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Hacktivist collective Anonymous declares a cyber-war on Turkey, and claims responsibility for the major week-long cyber-attack between 14 and 21 December on Turkey, which it accuses of supporting the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and threatened additional attacks in case the alleged support continues. “We will continue attacking your internet, your root DNS, your banks and take your government sites down,” it said. “After the root DNS, we will start to hit your airports, military assets and private state connections. We will destroy your critical banking infrastructure,” the group added.
2015-12-23

In the United States, the hacking group Anonymous starts releasing names and information about alleged members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a white-supremacist terrorist group originally founded after the Civil War by former Confederate soldiers. Prominent individuals listed deny the allegations. The group says they also infiltrated KKK-affiliated websites, and warned of more action culminating on November 24, the anniversary of the Ferguson, Missouri grand jury's decision not to indict.
2015-11-2

2013 Korean crisis: Anonymous claims that it managed to steal military documents from North Korea. The documents are due to be released on 25 June, the anniversary of the start of the Korean War.
2013-06-22

Aaron Swartz was found dead in his Brooklyn, New York apartment, where he had hanged himself.
2013-01-11

Anonymous, which last week took out the official website of Formula One, posts partially redacted data concerning dozens of race ticket holders found on Formula One servers. The international group also posts a statement online saying it intends to carry out further action if imprisoned hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja or his family are harmed, promising to "respond with fury and rage the likes of which have never been seen."
2012-04-22

The United Kingdom Home Office is subjected to an attack believed to be from the Anonymous computer hacking group.
2012-04-7

Hacker group Anonymous publishes hundreds of emails from President Bashar al-Assad's office.
2012-02-6

2011 Spanish protests: The Anonymous group is reported to have successfully knocked the website of the Spanish national police force offline.
2011-06-13

The hacker group Anonymous releases e-mails obtained from the Bank of America.
2011-03-14

Anonymous targets Koch Brothers-backed Americans for Prosperity to demonstrate against its support of anti-union legislation in Wisconsin and the influence of money in US politics.
2011-02-27