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Well, as you can see from the above, we’ve something of a SITUATION on our hands here at the Cryptosphere, so without further preamble, we hereby present the top cyber and crypto stories on the Interwebs. Enjoy! And wish us luck!

Schadenfreude-laden quote of the day: CIA Director John Brennan, “I think a lot of people who are claiming that there has been this tremendous sort of spying and monitoring and hacking will be proved wrong.”

WRONG. See first story below.

It’s Time to Tame the CIA Monster (WaPo)

Meta-Pranking Surveillance (Jezebel)

BTC.com Domain Name Goes for $1.1 million (NewsBTC)

Matt DeHart Moved Back to Maximum Security (FreeMattDeHart)

Artificial Intelligence could be “more dangerous than nukes.” (CNET)

Nut Serves Passengers a Bomb Scare on Qatar Air Flight (Guardians)

Former NSA head is “a cyber guy,” wants to do “cyber stuff.” Reportedly doing it for $1 million a month (AP)

A Guide to Middle Eastern Politics Today (Guardian)

Barack Obama’s Secret Terrorist-Tracking System, by the Numbers (TheIntercept)

Achieving the Russian Dream: 1.2 billion stolen password/username combinations, 500 million stolen email addresses (NYT)

People are Strange when you’re a Stranger: Impact and Influence of Bots on Social Networks (MIT)

Game of Hacks (like the one that came up with the name, perchance?) debuts at Black Hat Conference (HelpNetSecurity)

Teenage Australian White Hat Hacker Exposes Wide Open Door to Paypal Accounts (Internot)

Ukraine Assembles Jigsaw MiGs From Russian Refuse (WarIsBoring)

Mapping the World’s Trouble Spots and the People Who Live There (HomelandSecurity)

How Your Innocent Smartphone Passes All Your Data To The Secret Police (BitsOfFreedom)

Robots! With X! Ray! Vision! (Engadget)

Featured Image via Don on Flickr

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