TechRepublic has a nice article on Anonymous.

Of course, the idea has grown beyond even necessarily having a single direction, and the flock of birds analogy is more organized than the composition of the “anonymous” illusory identity is likely to become as time goes on. The case of the person who acquired access to Sarah Palin’s email account is a perfect example of this, one person working alone. The culprit operating under the name “anonymous” was, in this case, apparently David Kernell — the son of a Tennessee state representative, and an Obama supporter.

It is a mistake for security experts to view any act of security cracking or online activism signed “anonymous” as part of some even loosely organized group effort. In time, it will surely become more evident that there is no single, central, organizing principle at work in directing the actions of people using the name “anonymous” in this manner. It is a meme, an emergent phenomenon of a social Internet, and a running gag, rather than a definable network of activists or criminals.

The best part isn’t so much the article but all the Scientologists leaving laughably obvious comments to get their stats up:

“Anything goes” is the message of Anonymous. So their adherents feel fine when they go and hack into Sarah Palin’s account to have something to brag about. Or when they drive emo(tional) girls into suicide. Or when they demand rape and mayhem to be done. It’s a game with no consequences for them, they think.

Sounds like Tommy Davis.  Fail handling is fail.

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