Today, these methods of spreading directions to Anonymous supporters are even more sophisticated.

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That rancour schooled a generation of politicians in the arts of anonymous briefing and back-stabbing methods now publicly disavowed by some who specialise in them but already being transferred to the incipient struggle to succeed Mr Brown as Labour leader.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

The group of hackers are partly based in Israel, according to one source within Anonymous, who also believes they used relatively simple hacking methods to gain access to the Syrian mail servers.

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The hacker Sabu has previously been tied to both LulzSec and an Anonymous operation that spilled 71, 000 emails from the security firm HBGary Federal, including a proposal that offered methods for cyberattacks and misinformation campaigns attacking WikiLeaks and its supporters as well as grassroots opponents of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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