Hector Xavier Monsegur, better known as the Anonymous, LulzSec, and AntiSec firebrand turned FBI informant Sabu, is back on Twitter. Many thanks to @danstuckey for getting this account back after 3 years of dormancy. https://t.co/Nwv66yMVTe #IMBAAAAAAACCKKK — Hector X. Monsegur… Read More ›
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Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for June 3
Did you miss us, kittens? First we were at Social Media Camp, then we spent a week in the arms of our old friend Post-Conference Flu, then ALL THREE of our computers died THANKS OBAMA, and now we’re back. For… Read More ›
Matt DeHart’s Case on AnonUK Radio
This past Sunday your humble editor was a guest, along with Cryptospherians Raymond Johansen and Kitty Hundal, on Anon UK Radio. The cast of characters includes The Dread Pirate Bailey, StLouisGal, your host G3arhead, your other host T0p, and regular… Read More ›
Enforced Transparency 4 – The Whistleblowers Bravery
This is another in the ongoing series on Enforced Transparency by Raymond Johansen and Kitty Hundal, featured here on the Cryptosphere as well as their own site, HacktivistCulture, with related articles on the Fifth Column News, and HackRead. This article… Read More ›
#Pwnd: Lauri Love, Accused Hacker, Forces Government to Return Seized Computers
Lauri Love, the Brit/Scot/Finn accused of hacking into multiple US government computers including those of NASA, the EPA, the US Army, the New York Federal Reserve Bank, and the US Missile Defence System, has successfully confronted the UK government, and… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber & Crypto News for May 8
Close the book on this week, she’s a goner! Only eight more measly hours until sweet, sweet freedom during which we recover spiritual and physical strength to do it all over again. Or just top up our blood alcohol levels… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber & Crypto News for May 4
Welcome to Malware Monday, kittens! Don’t worry, we’re going to run out of these catchy, alliterative, and totally arbitrary keywords soon, but in the meantime, let’s get a fresh cup of java and prepare for the work week. It promises… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber & Crypto News for April 27
Black hat, grey hat, white hat, or Guy Fawkes mask, it’s time to gird your cranium and throw yourself headlong into the work week. We at The Cryptosphere Global HQ have been very busy on a couple of special projects… Read More ›
The Hacker Wars: #Anonymous United, Divided, Arrested
The Hacker Wars, a documentary by Vivien Lesnik Weisman, features Barrett Brown, Joe Fionda/Subverzo, Jeremy Hammond, and essentially everyone who was anyone in the Anonymous hacktivism scene in 2012-2013. It had a limited run in theatres earlier this year and has… Read More ›
Lorraine @raincoaster Murphy on AnonUK Radio: #Anonymous Haters Gonna Hate
There was a little kerfuffle in the interwebs recently, kittens, and your humble editor was at the centre of it, thanks to an interview last month with Passcode journalist (and Cryptosphere pal) Fruzsina Eordogh for an article called The Great… Read More ›
#WikiLeaks Releases All the Hacked Sony Emails and Documents
Blame Korea! No, blame the FBI! No, blame disgruntled employees! No, blame Sabu! Whoever hacked Sony late last year, releasing tantalizingly gossipy emails that ultimately cost Amy Pascal her career there, they can now add “edited and distributed by WikiLeaks”… Read More ›
#Sabu Week Bonus: Adrian Lamo is Bradley Manning; Sabu is not Adrian Lamo
Definitely the Facebook post of the Day, coming to us direct from Norwegian Pirate Party activist Raymond Johansen: In case that doesn’t load for you, it says: This is #SnitchDay | now here is Snitch vs “Snitch” competing to see… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for April 9
We’re baaaaaaack! After chasing a couple of stories far too hard we are back, with all the cyber news that IS cyber news and also buzzwords, hashtags, and jargon to boot! D’oh, I always forget to put the keywords in… Read More ›
Welcome to America: Paul and Leann DeHart Cross the Border Today
Today at 10:30am Eastern Standard Time, Paul and Leann DeHart, parents of imprisoned Anon and ex-US-soldier Matt DeHart, will cross back over the Peace Bridge from Canada, the land in which they’d hoped to build a new life free of… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for March 31
It’s Random Attack Day, kittens! Why does China hate Github? Why does the Ukraine hate Rutgers? Why do Anons hate Anons? Bloggers jailed! Protesters kettled! Of our several-day involuntary hiatus from the interwebs we shall not speak, except to say… Read More ›