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City of Ottawa website down after apparent hacker attack
WTF is “OpSoaringEagle” other than one butthurt guy pretending to be an army?
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How to Commit Thoughtcrime
This is another cross-post from the AntiMedia, again by Justin King (who very kindly wrote and thanked us for giving proper credit the last time we cross-posted one of his articles, the highly practical “Eight Lessons Learned from the Million… Read More ›
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Read Groucho Marx’s FBI File
He wasn’t just Hollywood. He wasn’t just Jewish. Julius Henry “Groucho” Marx was a proud and vocal liberal Democrat with a mouth and a wit that should have been registered as lethal weapons. So, naturally, the FBI started a file… Read More ›
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Best Images from #Anonymous #OpKKK
Okay, maybe Anonymous didn’t really hijack the KKK’s Twitter account, but they scored one hell of a propaganda victory by convincing most news junkies that they had. And this is just plain funny. If you’ve been hiding under a rock… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Cyber & Crypto News Special #ConeSec Edition
Happy Friday, kittens! Today’s news roundup is dedicated to the principle that using the ubiquitous orange cone simply as a traffic divider is a staggering and shameful waste of potential. The hacker principle can as easily be applied to lifeless… Read More ›
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‘Slim chance’ of Ottawa shooter making his way into Centre Block today: security expert
Very interesting to note the changes in one month. How do they impact regular visitors and those who merely see images of Parliament Hill? If our fundamental relationship to the site is ever at risk from security measures, I’d argue… Read More ›
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FTC smackdown! More fake support scammers taken out…
Podcast on avoiding fake support scammers. Sure, they busted a $120 million ring just recently, but that just leaves a vacuum. There are others, LOTS of others, out there.
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$670 Billion Served: An Interview with Redhack Hacktivist Collective
Is it just me, or is Turkey one of the most interesting countries on the planet right now? Whether it’s indulging in geopolitical gamesmanship over US intervention in Syria, playing the Kurds off against ISIS, dealing with what is beginning… Read More ›
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Job o’ the Day: Director of the Federal Register (Top Secret Clearance Required)
From time to time we at the Cryptosphere feature interesting job opportunities; anything from cheffing at the CIA to “support[ing] government transparency and citizen participation in the rule-making process.” Like here. According to the Federation of American Scientists, the Director… Read More ›
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#OpKKK from #Anonymous Continues in the Lead-Up to the Darren Wilson Ruling
“We are not Internet-based. If they want to come after us, they have to come out onto the streets,” said KKK Imperial Grand Wizard Frank Ancona. He didn’t have to wait long for a response from the Internet Hate Machine…. Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Nov 20
Welcome to Thursday, kittens! Just over a month to go till the holidays; you got my list, right? RIGHT? It’s the one that starts with “pony” and ends with “Julian Assange.” To while away the hours waiting for the happy… Read More ›
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#takedownjulienblanc Movement Scores Several Notches in the Keyboard Wars
First they drove him from Australia. Then they made Japan too hot to hold him, forcing him to put his bookings there on indefinite hold. Then they did the same with his Canadian tour. Then hotel chain after hotel chain banned… Read More ›
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Records reveal divide on Ferguson police tactics
The Darren Wilson ruling could come as early as this Friday. Without a balanced and nuanced police chief in command, and with a heavily armed, militarized force on the ground, bad things are inevitable.
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What 600 gigs of Syrian censorship logs can teach us about digital freedom
Ah, if only we had something similar for the US…oh wait, where’s that Snowden file?
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Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto #News for Nov 19
Happy hump day, kittens! We’re still catching up from our mega-Monday Anonymous wave of traffic and thinly-veiled libelous comments from butthurt Sea Shepherd supporters. Remember, on the internet you’re nobody till somebody hates you! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! I didn’t want to… Read More ›
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