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Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 9
Welcome to Tuesday, kittens. It’s one day closer to Friday than Monday is, and for that reason alone, it is close to our hearts. Pour yourself a cup of something bracing and, if you work in the US military, fill… Read More ›
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Interwebbed Cyber & Crypto News for June 8
Okay, so it’s Monday, and that’s never good, but at least you’re not in Syria, right? 22 air strikes and counting. Well, back here where it’s comfy and safe, sometimes too comfy and safe, we can read the news instead… Read More ›
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#BreakTheInternet: #Anonymous Sabu is Back, Bitches!
Hector Xavier Monsegur, better known as the Anonymous, LulzSec, and AntiSec firebrand turned FBI informant Sabu, is back on Twitter. Many thanks to @danstuckey for getting this account back after 3 years of dormancy. https://t.co/Nwv66yMVTe #IMBAAAAAAACCKKK — Hector X. Monsegur… Read More ›
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An Interview with PH1K3 the #NSA Email #Hacker
“Alleged” NSA email hacker, that is, although he seems plenty eager to discuss it publicly. On May 15, we brought you the exclusive story of a hack of the NSA’s backup email server, a server maintained, ironically, not by the… Read More ›
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Violent Facebook threats conviction thrown out by US Supreme Court
Hmmmmm, someone tell this to Barrett Brown. “The fact that ordinary people would find such rants threatening isn’t enough to convict people who make violent statements on Facebook and other social media.” Like YouTube, perhaps? Barrett Brown, we remind you,… Read More ›
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Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 3
Did you miss us, kittens? First we were at Social Media Camp, then we spent a week in the arms of our old friend Post-Conference Flu, then ALL THREE of our computers died THANKS OBAMA, and now we’re back. For… Read More ›
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Matt DeHart’s Case on AnonUK Radio
This past Sunday your humble editor was a guest, along with Cryptospherians Raymond Johansen and Kitty Hundal, on Anon UK Radio. The cast of characters includes The Dread Pirate Bailey, StLouisGal, your host G3arhead, your other host T0p, and regular… Read More ›
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Enforced Transparency 5: Crowdsourcing Independent Journalism
Enforced transparency in action: an outline of several publishing projects in the world of radical transparency including a new book by Hax, the infamous LuxiLeaks, and the Blank Spot Project.
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Interwebbed Cyber & Crypto News for May 26
Welcome back from your Memorial Day weekend, kittens! I feel confident over-generalizing like that since most of my readers are US-based and the ones that aren’t probably could use an extra day without more depressing cyberwar stories anyway. But we’re… Read More ›
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Numbers: Riot
“Things’ll look a whole lot better for the working classes, working classes.” – Gang of Four, I Found That Essence Rare As I am a son of the working classes, I cast a critical eye on wealth. As I am Regular… Read More ›
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#Pwnd: Lauri Love, Accused Hacker, Forces Government to Return Seized Computers
Lauri Love, the Brit/Scot/Finn accused of hacking into multiple US government computers including those of NASA, the EPA, the US Army, the New York Federal Reserve Bank, and the US Missile Defence System, has successfully confronted the UK government, and… Read More ›
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The Cryptosphere goes to camp: Social Media Camp this Friday!
It’s that time of year, kittens: the time when we pack up the Cray, break out the cutoffs, and head to glorious Victoria, BC, to present a talk at Social Media Camp, the premiere conference of its kind in Canada,… Read More ›
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Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for May 20
Claw your way through this, the meatiest link roundup on the intertubes, as we fetch ourselves another saucer of milk. We need to build up our strength for the rest of the week… The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and… Read More ›
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Allegations of RCMP wrongdoing on gun registry data destruction handed to police
And if the RCMP’s previous skills at wiping computer data are any indication, it’ll take some guy down at Mom’s Basement Computers about half an hour to find those records.
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Why race iz the main reason the murderouz bloodbath in Waco waz handled with velvet glovez
Imagine, if the gangs had been black, how different the police response would have been. Imagine then what the community response would have been, and how fast the National Guard would have made it there.
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