Yesterday a small Milwaukee security company of which you have probably never heard broke the news that a group of nameless twentysomething Russian hackers had acquired a collection of 1.2 billion username/password combinations, the largest such collection in history. The internet,… Read More ›
Long Reads
Stop The Power: How to Do Business Without Banks
Today we welcome a repost of a very interesting guide to going off the Big Bank Grid thanks to our friend AnonyOdinn. Could this be the solution to transaction stacking, conspiracy, and endless fees for using your own money? We… Read More ›
State Department Leaked Talking Points: Read Them Here
“This report tells a story of which no American is proud.” Unnamed, Presumably Now Mortified, US State Department Employee Indeed, the faceless employee was referring to the story of the CIA’s systematic use of torture to interrogate prisoners, but he… Read More ›
Cryptome Kills the Kickstarter: an interview with John Young
Send us material venal cowards dare not publish — see note below about perfidy of pols, lawyers, journalists, NGOs. You owe it to the fucked over public or shut your shop. John Young, Cryptome.org Who doesn’t want your money? Cryptome.org,… Read More ›
Report from HOPE X: Surveillance, Snowden, Stratfor and Surprises
HOPE X, which took place in New York this past weekend, is one of the premiere events of the hacker calendar. The Cryptosphere correspondent Douglas Lucas was there, presenting on a panel, schmoozing over sushi, sneaking into the press room,… Read More ›
Anonymous: Behind the mask with Kylie Ochoa
Anonymous is, yes, Anonymous. Legion. An Idea. Sure, but only until its carbon-based avatars get run to Earth and shown to the world via poorly-lit and unflattering mugshots. Lets meet one, shall we? Kylie Ochoa is the proud parent of… Read More ›