Are you ready for the first Monday of the rest of your lives, kittens? Not that we have any choice, at least until some kind soul invents a time machine and makes it free to fans of The Cryptosphere: The… Read More ›
Anonymous
Exclusive Interview: #Anonymous #OpNimr Seeks Mercy for Saudi Teen Sentenced to Crucifixion
Arab Spring: for supporters around the world, it marked that glorious season when the peoples of North Africa and the Middle East rose up against oppressive governments to reclaim their human rights. To seventeen-year-old Ali Mohammad Al-Nimr of Saudi Arabia,… Read More ›
Jon Cowden, Ex-#Anonymous Hacker, Released From Prison
Jon Cowden, whom we dubbed “The Forgotten Anon,” was released Monday from his recent incarceration, which followed his arrest for parole violations, charges Cowden disputed. Cowden previously served 13 months for participation in Anonymous’ OpPalestine, OpGaza, and OpIsrael. Once back… Read More ›
A Year After Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution, Barricades Are Down But Politics Have Hardened
The barricades are down but the politics have hardened Source: A Year After Hong Kong’s Umbrella Revolution, Barricades Are Down But Politics Have Hardened Anonymous in Asia is very busy behind the scenes, in the midst of a new crackdown by… Read More ›
Hack of the Day: Rickrolling Applebee’s
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a thing of beauty and a joy forever. In case the embed screws up, it is a post from Drew Rightenberg in the 2600, The Hacker Quarterly group on Facebook, and it says: So Applebee’s… Read More ›
AnonUKRadio Speaks to Reddit Mod Behind r/ #Anonymous Turning Furry
It was all a plot! An actual, genuine conspiracy! The moderators of the Reddit subsite devoted to Anonymous conspired together and took action; there was no popular vote. There was no referendum. There was no due process. There was just…BOOM…. Read More ›
AnonCoders vs the UK (the US, Liberia, and Others)
That’s not cricket! Prolific pro-Muslim hacking crew AnonCoders, who emerged only a few months ago, have been on a tear lately, targeting websites in the UK particularly (full list below the interview), including the esteemed Gentleman’s Journal (although not The… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Sept 2
Shh, kittens, shhhh. Not so loud. Our warren of cyborg webmonkeys is having a difficult morning; seems someone swapped in decaf for caf in the socialist communal coffee pot, and they’re mostly crying softly, and distinctly unenergetically, into their keyboards…. Read More ›
Let the Fur Fly! Interview with the #Reddit Mod who turned r/ #Anonymous to a Furry Paradise
Well kittens, it’s been almost a full week since r/Anonymous got a surprise makeover. On Sunday, August 23 it suddenly turned from a boringly respectable space for the latest in Faceless Do-Goodery Hive news into The Furry Pad, a candy-coloured… Read More ›
Interwebbed #Cyber and #Crypto #News for August 27
Twas the day before Friday and all through the ‘Sphere our tech minions were working to keep channels clear. There were rumours of hacks coming in from afar, and a specious hot tip from some guy at the bar. The… Read More ›
Jon Cowden of #Anonymous Back in Custody, Being Moved to St. Louis
Well, he had a job. He had a car. He had a home. He even had a dog. And now he has a long Con Air flight to St. Louis from San Diego ahead of him, because he also had… Read More ›
Interwebbed #Cyber and #Crypto #News for August 25
Today is the first day of the rest of your week. How’s it going so far? Did your boss ask why your email address is in the Ashley Madison dumps? Did your WIFE? Has Russia blocked your website today (it’s… Read More ›
#Reddit Wars: #Anonymous Subreddit Pranked, Converted to Furry Forum
What would Guy Fawkes do? He’d probably clutch his pearls and ruffle and swoon clean away. The Internet’s Front Page, ie Reddit, has converted the relatively popular r/Anonymous subreddit from a hacktivism-centric zone for political and elitist poo-flinging into a…forum… Read More ›
Interwebbed #Cyber and #Crypto #News for August 20
The Ashley Madison dump continues to leak, in a denouement exactly as savory as its mission statement. Journalists continue to be murdered. Drones continue to get hacked. Prisoners continue getting shot by police. And Cryptospherian kittens keep on reading about… Read More ›
Tortured
Originally posted on The Gad About Town:
The cane broke. Isn’t that all we need to know? The switch broke. Raymond Johansen allowed himself to be tortured yesterday in solidarity with Saudi writer Raif Badawi. He was hit 50 times…
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