Hacktavism: Friend or Foe Storyboard Andrew Wells

Opening Sequence: 1 Act 1  Hook: “…After September 11, the national debate on the security of cyberspace has intensified. It has negatively influenced movements that rely on hacking, or other anti- hegemonic forms of Internet use, such as free access, open source, or privacy protection. Hackers and online political activists are now forced to defend themselves against being labeled by the authorities as cyberterrorists….”  Type writing effect: Green font- Appears like computer programing language

Opening Sequence: 2 Act 1  Fade-In of :  Audio: Charlie Chaplin: The great Dictator  Audio: We are Anonymous mp3.  Visual: Produced By: Andrew Wells and Ted Gournelos  Visual: Written and Directed by: Andrew Wells  Title Screen: Hacktavism: Friend or Foe (After Affects)

Opening Sequence 3 Act 1  Static Sound coming from TV set with slow zoom on the television set.  Visual: News reporting with discussion about Anonymous (10 clips)  “Anonymous YouTube message to the people”- Between static cutts  End’s on Anon. message: “We do not forget, WE do not forgive…”[cross- Dissolve]

Introduction Act 1  Dr. Eric Smaw  Narrator [myself]- Dr. Smaw earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Law from the University of Kentucky in His areas of expertise are philosophy of law, international law, human rights, ethics, and modern philosophy. He has published articles on human rights, terrorism, and cosmopolitanism.  Questions:  Define in own words: Activism; Terrorism; Privacy; Hacktavism  Do you now about the recent attack of anon.? Elaborate…  Do you believe this to be a social movement or an act of Terrorism  What is your stance on the current debate of internet privacy  SOPA, PIPA, etc.

Introduction Act 1  [Smaw Interview]  B-roll – Footage of protesters in Occupy  Images of Anon. support created images online  Images of people wearing Guy Fawks masks  Narrator: Now with a brief understanding of what or who is Anon. Is and those involved in it, its time to dig a bit deeper down “the rabbit hole”…

Introduction  Introduction of Anon. Representative [wearing Guy Fawkes mask]  Distorted voice  Location: Anon. supporters Room[ Computer Equipment present]  Broll: Screen Shots of programing – typing of html code  Questions:  What is your background or experience?  Could you name a few participators in the movement?  Anon., Lulzsec, CabinCr3w, tc.  How long have you been participating?

Introduction Act 1  [Anon. 22]  Questions:  Why the mask? –  Guy Fawkes Mask  V For Vendetta  B-roll – Clips of movie (10 sec, worth)  who is anonymous?  Why do they do what they do?   DDoS  DoXing  Hacking  What do they want to see as the future? INSIGHTING INCIDENT  B-roll – screen shot of fast scrolling on website and social sites

Statistics Act “Year of the Hacktavist”Rising Action Verizon Data Breach Investigative Report releases/2012/six-hackers-in-the-united-states- and-abroad-charged-for-crimes-affecting-over- one-million-victims releases/2012/six-hackers-in-the-united-states- and-abroad-charged-for-crimes-affecting-over- one-million-victims gence.asp gence.asp

Rising Action  Anon on MSNBC  0:42-1:31  Narrator: Time line of attacks  Los Zetas Drug Cartel vs. Anon.  Op Egypt  Images/ news footage  Aaron Barr attack  HB Gary  2:17-2:31  Dangerous enough to striker fear t 2:49- 2:57  MSNBC interview part 2: mfu

Anon. Takes on Anti-Internet Freedom  Narrator: Powerful enough to take down SOPA or PIPA?  B- roll – Image zoom-in on 3d Model of: SOPA & PIPA  Narrator: SOPA and PIPA are designed to crack down on websites based offshore that peddle illegal content — think pirated Hollywood blockbusters and fake Viagra. No one disputes that that’s a worthy goal. The rub is whether it would give the government and copyright holders too much control over the Web

Anti-Internet Freedom Rising action  The southern Republican Debate on SOPA/PIPA   1:07:38 -1:11:59  Anonymous - A Message to Congress on SOPA you will not infringe on our rights  B-roll – Screen shot of Online protest from Online users and and sites

Protest Big Win  Wednesday 18 January marked the largest online protest in the history of the internet. Websites from large to small "went dark" in protest of proposed legislation before the US House and Senate that could profoundly change the internet. The two bills, Sopa in the House and Pipa in the Senate, ostensibly aim to stop the piracy of copyrighted material over the internet on websites based outside the US. Critics – among them, the founders of Google, Wikipedia, the Internet Archive, Tumblr and Twitter – counter that the laws will stifle innovation and investment, hallmarks of the free, open internet.largest online protest in the history of the internetinternetSopapiracy

Effect of Black out Several major websites, including Wikipedia, Reddit and TwitPic, said they would “ go dark ” on Wednesday to show their opposition to the two bills in Congress. go dark

Sites Participated DATE ImgurJan 18 Oreilly.comJan 18 TwitPicJan 18 WordPress.or g Jan 18 FreePressJan 18 GoogleJan 18 MozillaJan 18 redditJan 18

Act 3: Arrest of LulzSec

Lulzsec Down Act 3  Narrator:  Monsegur was portrayed in court papers as the ringleader, a legendary figure known in the hacking underworld as "Sabu." Authorities said he formed an elite hacking organization last May and named it "Lulz Security" or "LulzSec."  Some alleged associates of the group are already facing charges elsewhere. An English teenager, Ryan Cleary, was arrested by the British in June. In July, a reputed LulzSec spokesman, Jake Davis, was arrested in Scotland.  B-roll- Somber Music with dark shaded footage/image of Aonn. (creates the impression that all is lost)

Act 3Climax  Narrator: But the thing is, you can always take down a person but you can never take down an idea…  Music: Loud heavy music to portray action  Anonymous Disrupts UK Government Sites  k_government_sites.html k_government_sites.html  Anonymous China Says It Hacked Hundreds Of Government Sites  china-government-sites_n_ html china-government-sites_n_ html

Act 3  Video: static screen (3 sec)   Defeated?[cross fade slowly  [Cross fade in] - … I think not…  B-roll – Anonymous music raising loud  CREDITS