I’m 90% sure that GIF conversation was transcribed verbatim. We’re very fond of Bjork chez Cryptosphere, because reasons, and so our Monday cyberwar and hacktivism news links for today are dedicated to her unique brand of “crazy-like-an-arctic-fox.” Indeed, are we… Read More ›
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Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 23
We made it to Friday again, kittens! Another work week behind us, another 48 hours of R&R to be anticipated, one mere shift away. Can you make it till then? You can, with the help of these news links. Wouldn’t… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 22
Did you miss us, kittens? We went away for a whole week and then took some hardware-failure-induced time off from doing our news roundup, but we’re back and, as you can see, quite excited about it. To your stations, everyone…. Read More ›
Muslim Hacking Crew The Intrud3rs Attacks, Defaces NASA sites, French Universities
Well, this is a new one: a Muslim hacker crew attacking the US because they believe the US created ISIS, and ISIS makes Muslims look bad. And then moving on to French universities in protest of what they say are… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 7
Is the week over? Are we there yet, kittens? We at The Cryptosphere Global HQ are somewhat distracted lately. Between hardware crashes and CMS’s failing to M, let alone Control S, we’re about fed up with technology lately, and if… Read More ›
Meet Jpeg James, Canada’s Most Mysterious Candidate!
In this groundbreaking article Vancouver eminence grise and literatus extraordinaire Sean Cranbury lays out a devastatingly effective campaign plan for the Conservatives’ most mysterious candidate in the upcoming federal election, Jpeg James Low, the almost-certainly-doomed Tory candidate for Vancouver East…. Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 6
Two days into the week and already I’m dreaming of being rescued by Laser Girl here. You can tell she’s badass by the rollerskates. Badasses love rollerskates. FACT. Until she skates into each of our lives, we have the soothing… Read More ›
A Greater Giving Potential: Introducing Micro-Donations by AnonyOdinn
This is a reprint from the Anony Odinn blog at Cyberguerrilla, another in Odinn’s ongoing series of boundary-pushing alt-finance posts. In some previous posts to this blog (1, 2), I have alluded to the compassion and microgiving potential being developed… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 5
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 ›
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 ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Sept 29
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 ›
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 ›
Film Friday Pairing: Battle Angel Alita and the Angel Face Cocktail
Battle Angel Alita is a 1993 cyberpunk anime film with a persistent, eloquent presence on “Most Underrated” lists. It’s due for a James Cameron-directed live action update next year, and we at Cryptosphere Global HQ sincerely join hands and bow… 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 ›