotonda |work=ABC News Blogs |via=Yahoo! News}}

The Federal Reserve was hacked by Anonymous in February 2013.{{Multiref2 |1={{cite web|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/anger-rises-as-fed-confirms-anonymous-hack-downplays-us-bank-emergency-system-breach/|title=Anger rises as Fed confirms Anonymous hack, downplays US bank emergency system breach |work=ZDNet |access-date=February 18, 2015}} |2={{Cite web |url=http://www.nbc12.com/story/20997437/anonymous-claims-credit-for-hacking-into-federal-reserve |title="Anonymous" claims credit for hacking into Federal Reserve |date=February 6, 2013 |first=Ray |last=Daudani |publisher=WWBT}} }}

{{See also|2013 Korean crisis|Cyberactivism in North Korea}}

On April 2, 2013, a professional IT webzine BGR carried out an article stating that hacker group Anonymous has started the 'Operation Free Korea.' This calls for 'controversial leader Kim Jong-un [to] resign', 'install free democracy' 'abandon its nuclear ambitions' 'uncensored Internet access' etc. The hackers also proclaimed that if North Korea do not accede to their demand, they will wage "Cyber War."{{cite web|url=http://bgr.com/2013/04/02/anonymous-north-korea-cyber-warefare-410854/|title=Anonymous: North Korea targeted by hacking group - BGR|publisher=bgr.com|access-date=February 7, 2015|date=April 3, 2013}} On April 3, 2013, hacker group identifying itself as Anonymous claimed it had stolen all 15,000 user passwords as part of a cyberwar against the DPRK.{{cite web|last=Graziano|first=Dan|title=Anonymous threatens cyberwar on North Korea, steals 15,000 passwords|url=https://news.yahoo.com/anonymous-threatens-cyberwar-north-korea-steals-15-000-035903339.html|work=BRG News|date=April 3, 2013 |publisher=Yahoo! News|access-date=April 3, 2013}} A few days later, Anonymous claimed to have hacked into the Uriminzokkiri main website, and the Twitter and Flickr pages representing the website.{{cite web|url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/130404/hackers-hijack-pro-north-korea-website-uriminzokkiri|title=Pro-North Korea website Uriminzokkiri hacked - GlobalPost|work=GlobalPost |date=April 4, 2013 |publisher=globalpost.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}}

Instead, a picture posted Thursday on the North's Flickr site shows Kim's face with a pig-like snout and a drawing of Mickey Mouse on his chest. Underneath, the text reads: "Threatening world peace with ICBMs and Nuclear weapons/Wasting money while his people starve to death." It found common ground with its alleged arch-enemy and hacktivist The Jester in which the latter had claimed responsibility for the cyberattacks against Air Koryo and other North Korean websites.{{cite web |last1=Leyden |first1=John |title=Anonymous joins forces with arch-enemy The Jester against Norks |url=https://www.theregister.com/2013/04/04/anon_nork_cyber_offensive/ |website=www.theregister.com |access-date=27 January 2022 |language=en}}

On June 22, 2013, Anonymous claimed that it managed to steal military documents from North Korea, and that the documents would be released on June 25, the day the Korean War started. However, no such documents appear to have been released.{{cite web |last1=Keck |first1=Zachary |title=Anonymous: We Have Stolen North Korean Military Documents |url=https://thediplomat.com/the-editor/2013/06/22/anonymous-we-have-stolen-north-korean-military-documents/ |website=thediplomat.com |access-date=3 May 2024 |date=June 22, 2013}}

OpIsrael was a coordinated cyber-attack by anti-Israel individuals and Anonymous-affiliated groups that target websites perceived as Israeli{{cite news |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/as-cyber-war-begins-israeli-hackers-hit-back/ |newspaper=Times of Israel |date=April 7, 2013 |title=As cyber-war begins, Israeli hackers hit back |access-date=February 8, 2017}}[http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Israeli-cyber-activists-attack-anti-Israel-hackers-308921 Israeli cyber activists attack anti-Israel hackers], Jerusalem Post April 7, 2013 The attack, mostly denial of service assaults, was coordinated to coincide with Holocaust Remembrance Day.[https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpeck/2013/04/08/why-did-anonymous-have-to-attack-israel-on-holocaust-memorial-day/ Why did Anonymous have to attack Israel on Holocaust Memorial Day?], Forbes April 8, 2013 OpIsrael's stated goal was to "erase Israel from the internet".{{cite web |url=http://www.france24.com/fr/20130327-israel-opisrael-groupes-hackers-pirates-piratage-internet-anonymous-menace-attaque-cyber |title=Des groupes de hackers menacent "d'effacer Israël d'Internet" |trans-title=Groups of hackers threaten to "wipe Israel off the Internet" |date=March 27, 2013|language=fr}}{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Israeli-hackers-break-into-Anonymous-website-309229 |title=Israeli takes over OpIsrael hacktivist website - Defense - Jerusalem Post |newspaper=jpost.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}} The attack targeted several government online operations banking and commerce sites, but most of the cyber attacks were repelled, with no significant damage done, although an attack may have succeeded in temporarily taking down the Central Bureau of Statistics site. Media and small business sites were also targeted, and some attacks succeeded in temporarily replacing some of homepages with anti-Israel slogans.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/hackers-fail-to-cause-major-cyber-disruption-officials-say/|title=Hackers failing to cause major cyber-disruption, officials say - The Times of Israel|newspaper=timesofisrael.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}} However, there were several Facebook pages, Twitter feeds, and web sites from the alleged hackers making false claims to have "caused Israel to lose $5 billion" and "Tel Aviv loses all Internet connection."{{cite news |title=Major failures, minor successes for anti-Israel hackers - The Times of Israel |url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/major-failures-minor-successes-for-anti-israel-hackers |access-date=February 7, 2015 |newspaper=timesofisrael.com}} It was one of Anonymous's biggest failures.

