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Is anti-Israel hacker crew AnonGhost shutting down?

Curt Hopkins has over two decades of experience as a journalist, editorial strategist, and social media manager. His work has been published by Ars Technica, Reuters, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle. He is the also founding director of the Committee to Protect Bloggers, the first organization devoted to global free speech rights for bloggers

Curt Hopkins

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The definitive glossary of hacking terminology

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Unclick

The legacy of imprisoned investigative journalist Barrett Brown

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Will 4chan wage war against 2 teenage girls who microwaved a kitten?

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Anonymous isn’t ready to publish the identities of the Syrian Electronic Army—yet

Patrick Howell O&#8217;Neill is a notable cybersecurity reporter whose work has focused on the dark net, national security, and law enforcement. A former senior writer at the Daily Dot, O&#8217;Neill joined CyberScoop in October 2016.
I am a cybersecurity journalist at CyberScoop. I cover the security industry, national security and law enforcement.

Patrick Howell O’Neill

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Who’s laughing now? U.S. government seizes The Jester’s website

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Why Anonymous hacked the tiny island nation of Nauru

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Internet trolls fight for animal rights

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Donations pour in for hacker who helped expose Steubenville rape culture

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Hackers hack hackers in profane Twitter takeover

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Was Jeremy Hammond’s Stratfor hack an act of civil disobedience?

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A hacker on the run from police might be obscenely rich in Bitcoin

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Guccifer hacks famed Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein

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An interview with LulzCart, Romania’s most notorious hacker

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The hacker teen queen of Anonymous pleads guilty in London

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