“Death is nothing to us.” – Lucretius There was a time When movies played Our dreams and crimes In light and shade. Who made the movies Made the world, From winorlose To boymeetsgirl, Like Fox and Mayer, Lang, Renoir, De… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 18
Aha! We knew he was working for someone! Well, kittens, now that we’ve cracked that case, let’s turn our eyes to other outrages and crimes against humanity, by which we mean everything from Assange’s Santa beard on down. Eggnog in… Read More ›
Barrett Brown Sentencing Delayed Until Next Year
Well, if you want to be technical it’s set for January 22. For now. The reason Barrett Brown’s sentencing is set for January 22, 2015 instead of December 16, 2014 as it was originally, is that on December 16 the… Read More ›
Happy Birthday Chelsea
Happy 27th Birthday to American whistleblower and hero (or traitor; opinions vary although this one is wrong) Chelsea Manning. It’s a birthday Manning celebrates in custody, as she has every birthday of the last four; she can anticipate many more,… Read More ›
Barrett Brown of #Anonymous Sentenced Today: Watch the Full Arrest Video
And by “full” we mean with several minutes of post-arrest porn cut out of it. Yes, this is what happens when you get busted and manhandled by the Federal Bureau of Investigations: people in your chat session upload porn while… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Monday, Dec 15
Hello again, kittens! Did you miss me while I was on my gloriously luxurious, if fever-ridden, hiatus? Well, I still have the fever but I don’t have the time off anymore, so here we are. Naturally, when I came across… Read More ›
Numbers: Schrödinger’s Cat
“I must be cruel, only to be kind.” – William Shakespeare For this is journalism: X was true, but Y wasn’t, Here a church, there a prison. Instead, Jackie’s in a box, A topological hex, That kills as often as… Read More ›
The Dream Leads to Nowhere: The Farcical Use of the #Anonymous Collective’s Imagery to Instill Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt in Corporate Warfare
Cryptospherians, please welcome back Crypto-pal @GonzoPhD, who has offered up this false-flag operation as an instructional example of internet fail. It originally appeared on the Grey Coat Labs blog. Don’t poke the Internet Hate Machine or you’ll have worse problems… Read More ›
The People Want to Be Able to Live
This is a repost of Hamilton Nolan’s article of the same title on Gawker (not a lot of crossover in audiences, I’m thinking). Nolan has long cataloged the crimes of corporate and individual overlords and the economic and security losses… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 5
Happy Friday, kittens! Are you as plugged in and illuminated as this somewhat-alarmed gent? If not, we have the cure for that: our Friday link roundup! All the cryptonews you need to get your weekend started. Someone was Indicted in… Read More ›
Infographic: Biggest CyberSecurity Attacks in History
An interesting, but arguable, infographic coming to us today from the Financial Times. Is Kevin Mitnick really bigger than the guys that hacked Target, Home Depot, Bebe, and virtually every fast food restaurant in the US? I think he’s just… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 4
Getting into holiday mode, kittens? We here at Cryptosphere Global HQ are celebrating the season by coming down with whatever bug that is that gives you a hangover when you’ve only drunk tea and causes you to sleep as though… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 3
Happy hump day, kittens. I don’t know what it’s like chez vous, but chez moi it’s frosty enough to rime your reason, particularly before the first coffee of the day. In consequence, I will be writing up today’s news links… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 2
Happy Tuesday, kittens! After some delays and detours caused by hardware failure, travel, and a teensy police incident, your Cryptosphere is back, baby! Didja miss us? Today we are coming to you from the retro-swank lobby of Hotel Zed in… Read More ›
Calling #Anonymous #OpSafeWinter: #Ferguson Police Request Handouts on #Thanksgiving
You might think, with an average salary of $28,000, almost $10,000 above the median in town, that Ferguson, Missouri police might be able to supply the bare necessities for themselves. If the individual falls a little short, you (you socialist,… Read More ›
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