The influence of these "hacktivists" is far-reaching -- and destructive. A person wears a Guy Fawkes mask, a trademark and symbol for the online hacktivist group Anonymous, Feb. 25, 2012.

While it's easy to sit back and declare one way or the other about Anonymous, this can be a bit dangerous because most people's opinions are formed by seeing news reports talking about the various ...

In his picaresque memoir, “My Glorious Defeats,” the Anonymous-movement activist Barrett Brown takes us on a journey of pure, joyous solipsism. By Kerry Howley Kerry Howley, a staff writer at New York ...

LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - In turning one of its best-known hackers into an informant and breaking open the highest profile elements of the "Anonymous" movement, authorities have dealt a serious blow ...

DALLAS (AP) — Barrett Brown has, at times, called himself an author, a freedom fighter and a spokesman for the movement of hacker-activists known as Anonymous. In tweets and videos, Brown praises ...