Anonymous + general hacktivists 2009-2018 (National Park Service)
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| Tracking # |
NPS-2019-01010 |
| Multi Request | Anonymous + general hacktivists 2009-2018 |
| Submitted | May 29, 2019 |
| Due | June 26, 2019 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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Communications
From: Emma North-Best
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
Documents mentioning or relating to Anonymous (the hacker movement/collective, see below) or hacktivism (defined as hacking as a form of protest and/or activism) generated between 1 January 2009 and 1 January 2019, including but not limited to:
* Internal reports, bulletins, warnings and alerts relating to Anonymous or hacktivism
* Reports from the appropriate IT (Information Technology) or computer offices regarding possible cyber attacks by Anonymous or other hacktivists
* Reports, bulletins, warnings and alerts relating to or mentioning Anonymous or hacktivism sent to or received from any federal law enforcement or intelligence agencies or any fusion center
* Incident reports investigating possible hacking activity falling within the office's jurisdiction and allegedly carried out by members of Anonymous or other hacktivist groups
* Materials generated as a result of any suspected or actual compromise, breach or "dox" (revealing of personal or private information) by Anonymous or other hacktivists
Anonymous has been described by government agencies as a non-hierarchical hacktivist collective, Anonymous uses hacking (and arguably cracking) techniques to register political protest in campaigns known as “#ops.” Best known for their distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks, past activities have included attacks against the Church of Scientology; Visa, Paypal, and others who withdrew their services from WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange after that group began releasing war documents; #OpTunisia and others purporting to support the Arab Spring; and a campaign that brought down the website of the Westboro Baptist Church. #Ops are usually marked with the release of a video of a reader in a Guy Fawkes mask using a computer generated voice. See attached for additional background information.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Emma Best
From: National Park Service
Dear Ms. Best,
Your request has been received and has been assigned tracking number
NPS-2019-01010. All future correspondence relating to this request should
reference this tracking number.
In accordance with 43 CFR 2.15
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the
National Park Service processes requests on a first-in, first-out basis
within several processing tracks. Your request has been placed in the
normal track. There are currently 4 expedited, 4 simple, and 53 normal
requests ahead of this request in the processing queue.
Our response is due by 6/26/19. If you do not receive our response by that
date you may file an appeal by writing to:
Freedom of Information Act Appeals Officer
Office of the Solicitor
U.S. Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, NW
MS-6556-MIB,
Washington, D.C. 20240
foia.appeals@sol.doi.gov
Your failure-to-timely-respond appeal may be filed anytime after the
estimated response date provided above and the date we issue our final
response. The appeal should be marked, both on the envelope and the face of
the appeal letter, with the legend "FREEDOM OF INFORMATION APPEAL." Your
appeal should be accompanied by a copy of your original request and copies
of all correspondence between yourself and the National Park Service
related to this request, along with any information you have which leads
you to believe our response to be in error. Note, any appeal received
after 5 p.m. EST will be considered to have been received on the next
business day.
Sincerely,
C.
____________________
Ms. Charis Wilson, PhD, CRM
NPS FOIA Officer
12795 W. Alameda Parkway
PO Box 25287
Denver, CO 80225-0287
303-969-2959
Fax: 303-969-2557
1-855-NPS-FOIA
npsfoia@nps.gov <charis_wilson@nps.gov>
From: National Park Service
Ms. Best,
Your request is granted in full. During a search of our files we located one responsive record, which is attached. I trust that this information fully satisfies your request. Please do not hesitate to contact me, as the person responsible for processing your request, if you have any questions regarding this response. Additionally, contact information for the Department’s FOIA Public Liaison is available at https://www.doi.gov/foia/foiacenters.
In addition, as part of the 2007 OPEN Government Act FOIA amendments, the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS<https://ogis.archives.gov/>) was created to offer mediation services to resolve disputes between FOIA requesters and Federal agencies. You may contact OGIS in any of the following ways:
Office of Government Information Services (OGIS)
National Archives and Records Administration
Room 2510
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
E-mail: ogis@nara.gov<mailto:ogis@nara.gov>
Phone: 301-837-1996
Fax: 301-837-0348
Toll-free: 1-877-684-6448
Note, because the National Park Service creates and maintains law enforcement records, we are required by the Department of Justice to provide the following information, even though it may or may not apply to your specific request. Congress excluded three discrete categories of law enforcement and national security records from the requirements of the FOIA. See 5 U.S.C. 552(c) (2006 & Supp. IV 2010). This response is limited to those records that are subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is a standard notification that we are required to give all our requesters and should not be taken as an indication that excluded records do, or do not, exist.
Sincerely,
C.
____________________
Ms. Charis Wilson, PhD., CRM
NPS FOIA Officer
12795 W. Alameda Parkway
PO Box 25287
Denver, CO 80225-0287
303-969-2959
Fax: 303-969-2557
1-855-NPS-FOIA
Please send replies to this NPSFOIA@nps.gov Address
***** PLEASE NOTE Until further notice I will be unable to receive faxes, physical mail, or packages sent via Fed Ex or UPS as our office is closed. Please send materials electronically******
From: National Park Service
The FOIA
request
- DOI-NPS-2019-000923 description has been modified. Additional details for this item are as follows:
* Tracking Number: DOI-NPS-2019-000923
* Requester: Emma Best
* Submitted Date: 08/01/2020
* Description:
ADIR: Documents related to "Anonymous" or hacktivism from 1/1/2009 to 1/1/2019
From: National Park Service
Your request for Fee Waiver for the FOIA request DOI-NPS-2019-000923 has been
fully granted.
Additional details for this request are as follows:
* Request Created on:
08/01/2020
* Request Description:
ADIR: Documents related to "Anonymous" or hacktivism from 1/1/2009 to 1/1/2019
* Fee Waiver Original Justification:
N/A
* Fee Waiver Disposition Reason:
N/A
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