In 2011, Anonymous gained access to the website and published personal data of more than 40, 000 registered users online.

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Federal prosecutors allege Keys provided the hacking group Anonymous with login information to access the computer system of The Tribune Co.

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Federal prosecutors allege 26-year-old Matthew Keys provided the hacking group Anonymous with login information to access the computer system of The Tribune Co.

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Once it knew Ms Broadwell was the sender of the threatening messages, the FBI got a warrant that gave it covert access to the anonymous email account.

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Both Swartz and Anonymous have been stark proponents of open access to information and open-source programming.

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The USC study began a decade ago at two Wall Street banks that granted access on the condition they remain anonymous.

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Sites such as Sermo.com provide access to a community of practicing physicians on an anonymous basis.

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The group of hackers are partly based in Israel, according to one source within Anonymous, who also believes they used relatively simple hacking methods to gain access to the Syrian mail servers.

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Under the plans, NHS records would be made anonymous, but it is not clear whether private firms would have to pay to access them.

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After asking about the motivations and details behind previous operations for a book I was writing on Anonymous, I asked Sabu about a rumor that was going around about Keys giving hackers access to Tribune.

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