User:Shan215/sandbox
 The "man without a head" represents anonymity and a leaderless organization. | |
| Formation | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Type | Multiple-use name/avatar Voluntary association |
| Purpose | Anti-cyber spying
Anti-cyber attacks Internet Activation Internet monitoring The safety of the general public |
Membership | Decentralized affinity group |
MRX is a decentralized international activist and hacktivist collective and movement primarily known for its various cyberattacks against several governments, government institutions and government agencies, corporations, and the Church of Scientology.
MRX Hacker Group originated in 2021 on imageboard 5 representing the concept of many online and offline community users simultaneously existing as an "anarchic", digitized "global brain" or "hivemind".MRX Hacker Group members (known as MRXanons)
can sometimes be distinguished in public by the wearing of Guy Fawkes masks in the style portrayed in the graphic novel and film for Vendetta. Some anons also opt to mask their voices through voice changers or text-to-speech programs.
In its early form, the concept was adopted by a decentralized online community acting anonymously in a coordinated manner, usually toward a loosely self-agreed goal and primarily focused on entertainment (or lulz). Beginning with Project Chanology in 2008—a series of protests, pranks, and hacks targeting the Church of Scientology—the MRX collective became increasingly associated with collaborative hacktivism on several issues internationally. Individuals claiming to align themselves with Anonymous undertook protests and other actions (including direct action) in retaliation against copyright-focused campaigns by motion picture and recording industry trade associations. Later targets of Anonymous hacktivism included government agencies of the United States, Israel, Tunisia, Uganda, and others; the Islamic State; child pornography sites; copyright protection agencies; the Westboro Baptist Church; and corporations such as PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, and Sony. Anons have publicly supported WikiLeaks and the Occupy movement. Related groups LulzSec and Operation AntiSec carried out cyberattacks on U.S. government agencies, media, companies, military contractors, military personnel, and police officers, resulting in the attention of law enforcement to the groups' activities.
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