Happy Wednesday, kittens! Did you remember, remember, to take the time yesterday to remember what has been lost and what has been gained in battles throughout history, geography, religion and the Internet? Those who do not understand the past are… Read More ›
If you were trying to get the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, you couldn’t do much better than Blake Benthall, alleged (and, as of today, indicted) founder of the Silk Road 2.0 online drug marketplace. Silk Road 2.0 arose,… Read More ›
Just FYI Anonymous isn’t really holding your PC for ransom. A friend just got this email, CryptoWall virus, claiming to be from Anonymous. http://t.co/1BZIzASwcE #fail #Anonymous (Do not pay them) — Gregg Housh (@GreggHoush) November 2, 2014 Gregg Housh has… Read More ›
ObeyParty666:It’s a 24-hour fundraiser with an ambitious goal: to get the Paypal 14 closer to paying off the $86,000 restitution. The Paypal 14, you’ll recall (or fake it if you don’t) were charged with participating in the 2010 DDoS attack… Read More ›
After the most recent Hamas/IDF conflict, the people of the Gaza Strip had a heavy job to rebuild, never sure if THIS was the ceasefire that would hold as so many did not. #GazaRebirth, a new initiative by activists both inside… Read More ›
Legendary anarchist Emma Goldman would never have expected better treatment, but then she was a cynic. As JWeekly reports, the Berkeley offices of the Emma Goldman Papers project are set to close and the fate of the archive itself is… Read More ›
What do you mean? It is TOO hacking-related. Wait till you learn how great art is used to launder drug money, how it’s exchanged for illegal weapons, how it’s sanitized as it travels up the chain from B&E artiste to… Read More ›
Good afternoon, kittens! We had a lovely morning doing CPR on our apparently-deceased laptop and then heartlessly arranging for a replacement, all without spending a dime. Not as easy as it looks, particularly before the first coffee of the day…. Read More ›
Well kittens, there’s light and no other word for it. Yesterday your humble editor had the great honour of turning down the first offer for The Cryptosphere. True, it was a merger rather than a buyout, but we’ve studied our… Read More ›
It’s hump day, kittens! Have you been humping along well so far this week? Terrific. Now get off my leg. It’s your favorite time of day; no, not beer o’clock. Unless you’re bohemian that way and like to start… Read More ›
Welcome to Tuesday! While you were asleep a great number of very interesting things happened. And here they all are! US attacks foreigners: FBI warns of a retaliatory flood of hacktivism (but wait, I thought Anonymous was anti-ISIS? Could this be… Read More ›
The stereotype of the “Welfare Queen” actually applies more to the behaviour of Billionaires than to The Poors, according to two recent studies. It’s ironic that these two articles would come across the transom on the same day, but it’s… Read More ›
Welcome to our late afternoon double-stacked linkdump. The Cryptosphere has finally moved into the new offices, shared with an unnamed community radio station, and they are swank indeed. I could podcast to my heart’s content with this setup, if it weren’t heavy… Read More ›
Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground is the story of a morally ambiguous protagonist who was never, not for one second, morally ambiguous in his own mind. The story of a man who stole tens of… Read More ›
Well kittens, it’s Hump Day and we hope you’re humping along just fine this week. If not, we hope this gif offers you solace and inspiration, much like the Julian Assange post from yesterday. Here are some news stories to… Read More ›
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