In response to what they view as an unnecessarily violent response by the City of Oakland to Occupy protesters, the internet collective known as Anonymous struck out against Oakland officials today by posting their home phone numbers, addresses, and other personal information. more ›

Christopher Doyon, a 47-year-old from Mountain View allegedly associated with hacktivist groups Anonymous and the People's Liberation Front, was arrested by the FBI yesterday morning for allegedly attacking Santa Cruz County's computer servers in 2010. That hack-attack was a response to arrests of several demonstrators who were protesting the County's ban on outdoor sleeping. Doyon was considered a spokesperson for the protesters who teamed up with the PLF to shut down the County's computer systems. According to Fox News who originally reported the busts, Doyon was living without a home in San Francisco at the time of the arrest. more ›

The unfortunate souls who have to work today can not only enjoy some FOMO, along with commuting on a Sunday schedule, but they can also enjoy yet another BART protest. Fortunately, the protests have become more streamlined, for lack of a more exciting word, in recent weeks. Last week, there were no service disruptions. more ›

Two weeks after hacker group Anonymous threatened to "kill" Facebook for releasing private information of some of their 750 million users to the federal government, the social media monolith has taken to paying hackers to try and break into their system. Worried about the site’s security in the wake of the BART data leaks, the social media monolith has so far compensated individual hackers between $5,000 and $7,000 since the original threat. more ›

Dual efforts were made last night to maintain BART service by both the police and the protesters. As a result, this Monday's BART protest -- the third this month -- was the first that didn’t interfere with commutes or delay service. more ›

That rosy-cheeked, kind of creepy Guy Fawkes masks you've been seeing plastered all over the news lately? Apparently they're a boon for massive Time Warner company, who owns the rights to the image thanks to the Warner Brothers' big screen adaptation of Alan Moore's V for Vendetta. more ›

In keeping with Monday tradition as of late, BART is expecting another protest today beginning at Powell station at 5pm. As usual, expect this to interfere with the evening commute, slowing service and... NOT shutting down stations? Seems like OpBART is undergoing an internal coup. An Anonymous insider writes of the new strategy: more ›

Oh dear, now this is an interesting twist in the ongoing BART vs. Anonymous saga: After posting a list of demands and calling for the transit agency to fire public information officer Linton Johnson and police chief Kenton Rainey, hackers claiming to be associated with the loose Anonymous collective have posted some, how to put this... compromising photos allegedly of Mr. Johnson. more ›

Don't get too comfortable getting back in to your homeward commute routine, BART Riders. Members of the nebulous group Anonymous and its local OpBART spinoff are reminding everyone that they'll be gathering again at Civic Center Station at 5 p.m. this evening to reprise last Monday's protests. more ›

Anonymous, the hacker group that took credit for organizing Monday's BART protest and hacking in to MyBART.org over the weekend, has announced a second data breach via the OpBART twitter feed today. The stolen information, which was published online contains leaked email addresses, passwords and personal data for 102 BART Police officers. The data appears to be taken from the official website for the BART Police Officers Association, the Appeal reports. more ›

SF Examiner is reporting that Anonymous, the group most famous for giving Scientologists a hard time, is focusing its attention on BART on Monday. As you might have heard, BART police shut down cell phone communications in anticipation of last Thursday evening's protest over the officer-involved shootings of Oscar Grant and Charles Hill. more ›

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This weekend's Anti-Scientology protest, held by the brave kids at Anonymous, encountered some equally scary enemies: zombies. Check out some scene's of the protest in action, actual Scientologists, fake blood, amusing signage, and meeting and eating of the minds. Looks like the best protest yet! more ›

All images credited to Flickr user anmoyunos. To check out more Anon protest pics, go here. more ›

Our delightfully insane friends over at Anonymous held a semi-regular protest this weekend, aimed at the frighteningly insane Church of Scientology. But we have to admit: we're sometimes confused as to the message running throughout their rallies. Take, for example, this past weekend's protest, which was heavy on themes of rape, masks, thin girls wearing multiple prints, bubbles, dancing, sheep sodomy, bare chests, screwing, and anal sex. We don't know what you're saying, but we sure do like the way you say it, Anon. more ›

Aargh. Even pirates -- noted rapists and murderers! -- are none too keen on the Scientology movement. And while most you were at the farmer's market this weekend checking out the latest heirlooms tomatoes sans salmonella, Anonymous held their weekly protest over at Xenu's Montgomery Street branch. Seriously, folks, this is the best CoS protest yet. And the images are choice, featuring pedobear, simulated rape scenes, outraged pirates, revealing protest signs rising above cheeky slogans (well, a few anyway), and much more. (Check out Bonsonist's protest action here, and LAist's here.) more ›

Anonymous' protests just get more and more exciting. So much so that SFist will start every Monday morning with a weekend protest review. Mind-numbingly brilliant title TK. more ›

While most of you were in bed watching America's Test Kitchen or having a light brunch at Dottie's on Saturday, the tenacious Anonomyous clan were out in full force doing what they do best: protesting Scientology, amusingly. And it looked like fun: Twister was played, gorgeous protest posters were display, pedobear and Rick Astley's voracious meme made an appearance, stenciling streaked the sidewalks, and so much more. more ›

Yesterday, it seems, was L. Ron Hubbard's birthday. Hubbard, as most of you know, is the author of the wildly successful Dianetics and founder of the Church of Scientology, a religion in which you achieve higher faith by giving them progressively higher dollar amounts. He would have turned 97 today. Born in Tilden, Nebraska, Hubbard served in World War I, attended George Washington University, was a member of the Explorers Club, and at some point came to the conclusion that purple alien unicorns ruled the Earth many moons ago. Or something like that. more ›

Even if a tip doesn't lead to the conviction of a murder suspect, the Richmond Police Department just started offering $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of homicide suspects. While cash-for-information leading to a conviction can take up to several years, or in some cases a decade or more, to receive, now witnesses will be able to claim their reward "even if it doesn't lead to a conviction," according to Richmond Police Lt. Mark Gagan. more ›