Or both. Are there any readers out there old enough to remember the story of the original Too Smart and Too Big to Fail money manager, Nobel-prizewinner-packed Long Term Capital Management? It didn’t last in the long term at all, ironically…. Read More ›
When we were kids we had imaginary friends. Then we grew up and gave those childish things up in favour of following satirical Twitter accounts like respectable grown-ups. Let’s talk to one of them, shall we? Officer GoFuckYourself, on duty… Read More ›
Today we present a charming and informative Defcon talk from Gene Bransfield of Tenacity Solutions. The subject is the very straightforward “Weaponizing Your Pets” which is something I’m sure we have all wished to do from time to time, making… Read More ›
Welcome to your week. Somebody was surely shot over the weekend, but as far as we know there haven’t been any riots over it, so this week is already better than last week, right? Right? Clutching at straws here, people…. Read More ›
Great news: It’s FRIDAY! You don’t have to go on. You can just sip your coffee and peruse some of the most interesting news headlines in all of the cybersphere and cryptoworld. Then unplug for two straight days and pretend… Read More ›
The Anonymous Justice Operation OpFerguson came together and gelled in the time Michael Brown’s body was still lying on the ground after his shooting at the hands of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Since that time the Twitter account has been one of… Read More ›
We might as well make Ferguson its own column here, as half the daily links seem to be Fergified. Mind you, if they keep arresting the reporters, there will soon be less Ferguson news. Police Officer to Media in Ferguson:… Read More ›
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has revealed that between 2010 and 2013 it has been hacked three times successfully, with 17 attempts in total. Oddly, while the story is given prominent play on the UK Huffington Post, a search of the… Read More ›
Today’s links are all about war, war, cyberwar, protests, militarization, war, Bitcoin, and war. Make that latte a double; you’re gonna need it! The Americans are coming! The Americans are coming! To wipe out your pirate sites! (Torrentfreak) The Electronic… Read More ›
Well, short form: Nobody knows. Long form: Nobody knows but there are plenty of possible causes for the fact Bitcoin dropped a quarter of its value and fell through to the $400 benchmark. Everything tied to the Bitcoin math similarly… Read More ›
He says he will actually walk out a free man “soon,” but not for the reason Rupert Murdoch’s newspapers claim, ill-health. His lawyer told RT he isn’t going anywhere. After two years snugly corralled in the Ecuadorian embassy in London,… Read More ›
With no hacker conference this weekend, the news roundup will be sparser than it has been lately; not so many companies rushing to patch holes featured at presentations, you see. Not so many presenters announcing news bombs like “1.4 billion… Read More ›
Matt DeHart, a former American drone pilot and soldier and past participant in Anonymous actions, is in prison in Canada, awaiting extradition to the US, which seeks him on child pornography charges, charges he and his family claim are a… Read More ›
Between the exciting news in WikiLeaks wear, playing whack-a-mole with trolls, and the ongoing saga in Ferguson, Missouri, it’s been a busy day chez Cryptosphere, and speaking of penniless hobos we got paid so we are off to drown our… Read More ›
UPDATE: aaaand just as we hit Publish, Anonymous has taken the Ferguson City website and the St Louis County website offline. Anonymous has been busy over the last day or so, working on OpFerguson, the operation designed to bring justice… Read More ›
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