Have the android bring a round of doppios. It’s only Tuesday, thankfully International Coffee Day, and we can already tell it’s gonna be a long week. Where’s the damn bot with those espressos already? What’s Italian for “four shots and… Read More ›
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Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Sept 28
Did you get offline long enough to see the SuperBloodMoonClipse last night? Did you at least Instagram it? We didn’t: we were inside swearing at our crashy compy and at all the stories that broke over the weekend, once again… Read More ›
#FreeAnakata wins: Gottfrid Svartholm Released from Prison
The Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg aka anakata is now free. As of Saturday, September 26, 2015, his long legal tug-of-war with the governments of Sweden, Denmark, the US, and Cambodia has (at least temporarily) come to an end…. 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 ›
Taiwan, Hong Kong Also Affected by #FacebookDown, China Apparently Unaffected
We have an update to our earlier story about the worldwide Facebook outages September 23/24 called #FacebookDown. That attack was attributed to unnamed and as-yet-unidentified hacktivists by Pirate Party activist and Cryptosphere contributor Raymond Johansen, and to an unheard-of collective… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for September 11
We made it to Friday, kittens! With a little help from a long weekend and a LOT of technical difficulties, the posting schedule has been inadvertently light at Cryptosphere Global HQ this week, and for that we apologize. Still thanks… Read More ›
Interwebbed #Cyber and #Crypto #News for Sept 9
I know, kittens, that’s a huge GIF, but that’s a huge message, isn’t it? Rest in peace, Rowdy Roddy, our greatest hero. Next to Rowsdower. Zap Rowsdower. America gets the government it deserves, but Canada gets the heroes it needs,… Read More ›
Numbers: Two Dead in Virginia
Give sorrow words. – William Shakespeare Every death’s a knot, A thorn that snags the soul. I sing my grief into the ground And cover up the hole. No simple anodyne, These actions that we take To sanctify the absences… Read More ›
Interwebbed #Cyber and #Crypto #News for Sept 4
Whee, kittens! It’s Friday! Let’s celebrate and spread the kawaii luv with ISIS Chan, seen here with her identical twin bringing the “Yayyyyy” factor to an otherwise dour meeting of Daesh fighters. We at Cryptosphere World Headquarters are atoning for… Read More ›
Interwebbed #Cyber and #Crypto #News for Sept 3
Today’s link roundup is brought to you by the Letters inspired by Mail to the Jail, the Number of Black and First Nations People Shot by Police, and by the Concept of Plausible Deniability. Smeared by Iran’s State-Run Media: A Journal… 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 August 31
Happy Monday, kittens? It’s going to be Monday all day, and how do we feel about that? A little glitchy ourselves, no doubt. Well, we are here for you. In fact, we were here for you on the weekend covering… Read More ›
Hamza Bendelladj NOT Sentenced to Death for SpyEye Virus
No, contrary to a sudden flurry of loosely-sourced articles in the hacker and Muslim press, Hamza Bendelladj aka Bx1, spammer and co-creator of the SpyEye virus, has not been sentenced to death by a US jury. In fact, he hasn’t… Read More ›
Numbers: Badawi to His Torturers
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. – Psalm 84:7 Cracking and shattering, Shoulders and ribcages Stronger than oak under Cane after cane: “Pain is the weaponry Favored by weaklings and Strength… 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 ›