The Hacker News Hacking Awards : Best of Year 2011. Hacking has become much easier over the years, which is why 2011 had a lot of hacking for good and for bad. 2011 could also be called the “Age of WikiLeaks”. Julian Paul Assange named the Person of the Year. Anonymous hackers have gained world wide attention because of their hacktivism. Anonymous has performed many operations like Attack on Federal, 2011 Bank of America document release. Anonymous is not an organization, has no leaders, no gurus, no ideologists.
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