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Silk Road 2.0 is DOA thanks to FBI
If you were trying to get the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, you couldn’t do much better than Blake Benthall, alleged (and, as of today, indicted) founder of the Silk Road 2.0 online drug marketplace. Silk Road 2.0 arose,… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for November 6
Happy Thursday, kittens! We at the Cryptosphere have some news for you (geddit?). We’ve just been accepted by Google News, so we’ll be playing with the Big Boys now and will be much, much less likely to have cause for… Read More ›
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Senate debates wrong version of government bill for the second time in less than three months
You had ONE JOB, Senate!
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No surprise here: It’s Forbes list of world billionaires
A gold-digger’s target list. Or a hacker’s, come to think of it.
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Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for November 5
Remember, remember! The Fifth of November, On WordPress, Tumblr and Blogspot; I know of no reason Edward Snowden’s “treason” Should ever be forgot! Guy Fawkes and his companions Did the scheme contrive, To shake the King and Parliament All up alive…. Read More ›
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Scam Alert: #Anonymous nOPes
Just FYI Anonymous isn’t really holding your PC for ransom. A friend just got this email, CryptoWall virus, claiming to be from Anonymous. http://t.co/1BZIzASwcE #fail #Anonymous (Do not pay them) — Gregg Housh (@GreggHoush) November 2, 2014 Gregg Housh has… Read More ›
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Twitter attacks Julien Blanc, racist “Pickup Artiste” who advocates choking strangers #TakeDownJulienBlanc
Golly, who could have anticipated this? In the wake of both Gamergate and the Jian Ghomeshi revelations from Canada, it seems that significant portions of the world have had enough of international speaker Julien Blanc. I wonder why? #ChokingGirlsAroundTheWorld #Copenhagen… Read More ›
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Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for October 4
Happy Tuesday, kittens! It’s a cyber-and-politico-heavy news roundup day today, so settle in with a cup of something comforting, jack in, and prepare for your mega newsdump. Make These 4 Assumptions about Cybersecurity (JDSupra) Deadline approaching: crime reporting contest (IJNet)… Read More ›
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Team System DZ Cross the Line: Interfere with UK Rugby Website
This should end well. Team System DZ, the pro-ISIS hacker crew, have been on something of a tear in recent weeks, defacing literally hundreds of websites and posting its garbled jihadi message. We first reported on them when they took… Read More ›
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Massive Comcast Outage Appears To Be Striking Nationwide (Update)
Possibly related to the previous story? Co-ordinated attacks on cloud based services like BoA internet banking and Comcast’s X1 could have the same effect as bombing bridges, although the downtime is in hours instead of months.
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Bank Of America Says Online Banking Has Been Restored After Outage
Have you got your alibi in place, kittens? BoA has been a leading hacker and hacktivist target for years. WikiLeaks still has what they call the BoA files.
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Crypto-Affirmations: GoPro
From Aussie comedian, reverend, and Julian Assange co-star Sean Bedlam comes today’s Crypto-Affirmation: We attached a GoPro to your sense that everything is spiralling into nothing. — Rev. Sean Bedlam (@seanbedlam) November 2, 2014 Strikes the right note for Monday,… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for November 3
Happy Monday, kittens! Did you enjoy your haunted weekend? Did you enjoy it too much and are still being visited by the Ghost of Scotches Past? Never fear, we’re here with a stiff dose of refreshing news links to start… Read More ›
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A FergusonPoem: Respectability Hasn’t Saved Us
In lieu of our regular Numbers column of poetic news commentary, we present this powerful commentary on racism in America via Moorbey.
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Inside the capital of ‘New Russia’: Once a bustling, wealthy city, Donetsk is now a ghost town
A fascinating look at how war can change a city’s destiny. Scroll down the main page of The Cryptosphere to see a compelling essay from a journalist embedded with the Ukranian troops at the airport itself.
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