Where is anonymous?

[Eko]

Anyone noticed that they have dropped off the radar? I did a search for the past year and its mostly conspiracy stuff. Any thoughts? Were they the real deal? Or were they a government agency meant to spread chaos? It is interesting that in a time like this they are nowhere to be seen.

[Sherman A1]

1. I believe you have answered your own question

in your post.

[Eko]

3. .

[Glamrock]

2. Funny thing

I asked myself that same question not 4 days ago....

[triron]

4. Also anyone know what happened with Laydeebug?

She posted on DU quite frequently, I remember, before the election.

[csziggy]

5. She hasn't posted since July 2017

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=226062

[BumRushDaShow]

22. The link indicates she was FFR. nt

[thucythucy]

6. Maybe relaxing in a dacha outside Moscow?

[dalton99a]

13. +1

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. Did the government find a way to shut them down? nt

[Eko]

8. possible.

All of them though? Just seems pretty implausible since they are from different countries and some were presumably from countries that did not work with the US. Also, everyone know that offense out competes defense when it come to computers. It only takes one.

[Ferrets are Cool]

9. It is certainly perplexing. nt

[world wide wally]

10. I always thought there should be a way to play defense in golf too

[XRubicon]

11. They were posers.

A joke. Not real.

[GulfCoast66]

12. Their job is done. Like many websites.

And a few we used to see on DU.

Although I expect their return as the election season heats up.

[Nitram]

14. Anonymous was playing the Wikileaks game in service of Russian attacks on our democratic system.

[Anon-C]

15. They are now run by Gina Haspel. Nt

[jberryhill]

16. Trump slapped a tariff on Guy Fawkes masks

Anyone notice a pattern with flashy new things that show up from time to time?

[Eko]

17. I think there is a good chance that anon is

Russian intelligence.

[CaptainTruth]

18. Good question. At one point they were a formidable force for good.

Now? I don't see much from them, & I follow many twitter accounts that were formerly very active, doing things like doxxing wrongdoers. Now, many seem to only tweet about things like foreign pedophile rings, although some are dedicated to identifying & eliminating ISIS accounts.

But ... digging into US government corruption, especially wrt Russia? I haven't heard a peep.

[Jake Stern]

19. Can't shake my belief that Anonymous is an intelligence operation

As to whether it's Russian or American I couldn't speculate on.

[samir.g]

20. they are busy beating off to their 'god emperor trump' memes

[JackInGreen]

21. Many got disillusioned

When their information resources turned up to be agencies or internationals with their own agenda and stopped participating up here on the surface except in the most cursory ways.
It stopped being 'lulzy' and the peers that were hard charging were all (as mentioned above) too tickled seeing people hurt.