Anonymous was a product of the chans.
It grew into mainstream popularity during OWS
Obamas FBI COINTEL infiltrated and subverted the movement with SJW's
Afterwords, Anonymous™ sprang up, probably some Jews wanting to cash in on Guy Fawkes masks.
Anyone claiming to be Anonymous™ is basically a namefag now. We are all anonymous, there IS no anonymous. If anything, Q has revived the spirit of the original hive mind and this recent publicity shit is just another MSM D&C tactic