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The Onion Just Invented My New Favourite Fake Site

6:40AM October 21, 2011 | Roberto Baldwin

A quick browse of comments on the internet will do more to destroy your faith in mankind than watching an hour of commercial TV news. The Onion’s answer? A site that’s built specifically to lure moronic commenters. It’s satire, yes, but it’s also an idea that needs to happen now. Like right now. Please? More »


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Churlish TwitPic Founder Launches Dumb Twitter Clone

8:10AM August 12, 2011 | Mat Honan

Did you know Twitter lets you upload pictures now? Yeah. So in return TwitPic lets you, um, Twitter. That’s right TwitPic cloned Twitter. While it’s even dumber than it sounds, it’s also delightfully entertaining. More »


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Lulzsec Hackers Go To War With 4chan

8:00AM June 16, 2011 | Adrian Chen

The celebrity hacking group Lulz Security borrows its name and aesthetics from the roiling message board 4chan. But now the group has declared war on 4chan and its users – many of whom identify with the hacking group Anonymous – pissing off the nerds who are most likely to support their online shenanigans. More »


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Anonymous To NATO: Do Not Make The Mistake Of Challenging Anonymous

6:33AM June 10, 2011 | Adrian Covert

NATO recently condemned the antics of Anonymous, saying that “the longer these attacks persist the more likely countermeasures will be developed, implemented, the groups will be infiltrated and perpetrators persecuted.” Anonymous didn’t like that. More »


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The ‘Face’ Of Anonymous Steps Down

8:48AM May 20, 2011 | Adrian Covert

Barrett Brown, the man who assumed the role of Anonymous’ spokesman, has stepped down, citing the PSN hack (OpSony) as an a reason for his decision to disassociate himself. More »


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4chan Is Trying To Prank Single Lonely Guys With OkCupid

5:00AM March 27, 2011 | Casey Chan

The rabble rousers at 4chan are creating fake OkCupid profiles in an attempt to create an involuntary flashmob in New York City. It’s sad for the potential victims but I gotta admit, sorta funny! More »


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4Chan Handed A Member Over To The Feds

4:45AM February 11, 2011 | G. Jesse Martinez

4Chan turned a member over to the FBI after he posted plans to go on a shooting spree at his university. He now faces two felony charges: one for posting the threats, and one for the child pornography found on his computer. [Switched]


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WikiLeaks Supporters Begin DDoS Attacks Against Fax Machines

3:40PM December 14, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

After focusing on the PayPal, VISA, MasterCard and Amazon websites, the members of 4chan-affiliated group Anonymous have decided to pick a new target for an unorthodox DDoS attack: fax machines belonging to corporations which they believe are against WikiLeaks’ mission. More »


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What Is LOIC?

9:20AM December 9, 2010 | Joel Johnson

LOIC (“Low Orbit Ion Cannon”) is an application developed by 4Chan-affiliated hackers designed to—when used en masse by thousands of anonymous users—launch Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on websites. Like Visa.com and Mastercard.com, for instance. More »


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Gene Simmons Doesn’t Understand The Internet

9:20PM October 18, 2010 | Max Read

KISS frontman Gene Simmons, besides being a rock god, is the biggest blowhard on the planet. So when he gets in an internet fight with the 4chan-affiliated internet vigilantes Anonymous… well, you end up rooting for Anonymous. More »