Let’s go back in time, kittens: back all the way to 2008, before most of the world had ever heard of Anonymous. And then, let’s look at some of the the busiest, messiest years in American history and watch as Anonymous… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Feb 20
We made it! We crawled, dragged, rolled, staggered, or jogged to the end of the work week. Cast off the suit jackets and uncomfortable shoes, and don the floppy slippers and Thuggies that say a) this is the weekend and… Read More ›
Understanding the AUMF and the 9/11 Attitude by AnonyÓðinn
This is another in AnonyÓðinn‘s ongoing series of essays examining the political and economic underpinnings of our current, and somewhat fraught, situation. Socioeconomic assumptions that lay unexamined for the past forty or fifty years must now be reviewed, tested against current… Read More ›
Tweet o’ the Day: Davos State of Mind
This tweet by Felix Salmon is a few weeks old, but its message is eternal, summing up the wisdom of the kind of jesters the 1% are letting into their courts nowadays. Tom Friedman, in #Davos, proves once again he… Read More ›
Video: Bathtime for Barrett
Occasionally we at The Cryptosphere feel that the cyberwar/hacktivism world could use a little levity, and therefore we are pleased to present this otherwise news-value-free video by Xylergeist. It is nothing more nor less than a drag king recreation of Barrett Brown’s second most-famous… Read More ›
Numbers: The Wolf from Pisgah
“Our dead never forget the beautiful world that gave them life.” – Chief Si’alh “I became a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I could not cross the river with The wolf I saw… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto Connection News
Happy Monday, kittens! It’s a whole new week to tackle, and we’re here to make sure that you do it absolutely chock-full of cyberwar and hacktivism news. Beverage in hand? Breakfast in belly? Very well, let’s begin. Canadians politely sue… Read More ›
Film Friday: Carts of Darkness
Oh, a Canadian documentary. A Canadian documentary about the underprivileged. A Canadian documentary about the underprivileged finding a source of joy that unites them and gives their lives meaning and purpose. Oh, how worthy. Fuck that. Watch this. That’s the… Read More ›
#Anonymous Takes a Bite Out of the Illegal Tiger Trade with #OpTigerStorm
On Thursday, February 5, OpFunKill, the anti-hunting branch of hacktivist group Anonymous, changed its stripes temporarily, becoming OpTigerStorm, and nearly swallowing the internet whole. Still trending… 5.5 hours. Sleeps. Tell me when it stops, or better still keep it trending… Read More ›
LulzSecMafia Pwns Sweden for #Anonymous’ #SaveSweWolves
Time for more Sweden Punishment.. We can't let @_Cryptosphere down now can we? #LulzSecMafia #SaveSweWolves — #LulzSecMafia (@LulzSecMafia) January 22, 2015 Gee, all we said was “Keep us in the loop.” Great, now we can never go to Stockholm. The evocatively-named LulzSecMafia… Read More ›
#Anonymous Comes to the Aid of Endangered Swedish Wolves with #SaveSweWolves
UPDATE: Part II here. Never mess with a Spirit Animal. The wolf is a hunter; so are many Swedes. And so is Anonymous. For the second time in two years, a global group of hacktivists including significant support from… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto Old Master News
Come to think of it “The Old Master” would be a pretty good hacker name. Too bad I’ve doubled down on @F*ckS4boo. But it’s a new dawn, kittens. Time to face it bravely, armed with nothing more than your own… Read More ›
Anonymous’ #OpSafeWinterMTL Takes Up the Cause of the Homeless Against Montreal Police
The Internet Hate Machine picks its IRL battles carefully: Scientology. Wall Street. Arab Spring. And, beloved by Anons worldwide, the globe-spanning soup-kitchen-providing, clothing-and-supplies-donating, homeless-supporting OpSafeWinter. OpSafeWinter has been so powerful that in the slums of Sao Paulo, the infamous BlackBloc… Read More ›
Numbers: The Capital of Hell
“The only objects of practical reason are those of good and evil.” — Immanuel Kant How do pimps beseech and praise their god? In the sky, the temple doors are charred And all the cafes are ghosted with the dead…. Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Jan 15
Welcome to Thursday; it’s going to be this way all day. All. Damn. Day. It’s okay; we’ll get through it together. Just you, me, and this bottomless vat of caffeine and smart drugs. Hey, why did people who used smart… Read More ›
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