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 ›
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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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Exclusive Interview with #Anonymous Activists Kitty Hundal and Lauri #NoLove4USGov Love on #Donate11 Campaign
The Cryptosphere is in the unusual position of occasionally featuring several of its contributors not only as writers but also as, ahem, material. Here, we catch up with Cryptospherians Kitty Hundal, author and activist, and Lauri Love, currently battling a US… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for July 20
The great thing about hitting rock bottom is, there’s nowhere to go but up, right kittens? So this week it’s all uphill compared to last. Yay? We hope you’ve got a bracing beverage by your side, a good breakfast in… Read More ›
Alleged Hacker Lauri Love Arrested in UK: US Demands Extradition
Cryptosphere contributor, Occupy stalwart, and dedicated Adrian Lamo heckler Lauri Love has been arrested in the UK, and after two years of sparring, a request for extradition has been filed by the US. He faces no charges in the United Kingdom:… Read More ›
Interwebbed #Cyber and #Crypto #News for July 9
Welcome back, kittens! We have been extremely involuntarily offline thanks to our laptop taking a Negroni directly to the keyboard. Sticky cocktails do not a happy laptop make: who knew? After giving it a good vodka chaser (well, rubbing alcohol,… Read More ›
Aaron Swartz: A Reminder
Aaron Swartz was truly The Internet’s Own Boy. And they truly did kill him. Driven to suicide by the prospect of decades in prison for merely accessing thousands of protected academic journals in line with the “information wants to be… Read More ›
Film Friday: The Hacker Wars of #Anonymous
Of The Hacker Wars we have spoken oft before: the documentary by Vivien Lesnik Wiseman is the definitive cinematic depiction of the golden days of hacktivism, LulzSec, AntiSec, and the rest, and also of their inevitable fall. A fall, we… Read More ›
#Anonymous vs #Sabu: Protest and Tweetstorm Coming to Suits and Spooks NYC
We all know kittens love rats! This Saturday at 3pm we will all find out just how much, when Hector Xavier Monsegur aka Sabu, the most hated man in the world of hacktivism, takes the stage at the Suits and… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 18
Hello again, and welcome to another edition of Thursday. It’s an unusually lively day, cyberwar- and hacktivism-wise, so let’s get right to it. It’s late, so we are just going to assume you’re sufficiently caffeinated; we can’t hold your hand… Read More ›
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