Arab Spring: for supporters around the world, it marked that glorious season when the peoples of North Africa and the Middle East rose up against oppressive governments to reclaim their human rights. To seventeen-year-old Ali Mohammad Al-Nimr of Saudi Arabia,… Read More ›
Month: September 2015
Retroactive change of law prompts OPP to drop probe of RCMP gun data destruction
Remember Richard Nixon’s “It’s not illegal if the President does it!”? Well, the RCMP and OPP and Stephen Harper’s Conservatives have colluded to take it a step farther, making it into law. The money spent on the investigation of deliberate… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Sept 29
Have the android bring a round of doppios. It’s only Tuesday, thankfully International Coffee Day, and we can already tell it’s gonna be a long week. Where’s the damn bot with those espressos already? What’s Italian for “four shots and… Read More ›
Breaking down the cost of the Canadian Surface Combatant
$26 billion for Canada’s new, semi-recycled warship. Can you tell it’s an election year?
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Sept 28
Did you get offline long enough to see the SuperBloodMoonClipse last night? Did you at least Instagram it? We didn’t: we were inside swearing at our crashy compy and at all the stories that broke over the weekend, once again… Read More ›
#FreeAnakata wins: Gottfrid Svartholm Released from Prison
The Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg aka anakata is now free. As of Saturday, September 26, 2015, his long legal tug-of-war with the governments of Sweden, Denmark, the US, and Cambodia has (at least temporarily) come to an end…. Read More ›
55. WikiLeaks reveals CBC and Canada Post may be sold under TPP agreement
Originally posted on Anonymous Calgary:
A secret letter leaked by WikiLeaks on Wednesday reveals that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and Canada Post could be sold under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, being negotiated by Canada and 11 other countries this week…
Film Friday Pairing: Battle Angel Alita and the Angel Face Cocktail
Battle Angel Alita is a 1993 cyberpunk anime film with a persistent, eloquent presence on “Most Underrated” lists. It’s due for a James Cameron-directed live action update next year, and we at Cryptosphere Global HQ sincerely join hands and bow… Read More ›
Jon Cowden, Ex-#Anonymous Hacker, Released From Prison
Jon Cowden, whom we dubbed “The Forgotten Anon,” was released Monday from his recent incarceration, which followed his arrest for parole violations, charges Cowden disputed. Cowden previously served 13 months for participation in Anonymous’ OpPalestine, OpGaza, and OpIsrael. Once back… Read More ›
New Westminster Police issue public notification for Kayla Bourque
Well, this should end well. The woman has expressed no remorse, quite the contrary, and been vocal about her future ambitions regarding violence. I’m quite certain we will be hearing more about her soonish.
Taiwan, Hong Kong Also Affected by #FacebookDown, China Apparently Unaffected
We have an update to our earlier story about the worldwide Facebook outages September 23/24 called #FacebookDown. That attack was attributed to unnamed and as-yet-unidentified hacktivists by Pirate Party activist and Cryptosphere contributor Raymond Johansen, and to an unheard-of collective… Read More ›
Ghana’s undercover journalist extraordinaire just exposed dozens of allegedly corrupt judges
Shades of the Unknown Comic! And THIS, ladies and gentlemen, is how it is DONE! Reblogged from Fusion. Here’s your pull quote: The country’s Chief Justice, Georgina Wood, is investigating the charges of bribery against the 34 judges, and despite… Read More ›
Afghanistan’s Enslaved Children
On Sept. 20, the New York Times reported the story of U.S. soldiers ignoring the sexual abuse of young boys in Afghanistan, bringing to light… Source: Afghanistan’s Enslaved Children in Foreign Policy. Not a story you hear much about, not a story… Read More ›
Ahousaht First Nation Warriors Win B.C. Salmon Farm Standoff
Originally posted on RED POWER MEDIA:
HuffPost “I’m shocked it was this easy with just a handful of warriors… imagine what we can do with a Nation. Imagine what we can do with all the people that care for this…
A Year After Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution, Barricades Are Down But Politics Have Hardened
The barricades are down but the politics have hardened Source: A Year After Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution, Barricades Are Down But Politics Have Hardened Anonymous in Asia is very busy behind the scenes, in the midst of a new crackdown by… Read More ›