Nir Goldshlager a famous "white hat" hacker and CEO of Break Security Goldshlager, told reporters that OpIsrael hackers "lacked the sophistication and knowledge...while they told many lies to enhance their reputations." Israeli hackers responded to OpIsrael by taking down the OpIsrael website and replacing it with pro-Israel statements and the Israeli national anthem, Hatikvah. In addition, they brought down anti-Israeli sites like Hezbollah's and Islamic Jihad's websites, targeted servers belonging to hackers, and broke into the personal computers of the European leaders of the operation, telling them to look for the facts and not believe everything they see on the Internet.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.jpost.com/content/opisrael-backfires |title=#OpIsrael Backfires - Blogs - Jerusalem Post |publisher=blogs.jpost.com |access-date=February 7, 2015 |archive-date=December 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203185529/http://blogs.jpost.com/content/opisrael-backfires |url-status=dead }}

In response to the suicide of Rehtaeh Parsons and the lack of action on the part of Canadian authorities, Anonymous threatened to release the personal information of the rapists. However, the group claimed to back down from the threat following pleas from Parsons' mother, Leah.{{cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/anonymous-won-t-release-names-of-rehtaeh-parsons-suspects-1.1365232 | work=CBC News |title='Anonymous' won't release names of Rehtaeh Parsons suspects |access-date=February 8, 2017}} The group has staged protests outside the Royal Canadian Mounted Police headquarters in Halifax.{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/04/14/hacker-group-anonymous-holds-protest-at-halifax-rcmp-to-demand-justice-for-rehtaeh-parsons|title=Rehtaeh Parsons suicide: Anonymous hold small protest at Halifax RCMP - National Post|publisher=news.nationalpost.com|access-date=February 7, 2015|date=April 14, 2013}}

{{Wikinews|Anonymous muscle in on Canadian teen rape case}}

In March 2013 during the Lahad Datu standoff tension in Sabah due to the clashes between the Royal Army of the Sultanate of Sulu and Malaysian security Forces. A Cyberwar sparks between Philippines and Malaysia. According to the Philippine Cyber Army the Malaysian hackers appeared to have started the attacks and defacement on Philippine websites, posting online threats and videos meaning to send a message to the Filipinos to keep away from the region of Sabah.{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2013/03/04/915721/sabah-crisis-sparks-cyberwar|title=Sabah crisis sparks 'cyberwar'|work=philstar.com}} In response to their attacks the Philippine Cyber Army defaced 175 Malaysian sites (including state-owned pages). The Mcafee Lab Researchers in their 2013 Threats Report placed the Philippine Cyber Army in the list of Global Threats on hacktivism.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcafee.com/enterprise/en-us/threat-center/mcafee-labs/reports.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053423/http://www.mcafee.com/au/resources/reports/rp-quarterly-threat-q1-2013.pdf|url-status=dead|title=McAfee Labs Threats Reports – Threat Research | McAfee|archive-date=March 4, 2016|website=www.mcafee.com}} The Philippine Cyber Army are close to Anonymous.

On May 9, 2013, a number of Philippine Coast Guard soldiers fired at an unarmed Taiwanese fishing boat, Guang Da Xing No. 28, and killed a Taiwanese fisherman in international waters. On May 10, Hackers recognizing themselves as "AnonTAIWAN" hacked into Philippine Official websites asking for the Philippines' government to apologize to Taiwan's government. They interfered with government official websites of the Philippines, causing inconveniences for the Philippine General Election. Its resulted in great difficulty and delay in making general access through the Philippine government websites at the time of elections.{{multiref2|1={{cite web|url=http://www.interaksyon.com/article/61486/payback--2-days-before-elections-govt-websites-downed-by-massive-ddos-attacks|title=PAYBACK? - 2 days before elections, govt websites downed by massive DDoS attacks - InterAksyon.com|publisher=interaksyon.com|access-date=February 7, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114120331/http://www.interaksyon.com/article/61486/payback--2-days-before-elections-govt-websites-downed-by-massive-ddos-attacks|archive-date=January 14, 2015|df=mdy-all}}|2={{cite web|url=http://democracy.net.ph/statement-on-the-may-10-2013-ddos-attacks-on-ph-government-telecommunications-and-media/|title=Statement on the May 10, 2013 DDoS attacks on PH government, telecommunications, and media - Home|publisher=democracy.net.ph|access-date=February 7, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114114316/http://democracy.net.ph/statement-on-the-may-10-2013-ddos-attacks-on-ph-government-telecommunications-and-media/|archive-date=January 14, 2015|df=mdy-all}}|3={{cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/307983/scitech/technology/manila-taipei-cyberwar-threatens-to-escalate-as-phl-group-vows-operation|title=Manila-Taipei cyberwar threatens to escalate as PHL group vows 'operation' - SciTech - GMA News Online|date=May 12, 2013 |publisher=gmanetwork.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}}|4={{cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/308401/scitech/technology/anonymous-taiwan-breaks-into-phl-govt-sites-leaks-passwords|title=Anonymous Taiwan breaks into PHL govt sites, leaks passwords - SciTech - GMA News Online|date=May 14, 2013 |publisher=gmanetwork.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}}|5={{cite web|url=http://ph.news.yahoo.com/anonymous-taiwan-breaks-phl-govt-sites-leaks-passwords-153036441.html|title=Anonymous Taiwan breaks into PHL govt sites, leaks passwords - Yahoo News Philippines|publisher=ph.news.yahoo.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}}|6={{cite web|url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20130514-422374.html|title=Taiwanese hackers leak Philippine govt website info|publisher=asiaone.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}}|7={{cite web|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/foreign-affairs/2013/05/14/378546/Taiwanese-hackers.htm|title=Taiwanese hackers leak Philippine gov't website info - The China Post|publisher=chinapost.com.tw|access-date=February 7, 2015}}}}

