Anonymous As a Cyber Tribe: A New Model for Complex, Non-State Cyber Actors

Abstract

The online collective Anonymous is a complex cyber actor that exhibits many elements of a tribal culture. It represents a new class of cyber actor that, like tribal societies, derives meaning from place, follows an influence-based leadership model, and conducts war for reasons not readily understood by modern nation-states. Anonymous challenges the usefulness of contemporary military doctrine.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1012804

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Lidowski

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Computer Science
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Digital Communications
  • Geography
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Operations
  • Internet
  • Military Doctrine
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Network Protocols
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Cyber - Legality in Cyberspace