Hacktivist groups, Team Poison and Anonymous, target far-right groups such as the British National Party and the English Defence League by hacking their databases and publishing their members' personal details to discourage further support.
Trick, a devout Muslim and skilled hacker, targeted the English Defence League due to their Islamophobic views. He exploited a vulnerability to gain access and spawn a shell.
The LulzSec hacker group was infamous for their 50 Days of Lulz event where they released major cyber attacks, putting hacking in the media every day. The group also carried out attacks on FBI affiliated sites, leading to the creation of Fuck FBI Fridays.
Gareth Jones, a British journalist who exposed the Holodomor, a manmade atrocity that occurred in Soviet Ukraine, was called a liar and a propagandist by the entire Western press corps. He was unable to find work after exposing his colleagues as complicit in covering up the tragic event.
The speaker talks about how he perpetrated a series of hacks when he was in high school. This included sending spoofed emails using the principal's email address, and spreading fake blogs. Although these actions were generally harmless, he did get in trouble at school.
Elon Musk, Jack Dorsey, and Vijaya Gadde discuss Big Tech censorship after revelations that the FBI helped flag content for Twitter to remove. While some were not surprised, the impact on free speech raises concerns about government control over platforms including Facebook and YouTube.