A sort of wikileaks for public companies.....

[jpatter666]

As a computer geek (and ex-hacker) I've got to admit I *love* this -- what a brilliant, brilliant idea....*if* they can maintain credibility.

Wondering why you may not have heard of hacking collective Anonymous for a while? Because, as it appears, the ad hoc organization has been busy assembling Anonymous Analytics, a public equity research entity (and we venture to guess focused mostly on the short side) whose motto is "Acquiring information through unconventional means" and follows up with "You should have expected us." Think of them as Muddy Waters on steroids: no regulation, no supervision, no accountability - just pure content, and credibility-driven merit (or, of course, lack thereof): a model which if validated will totally revolutionize the field of public company research.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/anonym...xt-sino-forest

[Hypatia]

Re: A sort of wikileaks for public companies.....

It used to be that Wikileaks WAS for public companies. That's when it was fun to read.

[dcarrigg]

Re: A sort of wikileaks for public companies.....

As a computer geek (and ex-hacker) I've got to admit I *love* this -- what a brilliant, brilliant idea....*if* they can maintain credibility.

Wondering why you may not have heard of hacking collective Anonymous for a while? Because, as it appears, the ad hoc organization has been busy assembling Anonymous Analytics, a public equity research entity (and we venture to guess focused mostly on the short side) whose motto is "Acquiring information through unconventional means" and follows up with "You should have expected us." Think of them as Muddy Waters on steroids: no regulation, no supervision, no accountability - just pure content, and credibility-driven merit (or, of course, lack thereof): a model which if validated will totally revolutionize the field of public company research.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/anonym...xt-sino-forest

Anonymousanalytics.com is registered to Dan Siroker. Perhaps the same Dan Siroker that was the director of analytics for the Obama campaign? Curious.

It may be somewhat reminiscent of DeGraw, who really hopped onto the AdBusters Occupy Wall St. campaign.

It's easy for the tail to wag the dog with a group like anonymous, but I would think that if one wanted to remain anonymous, they would not register domains with their own name and credit card.

Something's amiss, or someone wants money, or someone wants fame, or all three.

[jpatter666]

Re: A sort of wikileaks for public companies.....

Anonymousanalytics.com is registered to Dan Siroker. Perhaps the same Dan Siroker that was the director of analytics for the Obama campaign? Curious.

It may be somewhat reminiscent of DeGraw, who really hopped onto the AdBusters Occupy Wall St. campaign.

It's easy for the tail to wag the dog with a group like anonymous, but I would think that if one wanted to remain anonymous, they would not register domains with their own name and credit card.

Something's amiss, or someone wants money, or someone wants fame, or all three.

Interesting. Thanks for the update.

[Thailandnotes]

Re: A sort of wikileaks for public companies.....

It used to be that Wikileaks WAS for public companies.

huh?