"That night, after everyone found out, it was a bit chilling," said Gregg Housh, one of the few people associated with Anonymous who speaks publicly using his real identity.
But in the hours and days that followed, something very different happened.
"That switched. A lot of people we hadn't seen for months, or years, started showing up. An attack on some sites by Anonymous happened that night," he said. "It just angered them, not frightened them."
Housh, who said "Sabu" had always been "vocal," "angry" and "a complete ass," said he suspected something was amiss when the alleged Lulzsec member disappeared from the Web for a while, then returned more animated and aggressive than ever.
"I watched, and some of these people who did these hacks would not have gotten arrested, except for the fact that he taught them how to do the hacks," he said
About "We Are Legion"
"I was kind of mesmerized by what was going on," said Brian Knappenberger, who directed "We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists." "This is an attempt to define that culture."
About Anonymous Leaders
The group claims no leaders or power structure and doesn't require any sort of membership. That, some members say, is a blessing and a curse. "That's the double-edged sword of Anonymous," said Anonymous 9000. "Anyone can claim the name of Anonymous and do whatever they want. If anyone wants to make Anonymous look bad ... it's easy to do."
For example, he said he and many other "Anons" disagree with actions by Sabu and others under the banner of Anonymous splinter-group Lulzsec. Those included posting private data, including credit-card and Social Security numbers, of Web users and launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against media sites who posted stories they didn't like.
About Anonymous Last Actions
Anonymous members say they were active in Arab Spring uprisings in places such as Egypt and Libya, have outed members of alleged child pornography sites and vocally opposed the Stop Online Piracy Act -- U.S. legislation Web activists felt could hamper freedom online.
Anonymous also backed the Occupy movement.
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