In May 2013, Anonymous published the personal information of various English Defence League members online in what Anonymous said was the first part of an attempt to destroy the far right protest movement.{{Cite web |date=2013-05-28 |title=Anonymous-linked groups publish EDL supporters' personal information |url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/28/anonymous-edl-supporters-information |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}

On June 7, 2013, Anonymous released what was claimed to be secret documents related to the NSA. In reality, the documents were already publicly available.{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/anonymous-just-leaked-a-trove-of-nsa-documents-511854773|title=Anonymous Just Leaked a Trove of NSA Documents|website=gizmodo.com|date=June 7, 2013 |access-date=February 7, 2015}}

On June 30, 2013, a Hawthorne, California police officer, Jeffrey Salmon of Torrance, was filmed shooting a dog and arresting his owner. Anonymous responded by issuing a video threat to the police department.{{cite web|url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/07/05/group-anonymous-targets-hawthorne-police-department-for-fatally-shooting-dog|title=Group 'Anonymous' Targets Hawthorne Police Department For Fatally Shooting Dog - CBS Los Angeles|publisher=losangeles.cbslocal.com|access-date=February 7, 2015|date=July 5, 2013}} The city website also suffered a DDoS attack, although it is unclear if Anonymous was involved.{{cite web|url=http://laist.com/2013/07/05/anonymous_targets_hawthorne_police.php|title=Anonymous: 'Hawthorne Police Are Our Primary Target': LAist|publisher=laist.com|access-date=February 7, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402071525/http://laist.com/2013/07/05/anonymous_targets_hawthorne_police.php|archive-date=April 2, 2015|df=mdy-all}}

On July 4, 2013, Anonymous hacked the national website of Nigeria after the country passed laws that would make homosexuality punishable by up to 14 years in prison.{{cite web |url=http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/07/anonymous-hacks-nigerias-government-website-over-anti-gay-bill |title=Anonymous hacks Nigeria's government website over anti-gay bill |publisher=lgbtqnation.com |access-date=February 8, 2017|date=July 5, 2013 }}

Anonymous NZ, a New Zealand-based offshoot of Anonymous, carried out its first operation by staging a DDoS on the web site of the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), following the passage of law changes that allowed the electronic intelligence agency to surveil New Zealand citizens. In addition, the web sites of politicians who supported the law changes were also shut down by Anonymous NZ.{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/8979744/Dotcom-tells-hackers-of-National-sites-to-stop|title=Dotcom tells hackers of National sites to stop|date=July 30, 2013 |author1=Michael Fox |author2=Andrea Vance |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Fairfax New Zealand}}

{{Main|2013 Singapore cyberattacks}}

From August 20, 2013, to November 5, 2013, the group launched attacks on various websites including Ang Mo Kio Town Council, National Museum of Singapore which they leaked 3,600 emails, IP addresses and names from,{{cite web |title=National Museum of Singapore |url=https://www.nationalmuseum.sg/NMSPortal/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207072116/http://www.nationalmuseum.sg/NMSPortal/ |archive-date=February 7, 2015 |access-date=February 7, 2015 |publisher=nationalmuseum.sg |df=mdy-all}} PAP Community Foundation, and The Straits Times.{{Cite web |title='Anonymous' hacks blog on Straits Times website |url=http://sg.news.yahoo.com/anonymous-threatens-singapore-government-in-youtube-video-091443515.html |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=sg.news.yahoo.com |date=October 31, 2013 |language=en-SG}}

Anonymous New Zealand claimed attacks on National Party-linked websites in protest against the GCSB Bill have had no thanks from spied-on internet mogul Kim Dotcom.

