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 ›
Anonymous
#OpKKK from #Anonymous defrocks racists across America
This, an image inspired by Banksy’s ephemeral artwork in civil rights flashpoint Birmingham, Alabama, is what you call Shots Fired. Anonymous has declared war on the Ku Klux Klan, the American racial hate group first made internationally infamous in the 1891… Read More ›
Tsunami of Support for #OpKillingBay from #Anonymous
Save the Whales! And the Dolphins too! It’s a nearly 40-year-old war cry from Greenpeace, and on Friday the 14th of November it was taken up (again) by Anonymous, as their #OpKillingBay topped trending lists worldwide in a Tweetstorm tsunami. #OpKillingBay… Read More ›
Eight Lessons Learned from the Million Mask March
This is cross-posted (thanks to CC licensing) from The AntiMedia: a stunningly practical and intelligent list of eight key principles to keep in mind when attending protests IRL. If you and your cohort follow these tips, you’ll dramatically impact the… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for November 14
T to the GIF, kittens! Another week (wifi-less, no less) done at Cryptosphere Global HQ, currently located in a hive of feminist subversion and mayhem, a mere otter’s toss from the Pacific on beauteous and internet-deprived Vancouver Island. Come Monday… Read More ›
Cyberguerrilla TANGODOWN During Darkweb Takedown Op Onymous
In the Visigothian swathe of destruction the FBI wrought throughout the Darkweb with last week’s takedowns of 400 URLs (27 actual websites), one casualty may have been overlooked. Because it was not on the Darkweb at all. Cyberguerrilla.org is a… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for November 13
It’s Thursday, kittens! All! Damn! Day! So you’d better start getting used to it. Pour yourself a Venti instead of a Grande and strap in for the next few hours of existential torture. Hmmmm. Maybe I had better switch to… Read More ›
Matt DeHart and More on the Darkweb Takedowns
As most of the internet knows by now, 27 sites (originally reported to be the mindblowingly huge “over 400”) were taken offline and 17 people arrested by the FBI last week in what is known as Op Onymous. The sites were… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for November 12
Happy Wednesday, kittens! Did you remember, remember, to take the time yesterday to remember what has been lost and what has been gained in battles throughout history, geography, religion and the Internet? Those who do not understand the past are… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto #News for November 10
Happy Monday, kittens! Before you go on to our daily link roundup, be sure and check out our exclusive interview with “The Forgotten Anon” Jon Cowden; it’s illuminating on the roadblocks that even the most prepared hacktivist faces after prison…. Read More ›
Jon Cowden, the Forgotten #Anonymous: an interview
Jon Cowden is the most famous Anonymous member of which nobody has heard. #RetiredAnonymous Gave my freedom to help others obtain theirs. #ITWASWORTHIT #OpFreePalestine #OpSlayDay #OperationIranAide Not in Khaki Jumpsuits anymore He was sentenced in March of last year… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›