Foreign Policy: A conversation with the mysterious Anonymous analysts who are exposing fraud and corruption in Chinese companies -- and taking them down.
CFOinnovation: At this point, the vigilantes appear to be targeting the low-hanging fruits first – small companies that are opaque and have a reputation for self-dealing by their majority shareholders. If your company is reasonably transparent and boasts solid governance, it is probably not on their radar.
Financial Times:
The group has accused Chaoda Modern Agriculture, one of China’s biggest vegetable producers, of fraud in what the faction says will be the first of many such investigations. It plans both to comb corporate balance sheets itself and solicit WikiLeaks-style submissions from whistleblowers.
ZeroHedge.com: If proven correct, this report will have an even greater impact on capital markets than Muddy Waters take down of Sino Forest, as it will finally integrate the two formerly completely disparate worlds of hacking and security analysis, opening up a world of very concerning possibilities for the world\'s public companies.
Al Jazeera: Anonymous is a means by which people across the globe can assist in the hard work being performed by the Tunisian people - who have long taken issue with their government, but first began protesting in earnest after a fruit vendor set himself ablaze in response to police cruelty.