Anonymous Philippines has hacked 115 government websites, prompting Philippine law enforcement agencies to go after them, citing the unnecessary use of hacking.{{cite news |author1=Christian Esguerra |author2=TJ A. Burgonio |name-list-style=amp |date=November 5, 2013 |title=Palace to go after antipork hackers |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://technology.inquirer.net/31231/palace-to-go-after-antipork-hackers |url-status=dead |access-date=November 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628100005/https://technology.inquirer.net/31231/palace-to-go-after-antipork-hackers?ModPagespeed=noscript |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |df=mdy-all}} The NBI has been ordered to probe into the hacking of government websites.{{cite news|url=http://technology.inquirer.net/31307/de-lima-orders-nbi-to-probe-hacking-of-government-websites|title=De Lima orders NBI to probe hacking of government websites|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615123503/https://technology.inquirer.net/31307/de-lima-orders-nbi-to-probe-hacking-of-government-websites?ModPagespeed=noscript|date=November 5, 2013|access-date=November 6, 2013|archive-date=June 15, 2022|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|author=Tetch Torres-Tupas|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} While a few Senators have downplayed the attacks, they were willing to listen to their grievances,{{cite news|url=http://technology.inquirer.net/31205/senators-try-to-downplay-website-hacking-to-protest-pork-barrel?ModPagespeed=noscript|title=Senators try to downplay website hacking to protest pork barrel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114110902/http://technology.inquirer.net/31205/senators-try-to-downplay-website-hacking-to-protest-pork-barrel?ModPagespeed=noscript|access-date=November 6, 2013|archive-date=January 14, 2015|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|url-status=live

|author=TJ Burgonio}} Senator Trillanes IV expressed alarm with the group's capabilities, suggesting the possibility of the group to hack government websites since "it could compromise State operations and data storage."

In response to the controversial custodial case of Justina Pelletier in which the Boston's Children Hospital alleged her parents of child abuse while Justina was believed to have contracted a mitochondrial disorder, Anonymous performed DDOS attacks against the hospital. As a result, a member was arrested after an unsuccessful flight attempt to Cuba.{{cite web |last1=Newman |first1=Lily Hay |title=Anonymous Allegedly Hacked Boston Children's Hospital Over Justina Pelletier |url=https://slate.com/technology/2014/04/anonymous-allegedly-hacked-boston-children-s-hospital-over-justina-pelletier-case.html |website=Slate |access-date=3 May 2024 |date=24 April 2014}}{{cite web |title=Anonymous hacker gets 10 years in prison for DDoS attacks on children's hospitals |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/anonymous-hacker-gets-10-years-in-prison-for-ddos-attacks-on-childrens-hospitals/ |website=ZDNET |access-date=3 May 2024 |language=en |first=Catalin |last=Cimpanu |date=January 10, 2019}}

Anonymous posted a video warning to the Ferguson, Missouri, police, admonishing them for fatally shooting Mike Brown, an unarmed African American teenager, and swearing revenge if any protesters demonstrating against the police are harmed. The group, which has adopted the Guy Fawkes mask as its symbol and frequently becomes involved in contentious legal matters, said in the video late Sunday Brown's death Saturday is just the latest example of police misconduct having deadly big consequences.{{Cite web |last=Weinstein |first=Adam |title=Anonymous Vows Action Over Shooting Death of Unarmed Teen |url=https://www.gawker.com/anonymous-vows-action-over-shooting-death-of-unarmed-te-1619233440 |access-date=2022-12-24 |website=Gawker |date=August 11, 2014 |language=en |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206135902/https://www.gawker.com/anonymous-vows-action-over-shooting-death-of-unarmed-te-1619233440 |url-status=dead }}

On August 12, a series of doxes were released against Jon Belmar, the St. Louis County Police Chief. There were two reasons for this target. 1) Because he refused to release the name of the officer who shot Mike Brown and 2) Because he challenged Anonymous, calling their threats hollow. A Twitter account affiliated with Anonymous struck back with information regarding Belmar's location, phone number, family members, and their accounts on social media.{{cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/how-computer-hackers-changed-the-ferguson-protests/article_d81a1da4-ae04-5261-9064-e4c255111c94.html|title=How computer hackers changed the Ferguson protests : News|date=August 13, 2014 |publisher=stltoday.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}} That same account also released information claiming to be the dox of the officer who shot Brown, but wound up being incorrect.{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/15/anonymous_calls_off_ferguson_police_doxing_after_fingering_wrong_man/|title=Know what Ferguson city needs right now? It's not Anonymous doxing random people • The Register|publisher=theregister.co.uk|access-date=February 7, 2015}}

{{main|2014 Hong Kong protests}}

Anonymous posted a video warning on News2Share{{cite web|url=http://hackingpost.com/anonymous-hackers-declared-cyber-war-against-hong-kong-government/|title=Anonymous Hackers declared Cyber War Against Hong Kong|publisher=hackingpost.com|access-date=February 7, 2015|archive-date=March 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317134227/http://hackingpost.com/anonymous-hackers-declared-cyber-war-against-hong-kong-government/|url-status=dead}} to the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on October 1 announcing the engagement of Operation Hong Kong, condemning the government's police's use of force in the ongoing protests.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFO0hN9Ptdc|title=Anonymous Declares War Against Hong Kong Police - YouTube|date=October 2014 |publisher=youtube.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}} The group stated that it supports the protesters' fight for democracy{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/10/02/report-anonymous-hacker-collective-joins-hong-kongs-occupy-central/|title=Report: Hacker collective Anonymous joins Hong Kong's Occupy Central - The Washington Post|newspaper=washingtonpost.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}} and promised the government that if the protesters are further harmed or harassed they would attack all web based assets of the Hong Kong Government including but not limited to the taking down of government websites, seizing of government databases, and releasing the personal information on government officials. Anonymous stated that it is time for democracy for the people of Hong Kong and condemns the police for harming the citizens and calls for them to instead protect the citizens.

