Author discusses research on online hacktivist groups

by Kathryn Brody | 11/19/2013

On Thursday, the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism and the Department of Music co-hosted a lecture titled "Investigating the Hacktivists of Anonymous." Parmy Olson, the author of We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous and the Global Cyber Insurgency, visited Brandeis to talk about how she became interested in the groups known as Anonymous and LulzSec, as well as how she went about collecting the research for her book. Olson's book, which explores the shadowy realm of anonymous chat rooms and the groups of computer hackers who met there, inspired a rather unconventional response: the creation of a ballet. Peter Van Zandt Lane M.F.A.