Great article in this weekend’s Financial Times re cyber security. For those interested in Anonymous, LulzSec or hacktivism in general, it’s a must-read. A good look at the motivations of some of the people behind recent events, and debate on the achievements (or precedents set). Though perhaps the most relevant part is the realisation of one former Anonymous member that there’s a limit to the lulz, that there are real-world consequences of their influence:

After the suspect Iranian elections in 2009, local activists appeared and asked how to organise online without being caught by the government’s surveillance techniques. Housh and his colleagues coached them with the best research they could find. At one point he was speaking to five activists inside Iran. Then came days of silence before one got back in touch using the code word. The other four were dead, he said, and he wouldn’t be in contact again.

They’re watching. And they can bring you down. [Not paywalled]