The hacking group Anonymous Global Hackers Crew, in its first exclusive interview with SecNews, presents its own perspective on (in)security on the internet. Anon, one of the four founders of the Global Hackers Crew, talks about the history of the hacking group, the bonds that unite its members, the war they receive from the Media and governments, the hacking campaigns and goals , major current issues such as the COVID-19 and much more.
They call themselves “cyber vigilantes” (heroes-punishers) but also hacktivists as the main goal of their work is the common good. According to Anon “it is great to wake people up and our goal is to free the masses from propaganda”
The Anonymous Global Hackers Crew is a team of experienced hackersof all ages, with exceptional skills in programming, coding, password guessing and cracking, session hijacking, session spoofing, network traffic sniffing, denial of service attacks, exploiting buffer overflow vulnerabilities, SQL injection and more.
How did the Global Hackers Crew?
The Global Hackers Crew was "created by accident," according to Anon.
"I've been hacking since 93-94, while also doing other things around computers, such as running my own system with bots. Back then, we were writing code in shifts, so during my break I would watch TV. One day, during a break, I came across an ad for a site with webcam shows for adults. Out of curiosity, I visited it without knowing exactly what I was doing and I was constantly changing "rooms". There I met someone who later became my girlfriend and showed me a different side of this site," says the hacker. Illegal things were happening behind the scenes on this dating site. Anon wanted to expose the administrators of the site for their immoral activities.
“So, I started a little war with the bosses of this company and by chance while I was going to meet my girlfriend, I met someone on the bus who was also a hacker with whom we bonded and, later, became one of the founding members of the Global Hackers Crew,” Anon points out. Two more friends of the two hackers.
This is how the four founders of the Global Hackers Crew came together. Over time, the group grew as more and more people wanted to join their venture. “We act for the good of people, warning them about online dangers like security breaches, which happened recently with Zoom..” emphasizes the hacker.
The Global Hackers Crew joined Anonymous because they saw many commonalities in their businesses.
Anonymous is a decentralized international hacktivist group that is widely known for its various cyberattacks against many governments, government institutions, and government agencies and companies .
Anonymous was formed in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan, representing the concept of many users of the online community and in real life who simultaneously existed as anarchists. Anonymous members can be distinguished in public by the use of Guy Fawkes masks in the style depicted in the graphic novel and film V for Vendetta. However, this may not always be the case, as some members prefer to cover their faces without using the well-known mask as a disguise. Some Anonymous also choose to mask their voices through voice alteration programs.
Watch the entire interview with the Anonymous Global Hackers Crew on the SecNews Youtube channel and if you wish to learn even more about the hackers' actions, visit their YouTube channel and their Twitter account.