On October 2, there have been reports that Anonymous have already taken over a few company websites in Hong Kong in accordance to a Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily.{{cite web|url=http://occupycentral.appledaily.com/0/article/10829391/20141002/52969459|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141002055622/http://occupycentral.appledaily.com/0/article/10829391/20141002/52969459|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2014|title=雨傘革命 - 蘋果日報|publisher=occupycentral.appledaily.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}}

The Hong Kong Government responded that its servers and web assets are functioning normally, and have arranged to strengthen its cyber defences. The Government further stated that it is prepared against any attempts by Anonymous hackers on its servers and web assets.{{cite web|url=http://occupycentral.appledaily.com/0/article/10829391/20141002/52971093|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141002171216/http://occupycentral.appledaily.com/0/article/10829391/20141002/52971093|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2014|title=雨傘革命 - 蘋果日報|publisher=occupycentral.appledaily.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}}

November 8, Anonymous Leyte began hacking Philippine government websites to protest the alleged incompetence government officials exhibited in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan).{{cite web|url=http://rachfeed.com/hacker-group-anonymous-leyte-targets-govt-sites-incompetence/|title=Hacker Group 'Anonymous Leyte' Targets Gov't Sites for 'Incompetence' - RachFeed|publisher=rachfeed.com|access-date=February 7, 2015|date=November 8, 2014}}

More than 10 government websites were defaced by the group and 33 more were rendered inaccessible for up to 7 hours.{{cite web|url=http://kabayantech.com/2014/11/hackers-attacked-government-websites-super-typhoon-yolanda-anniversary/|title=Hackers attacked Government websites in the Super Typhoon Yolanda Anniversary|publisher=kabayantech.com|access-date=February 7, 2015|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207095917/http://kabayantech.com/2014/11/hackers-attacked-government-websites-super-typhoon-yolanda-anniversary/|archive-date=February 7, 2015|df=mdy-all}} A week before, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) was reportedly hacked{{cite web|url=http://www.rappler.com/nation/73894-anonymous-leyte-leak-dti-credentials|title='Anonymous Leyte' leaks 2,000 email addresses|date=November 3, 2014|publisher=rappler.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}} with some 2,000 email addresses, usernames, and password hashes released on Pastebin.{{cite web|url=http://www.infocrowler.com/coding/hacktivist-anonymous-leyte-targets-philippines-govt-sites-for-incompetence.html|title=coding/hacktivist-anonymous-leyte-targets-philippines-govt-sites-for-incompetence|publisher=infocrowler.com|access-date=February 7, 2015}}

The "Operation Infosurge" was done during the Haiyan Anniversary, which was expected to be a day of prayer and thanksgiving, but turned out to be a day of protest from different "online" groups and organizations in Philippines.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29965570|title=BBC News - Philippines marks one year since Typhoon Haiyan struck the country|access-date=February 7, 2015|work=BBC News|date=November 8, 2014}}

In response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, Anonymous released a statement offering condolences to the families affected by it and denounced the attacks as an "inhuman assault" on freedom of expression. They also addressed the terrorists: "[a] message for al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, and other terrorists – we are declaring war against you, the terrorists." As such, Anonymous plans to target Jihadist websites and social media accounts linked to supporting Islamic terrorism with the aim of disrupting them and shutting them down.{{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Mark |date=2015-01-09 |title=Hacking group Anonymous promises revenge for Charlie Hebdo attack |url=https://money.cnn.com/2015/01/09/technology/anonymous-charlie-hebdo-terrorists/index.html |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=CNNMoney}}

On February 11, Anonymous hacked at least 1 gas station automated tank gauge, changing the online name from "DIESEL" to "WE_ARE_LEGION". Theregister.co.uk stated that a hacker with this kind of access could shut down the entire station by "spoofing the reported fuel level, generating false alarms, and locking the monitoring service out of the system".{{cite web|last1=Leyden|first1=John|title=Anonymous HACKED GAS STATIONS - and could cause FUEL SHORTAGES|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/11/anonymous_hacks_fuel_station_monitoring_system/|website=The Register|access-date=July 17, 2015|date=February 11, 2015}}

During the week of February 14, Anonymous launched Operation Death Eaters for collating evidence against international pedophile rings and their severe abuse of children to bring them to justice.{{cite news|title=Anonymous calls for activists to help expose international paedophile networks with 'Operation DeathEaters'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anonymous-calls-for-activists-to-help-expose-international-paedophile-networks-with-operation-deatheaters-9998350.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anonymous-calls-for-activists-to-help-expose-international-paedophile-networks-with-operation-deatheaters-9998350.html |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Independent |access-date=July 17, 2015}}

On April 2, 2015. The Pro-Philippine Hackers of Anonymous Philippines attacked and defaced a total of 132 Chinese government, educational and commercial websites in response to China's reclamation work in territorial disputes in the South China Sea, parts of which Manila calls the West Philippine Sea.{{cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/463734/news/nation/pro-phl-hackers-deface-chinese-websites-over-reclamation|title=Pro-PHL hackers deface Chinese websites over 'reclamation'|work=GMA News Online|date=April 3, 2015 }}

