Are anonymous ex military intelligence folks learning their skills in the Military?

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 22:30:35 -0500

After reading the Introduction on the Hoods Off Document. It reminded me of the Advancement Courses for my own Cryptologic Community. What are the Odds that Anonymous learned their skills in the Military?

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Response by CSM Carl Cunningham made Nov 8 at 2015 11:23 PM

CSM Carl Cunningham — Sun, 08 Nov 2015 23:23:14 -0500

I am not sure they learned them while in the military. If they did, it would be on their own time. The Cyber MOS's are fairly new and some of the more advanced stuff they would have learned would have only be used by a small group of people. That combined with the assessment and selection process used to hire people that will use these skills, I feel they may not be the same type of person that joins anonymous.

Response by SCPO Joshua I made Nov 9 at 2015 3:10 AM

SCPO Joshua I — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 03:10:38 -0500

No.

Response by PO1 Brian Carlson made Nov 9 at 2015 11:50 AM

PO1 Brian Carlson — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 11:50:18 -0500

I would not be surprised to find out that Anonymous has members from the military. Anonymous and Military Intelligence do have a lot in common. Anonymous my have better security than our government. I'm not reading in the news that Anonymous is leaving sensitive information on unprotected computers.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Nov 9 at 2015 9:43 PM

PO1 John Miller — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 21:43:44 -0500

I don't necessarily think they "learned" their skills in the military, but odds are some Anonymous members have a military background. I wouldn't be surprised if those members have an IT or cryptological background.

Response by PO2 Erik Martensen made Nov 10 at 2015 5:17 AM

PO2 Erik Martensen — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 05:17:59 -0500

I started to write a pretty extensive answer to this question, but I realized that this just isn't the right place to ask it, and it certainly isn't the place for a comprehensive answer.

The short answer is: Probably not, but maybe a little.

Response by PO1 Glenn Boucher made Nov 10 at 2015 2:14 PM

PO1 Glenn Boucher — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 14:14:01 -0500

Its possible that some served a 4 year term and decided to get out after being disillusioned with military service. And maybe they feel like they are doing some good being part of Anonymous. I disagree with the masks though as it makes them appear more criminal like.

Response by CPO David Sharp made Nov 12 at 2015 6:28 AM

CPO David Sharp — Thu, 12 Nov 2015 06:28:10 -0500

Pretty much 100% odds. Remember who developed computers, inter-net and encryption. Many of our current electronic COMMs and tools are directly from Military research.

Response by PO3 Rod Arnold made Nov 13 at 2015 8:50 PM

PO3 Rod Arnold — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 20:50:21 -0500

They may have learned some skills, but I'm sure it pointed them in the direction they took!!!

Response by PO2 Jacob Schrier made Nov 21 at 2015 2:02 PM

PO2 Jacob Schrier — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 14:02:10 -0500

People think anonymous is much more sophisticated than it really is. They're largely primitive script kiddies running botnets to ddos websites they disagree with. Not hacking at all imo.