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• Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for March 6

  By raincoaster on March 6, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  You made it to Friday, kittens! Raise a glass of something cheerful, even if only chamomile tea: the weekend is almost here! Now let’s give you all the headline news you need to sound like the most fascinating person at… Read More ›

• Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for March 5

  By raincoaster on March 5, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Good afternoon, kittens! We’re having a slow start to the day Chez Cryptosphere, due to technical difficulties involving the power supply to our staggeringly advanced underground lair, as you can see in the above super high quality CGI reconstruction. Nonetheless,… Read More ›

• What’s in Hillary Clinton’s secret emails?

  By raincoaster on March 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Pretty much, yeah.

• Activists say large explosion hits Syrian intelligence building in Aleppo

  By raincoaster on March 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Not artillery, someone actually took a bomb to the building and detonated it; no word on whether or not it’s a suicide bomber or a planted bomb detonated after placement.

• FBYou! The FBI Is Hiring Special Agents

  By raincoaster on March 4, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Job hunting? Unable to afford the recreational substance of your choice for at least a three week period so your pee is clean? Excellent! Have we got an opportunity for you! The FBI is hiring special agents. The FBI’s site… Read More ›

• Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for March 4

  By raincoaster on March 4, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  It’s mid-week and so far an interesting one indeed. While the usual “Company X’s database got spewed all over Pastebin” news seems to have calmed down a bit, giving the news cycle time to concentrate more on Nimoy memorabilia, politicians’… Read More ›

• What’s the big deal about Hillary using her personal email at work?

  By raincoaster on March 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  In case you’re wondering why this is such a big deal, it’s the difference between a private individual’s right to privacy and a government employee’s right to keep their work a secret. It’s CLEARLY an attempt to circumvent disclosure law…. Read More ›

• There’s Another Possible Payment Data Breach At Natural Grocers

  By raincoaster on March 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Say it with me, people: PAY CASH. And never give out your real phone number, name, or address on those loyalty programs.

• Matt DeHart is Named Beneficiary of the Courage Foundation

  By raincoaster on March 3, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  In reporting the case of American prisoner Matthew Paul DeHart, it’s rare to encounter good news, but today is that rare day. One day after DeHart’s extradition from Canada, the country where he had sought asylum as a political refugee,… Read More ›

• Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for March 3

  By raincoaster on March 3, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Welcome to Tuesday. It’ll be Tuesday all day, kittens. Sorry about that. Here are the best news links on the web to make the sheer Tuesdayness go down easier. Patriot or Traitor: Edward Joseph Snowden (PatriotOrTraitor) European Cyber Police Shuts Down… Read More ›

• Matt DeHart Deported to US

  By raincoaster on March 2, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  Matt DeHart, the former member of Anonymous’ Project Chanology whose application for political refugee status was recently declined by Canada, has been handed over to American police at the border. He was transferred on the morning of Sunday, March 1,… Read More ›

• Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for March 2

  By raincoaster on March 2, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Happy Start of Easter Month, kittens! Are we excited yet? If not, it’s probably because you cannot experience the glory which is Kinder Eggs, because you live in a benighted part of the globe, or perhaps because Cadbury changed the… Read More ›

• Hacktivist Lauri Love on AnonUKRadio

  By raincoaster on February 27, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Lauri Love is a 30-year-old hacktivist from Stradishall, UK who was indicted in July of 2014 on charges of conspiracy, causing damage to a protected computer, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. In that case he and his unnamed crewmates are… Read More ›

• Domestic Terror: #Anonymous’ #OpDeathEaters Responds to Arrest of Daniel Rosen, State Department Counterterrorism Capo

  By raincoaster on February 27, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  Anonymous, that group of masked “terrorists” who have taken on everything from ISIS to tiger hunters to high school bullies to the credit card industry has a new target this week. That would be Daniel Rosen, the US State Department’s Director… Read More ›

• Sentencing hearing for men in Ponzi scheme

  By raincoaster on February 27, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Believe it or not, Ponzi schemes are HUGE in Canada, where we do not have RICO statutes to club them over the head with. Although the schemes may be based here, they often prey on victims from other nations, particularly… Read More ›