On July 17, 2015, an Anon in a Guy Fawkes mask was shot and killed by a Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer. As a result, Anonymous websites and YouTube channels vowed revenge, initiating Operation Anon Down. The RCMP website was reported down nationwide on July 19.{{Cite news |last=Ha |first=Tu Thanh |date=2015-07-19 |title=Anonymous claims attack on RCMP website |language=en-CA |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/anonymous-claims-attack-on-rcmp-website/article25584147/ |access-date=2022-12-17}}{{Cite web |date=2015-07-19 |title=Anonymous claims attack on RCMP websites in response to police shooting |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/anonymous-claims-attack-on-rcmp-websites-in-response-to-police-shooting-1.2476710 |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}

On July 21, 2015, Anonymous posted a video claiming that due to "Racism, Antisemitism, Islamophobia and Holocaust Denial" they were going to attack the website Stormfront.{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D76wkc-Hx4|title=Anonymous Message to StormFront|date=July 21, 2015|work=YouTube}} This website is a white-supremacist website run by former KKK Leader Don Black. The attack was planned for August 1, 2015.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/OpStormFront|title=OPStormFront|work=twitter.com}}

Operation KKK says it has identifying data on as many as 1,000 KKK members and supporters. On Oct. 22, 2015, an Anonymous-associated Twitter account announced that the hacking collective had accessed a Klan-associated Twitter account and promised that they would expose about 1,000 Klan members by name. A later news release promised that the operation would release "names and Web sites, new and old" of "more than 1000″ members of the hate group. According to the Daily Dot, Anonymous later released "a few hundred names, Facebook pages, and Google+ accounts."{{Cite web |date=2015-11-05 |title=Anonymous finally 'outs' KKK members by listing some Facebook accounts |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/anonymous-opkkk-ku-kkk-klux-klan-what-happened/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=LaCapria |first=Kim |date=2015-11-02 |title=Anonymous OpKKK |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anonymous-opkkk/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Snopes |language=en}}

• March 27: Philippines Commission on Elections data breach. Hacker arrested.{{cite news |last1=Ong |first1=Ghio |title=IT grad, 23, arrested for Comelec website hack |url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/04/21/1575594/it-grad-23-arrested-comelec-website-hack |access-date=April 26, 2016 |date=April 22, 2016}}

• October 21: DDoS attacks on Dyn

• December: Anonymous engaged in online activism for a year with DDoS attacks against the Government of Thailand and Ministry of Information and Communication Technology websites to pressure the government to stop pending legislation that would add amendments to the Computer Crime Act and effectively build a Thai version of China's Great Firewall. In December, Anonymous breached the websites of the Thai Police, Ministry of Defence, and Ministry of Tourism and Sports, after which 9 hackers were arrested.{{Cite news |title=Thai Police Arrests Nine Anonymous Hackers for Role in #OpSingleGateway Attacks |url=https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/thai-police-arrests-nine-anonymous-hackers-for-role-in-opsinglegateway-attacks/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=BleepingComputer |language=en-us |first=Catalin |last=Cimpanu |date=December 27, 2016}}

• February: A hacker broke into the servers of dark web hosting company Freedom Hosting II, discovered that half of their client's websites were child pornography or other illegal activities, stole information, publicly dumped it, and compromised the company's servers. Security experts later noted that the Tor network had shrunk by 15-20%.{{Cite magazine |title=Hackers took more than 10,000 dark web sites offline |language=en-GB |magazine=Wired UK |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/freedom-hosting-ii-hack-dark-web-offline |access-date=2023-11-18 |issn=1357-0978 |first=Matt |last=Burgess |date=February 6, 2017}}{{Cite web |last=Barth |first=Bradley |date=2017-03-09 |title=Analysis: Dark web shrank since attack on Freedom Hosting II |url=https://www.scmagazine.com/news/analysis-dark-web-shrank-since-attack-on-freedom-hosting-ii |access-date=2023-11-18 |website=SC Media |language=en}}

• November: Allegedly in retaliation for the siege of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Anonymous hacked various Chinese websites, and revealed personal identity information about government employees and corporate data.{{cite web |title=Anonymous Hacks China As Chinese Military Moves On Hong Kong, Students Trapped at Polytechnic University |url=https://www.activistpost.com/2019/11/anonymous-hacks-china-as-chinese-military-moves-on-hong-kong-students-trapped-at-polytechnic-university.html |website=Activist Post |access-date=12 October 2021 |date=19 November 2019 |author1=Aaron }}

• December: Anonymous gained access to six email accounts of the Chilean Army and revealed information related to intelligence, operations, finances and international relations from 2015 to 2019.{{cite web |last1=Infodefensa.com |first1=Revista Defensa |title=El grupo hacker Anonymous filtra información de correos del Ejército de Chile |url=https://www.infodefensa.com/texto-diario/mostrar/3126658/grupo-hacker-anonymous-filtra-informacion-correos-ejercito-chile |website=Infodefensa |access-date=27 January 2022 |language=es |trans-title=Hacker group Anonymous leaks information from Chilean Army emails}}

