Adrian Lamo died earlier this week, cause of death to be determined.
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PODCAST: Vince in the Bay meets Hector “Sabu” Monsegur, ex-#Anonymous
As the year declines towards its end and we look towards the new year with new hope, let us not forget our past. And let us never forget Hector “Sabu” Monsegur’s past and what it means to our present. Here… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 2
Interwebbed is back, bitches! Bringing you all the breaking ISIS/Surveillance Elf negotiations as they happen (or a couple of days after, whatever, like we’d miss the little snitch). And all the rest of the top cyber and crypto news as… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Nov 19
Anonymous vs ISIS, round whatever round it is now. FBI pays 15,000 snitches to tattle on those pesky vegans. New app lets you beat the crap out of Donald Trump for prizes. All this and more in our Thursday news… Read More ›
DiscordiAnon on #LulzSec, #AntiSec, and #Anonymous
LulzSec, AntiSec, Anonymous: these are names to conjur with, in 2015. You should have seen them in 2011, at their height: Discordian did. He was there, at the time, the one the hackers went to for elegantly coherent video statements,… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber and Crypto News for Oct 29
Happy Thursday, kittens! Got your Edward Snowdenhands costume all ready? Or going as a Cyberpunk Senior? Me, I’m digging out my old mouse ears, a 5XL tee, and a lavalier mic, taping a couple of honey buns to my hands… Read More ›
Journalist and Accused #Anonymous Collaborator Matthew Keys Awaits Verdict—UPDATE: Guilty!
That was bullshit. — Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) October 7, 2015 Matthew Keys’ fate is out of his hands. Possibly for the next several decades. Keys, a self-made meteor who’d rocketed to significant heights in the social media news desk firmament,… 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 June 21
Still hungover from Suits and Spooks (and Snitches?)? Us too, kittens. Now it’s time for healing, resting, and conserving our strength for CCC in August. Everyone’s least-favorite snitch will be there, so be sure to have the proper attire on… 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 11
Top of the morning to you, kittens! We chez Cryptosphere always like to start off the day by looking at a well-dressed man, and if we didn’t happen to stock the HQ with one the night before, well, we have… Read More ›
Interwebbed Cyber & Crypto News for June 8
Okay, so it’s Monday, and that’s never good, but at least you’re not in Syria, right? 22 air strikes and counting. Well, back here where it’s comfy and safe, sometimes too comfy and safe, we can read the news instead… Read More ›
#BreakTheInternet: #Anonymous Sabu is Back, Bitches!
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 ›
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 ›