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 ›
Crime
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 ›
Industrial Sabotage, Lumberjack Style!
Well, it’s a truism well-known to journalists worldwide that, when you are in need of a story, ask a taxi driver. And so it proved on Saturday, when I took a cab and obtained the following tale of industrial espionage,… 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 ›
Numbers: A heavy stone
“What happens when a new work of art is created is something that happens simultaneously to all the works of art that proceeded it. “ — T.S. Eliot “Nach Auschwitz ein Gedicht zu schreiben ist barbarisch.” — Theodor Adorno … Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for November 7
TGIF, kittens! Just think, some day when the world is fair and just and your (space) ship has come in and we’re all working two hour days and farting around on Fark the rest of the time, we’ll all have… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Exclusive: The Legendary #Anonymous Paypal 14 Speak Out Post-Sentencing
Yesterday the famous Paypal 14 hacktivists were sentenced: all their felony charges were dropped, leaving them with misdemeanors and a bill for restitution. The Cryptosphere correspondent Douglas Lucas was the only journalist actually present at the sentencing. Since the conditions… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Halloween
Happy Halloween, kittens! Before you go out a-haunting this evening, it’s best to catch up on your cybernews, for safety’s sake. You never know who you might meet out there in the darkness: A would-be loverboy ready to sell you… Read More ›
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