• May 28: (#PLDTHacked) Anonymous Philippines hacked into the Twitter account of PLDT's customer service, changed the profile's name to "PLDT Doesn't Care", and posted a message which began "As the pandemic arises, Filipinos need fast internet to communicate with their loved ones. Do your job."{{Cite web|url=http://www.rappler.com/technology/news/262198-pldt-support-twitter-account-hacked|title=PLDT support Twitter account hacked|author=Victor Barreiro Jr|website=Rappler|date=May 28, 2020}}

• May 28: Shortly after the murder of George Floyd, Anonymous posted a video addressing police brutality and supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. Two days later, the websites of the Minneapolis Police Department and the City of Minneapolis experienced DDoS attacks.{{Multiref2 |1={{Cite web |title=Did Hacktivist Group Anonymous Take Down Minneapolis PD Website? |publisher=Variety |date=May 31, 2020 |first=Todd |last=Spangler |url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/anonymous-hackers-minneapolis-police-department-website-george-floyd-1234621332/}} |2={{cite web |title=George Floyd: Anonymous hackers re-emerge amid US unrest |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52879000 |website=BBC News |access-date=12 October 2021 |date=1 June 2020 |first1=David |last1=Molloy |first2=Joe |last2=Tidy}} }}

• June 1: Anonymous Brasil posted personal, location and financial information on Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, his family, and his cabinet. They also published information about billionaire businessman Luciano Hang.{{Cite web|last=Rapoza|first=Kenneth|title=Brazil's President Bolsonaro Latest Victim Of Anonymous Hackers|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2020/06/02/brazils-president-bolsonaro-latest-victim-of-anonymous-hackers/|access-date=2021-01-08|website=Forbes|language=en |date=June 2, 2020}}

• June 19: Anonymous claimed responsibility for stealing a trove of documents and leaking the 269-gigabyte collection through DDoSecrets.{{cite magazine |title=Anonymous Stole and Leaked a Megatrove of Police Documents |url=https://www.wired.com/story/blueleaks-anonymous-law-enforcement-hack/ |magazine=Wired |access-date=June 26, 2020 |language=en-us |first=Andy |last=Greenberg |date=June 22, 2020}} See BlueLeaks.

• November 20: The Uganda Police website was down for a number of days. Anonymous claimed credit and said it was in response to the violent crackdown on protesters following the arrest of presidential candidate Bobi Wine.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-21|title=International Hacktivists Hack Uganda Police Website Over Human Rights Abuse!|url=https://ejazzug.com/international-hacktivists-hack-uganda-police-website-over-human-rights-abuse/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=E-Jazz UG|language=en-GB}}

• January: (#OpsWakeUp21) Eleven Anonymous Malaysia suspects were arrested after they hacked and defaced 17 websites of local governments and universities.{{multiref2|1={{cite web |title='Anonymous Malaysia' hackers say they defaced five government websites {{!}} Coconuts KL |url=https://coconuts.co/kl/news/anonymous-malaysia-hackers-say-they-defaced-five-government-websites/ |website=Coconuts |access-date=19 February 2021 |date=1 February 2021}}|2={{cite web |last1=Ar |first1=Zurairi |title=Hacktivist group Anonymous Malaysia resurfaces, vows cyber-attack against govt over data breaches {{!}} Malay Mail |url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/01/25/hacktivist-group-anonymous-malaysia-resurfaces-vows-cyber-attack-against-go/1943943 |website=www.malaymail.com |date=January 25, 2021 |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en}}|3={{cite web |last1=Cimpanu |first1=Catalin |date=February 19, 2021 |title=Malaysia arrests 11 suspects for hacking government sites |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/malaysia-arrests-11-suspects-for-hacking-government-sites/ |website=ZDNet |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en}}|4={{cite web |title=11 suspects of 'Anonymous Malaysia' hacker group nabbed {{!}} The Star |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2021/02/18/11-suspects-of-039anonymous-malaysia039-hacker-group-nabbed |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308224625/https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2021/02/18/11-suspects-of-039anonymous-malaysia039-hacker-group-nabbed |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |first=Farik |last=Zolkepli |website=The Star (Malaysia) |date=February 18, 2021 |access-date=19 February 2021}}}}

• February: Data breach of domain registrar Epik, a preferred hosting site for many far-right websites which had been kicked off of other webhosting sites.{{Cite web|last=Whittaker|first=Zack|date=September 17, 2021|title=Web host Epik was warned of a critical security flaw weeks before it was hacked|url=https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/17/epik-website-bug-hacked/|access-date=September 17, 2021|website=TechCrunch|language=en-US}} (See 2021 Epik data breach)

• September 3: Anonymous announces #OperationJane to foil snitch-websites for the recently passed Texas Heartbeat Act.{{Cite web|last=Goforth|first=Claire|date=September 8, 2021|title='Anonymous' hackers have a message for Texas abortion 'snitch' sites: We're coming for you|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/anonymous-hactivists-texas-abortion-ban-operation-jane/|access-date=September 15, 2021|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US}}

• September 11: Hack and defacement of Texas Republican Party's website.{{Cite web|last=Novell|first=Carly|date=September 11, 2021|title=Anonymous hacks Texas GOP website, floods it with memes|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/anonymous-hacks-texas-gop-website-floods-it-with-memes/|access-date=September 15, 2021|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US}}

• September 13: Release of hundreds of gigabytes of personal information of Epik's customers, customer's credit card information, internal company emails, and other information.{{Multiref2 |1={{Cite web|last=Thalen|first=Mikael|date=September 16, 2021|title='Worst I've seen in 20 years': How the Epik hack reveals every secret the far-right tried to hide|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/epik-hack-far-right-sites-anonymous/|access-date=September 16, 2021|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US}} |2={{Cite web|last=Cimpanu|first=Catalin|date=September 15, 2021|title=Anonymous hacks and leaks data from domain registrar Epik|url=https://therecord.media/anonymous-hacks-and-leaks-data-from-domain-registrar-epik/|access-date=September 16, 2021|website=The Record by Recorded Future|language=en}} }} A further 300 gigabytes of Epik's data were released on September 29 and October 4 including bootable disk images.{{Multiref2 |1={{Cite web|last=Thalen|first=Mikael|date=October 4, 2021|title=Anonymous releases data on Texas GOP in latest Epik hack dump|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/anonymous-texas-gop-epik/|url-status=live |website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004144602/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/anonymous-texas-gop-epik/ |archive-date=2021-10-04 }} |2={{Cite web|last=Thalen|first=Mikael|date=September 29, 2021|title=New leak of Epik data exposes company's entire server|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/anonymous-new-epik-leak/|url-status=live |website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929195917/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/anonymous-new-epik-leak/ |archive-date=2021-09-29 }} }} (See 2021 Epik data breach)

• September: Twitter suspended the account of Anonymous Germany (@AnonNewsDE) after they hacked accounts of conspiracy theorist Attila Hildmann and doxxed him on Twitter.{{cite web |title=Twitter blocks Anonymous Germany's hacker account |url=https://news.in-24.com/news/165380.html |website=news.in-24.com |date=September 14, 2021 |access-date=15 September 2021 |archive-date=September 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915154707/https://news.in-24.com/news/165380.html |url-status=dead }}

• December 21: Anonymous Brazil hacked the website of the Brumadinho City Hall and left a video to commemorate the dam disaster that occurred on 25 January 2019 which caused the deaths of 270 people.{{cite web |title=Hackers invadem site da Prefeitura de Brumadinho e citam rompimento da barragem |url=https://www.otempo.com.br/politica/hackers-invadem-site-da-prefeitura-de-brumadinho-e-citam-rompimento-da-barragem-1.2587420 |website=O Tempo |access-date=27 January 2022 |language=pt-BR |trans-title=Hackers invade Brumadinho City Hall website and cite dam breach |date=21 December 2021}}

• Anonymous conducted numerous cyber-operations against Russia starting February when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. Most of the actions were theft and publication of Russian emails and data. See Anonymous and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

• October 7: Hackers engaged in several online disruptions to Israeli systems including a DDoS attack on Israel's Red Alert app which provides real-time rocket information to citizens. Anonymous Global issued a warning to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the Gaza war.{{Multiref2 |1={{cite web |title=How hackers piled onto the Israeli-Hamas conflict |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/15/hackers-israel-hamas-war-00121593 |access-date=3 May 2024 |first1=Antoaneta |last1=Roussi |first2=Maggie |last2=Miller |website=Politico |date=October 15, 2023}} |2={{cite web |last1=Salari |first1=Fatemeh |title='Expect us': Anonymous hacktivists send warning to Netanyahu as Israel war on Gaza intensifies |url=https://dohanews.co/expect-us-anonymous-hacktivists-send-warning-to-netanyahu-as-israel-war-on-gaza-intensifies/ |website=Doha News |access-date=15 November 2023 |date=13 November 2023}} }}

• March: Anonymous threatened to publish 7 gigabytes of data they alleged to have stolen during a hack of Israel's Shimon Peres Negev Nuclear Research Center.{{cite web |title=Anonymous claims hack on Israeli nuclear facility |url=https://cybernews.com/news/anonymous-israel-nuclear-facility-hack/ |access-date=3 May 2024 |date=March 21, 2024 |first=Paulina |last=Okunytė |website=cybernews.com}}

• September 22: Anonymous in Indonesia claimed to have connected a controversial online account named "fufufafa" to Vice President-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka after hacking the website of the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration, then publicly disclosed Gibran's alleged personal and contact information, including a driver's licence number.{{Cite web |title=Anonymous Indonesia Aktif Lagi, Klaim Bocorkan Data Gibran dari Situs Ini |url=https://www.suara.com/tekno/2024/09/23/171210/anonymous-indonesia-aktif-lagi-klaim-bocorkan-data-gibran-dari-situs-ini#google_vignette |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=suara.com |language=id |trans-title=Anonymous Indonesia Active Again, Claim Leaking Gibran Data from This Site |author=Muhammad Yunus, Rezza Dwi Rachmanta |date=23 September 2024}}

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/07/ff_anonymous/all/ How Anonymous Picks Targets, Launches Attacks, and Takes Powerful Organizations Down] by Quinn Norton July 3, 2012 Wired.com, includes timeline of events.
• [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/books/we-are-anonymous-by-parmy-olson.html The Secret Lives of Dangerous Hackers; 'We Are Anonymous' by Parmy Olson] May 31, 2012
• Parmy Olson We Are Anonymous timeline on pages 421-431 Hachette Book Group USA {{ISBN|978-0-316-21354-7}}

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