On Thursday, February 5, OpFunKill, the anti-hunting branch of hacktivist group Anonymous, changed its stripes temporarily, becoming OpTigerStorm, and nearly swallowing the internet whole. Still trending… 5.5 hours. Sleeps. Tell me when it stops, or better still keep it trending… Read More ›
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#Anonymous Comes to the Aid of Endangered Swedish Wolves with #SaveSweWolves
UPDATE: Part II here. Never mess with a Spirit Animal. The wolf is a hunter; so are many Swedes. And so is Anonymous. For the second time in two years, a global group of hacktivists including significant support from… Read More ›
#Anonymous Issues Terrifying Electronic Armageddon Video: Are You Paranoid Enough?
No. No, you are not. The month-old AnonSec 101/SteelBAileY account has uploaded a new 11-minute video to YouTube, focused on how-to’s for Operational Security (OpSec) at protests, in “civilian” life, and online. And it is terrifying. UPDATE: Thanks to commenter… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Jan 8
“Religion, a medieval form of unreason, when combined with modern weaponry becomes a real threat to our freedoms. This religious totalitarianism has caused a deadly mutation in the heart of Islam and we see the tragic consequences in Paris today…. Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 18
Aha! We knew he was working for someone! Well, kittens, now that we’ve cracked that case, let’s turn our eyes to other outrages and crimes against humanity, by which we mean everything from Assange’s Santa beard on down. Eggnog in… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for December 9
Happy Tuesday, kittens! Things got a little out of hand at Cryptosphere Global HQ last night, but as you can see order has been restored and everything is once again under control. Also, lunch will be provided by the management… Read More ›
The People Want to Be Able to Live
This is a repost of Hamilton Nolan’s article of the same title on Gawker (not a lot of crossover in audiences, I’m thinking). Nolan has long cataloged the crimes of corporate and individual overlords and the economic and security losses… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for Dec 8
Merry Monday, kittens! Were you office partying over the weekend like the rest of us? The strangest people showed up at the party, but then that’s the holiday chaos for you. In this world of Heraclitian turmoil, there’s one thing… Read More ›
Numbers: The Mandelbrot Set
“Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.” – Latin saying “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr An eternity of waves tattoos the sand In foam, embroiders it with seaweed, scarifies and brands The verge… Read More ›
Essential #Ferguson Documents: Grand Jury Transcript, Evidence, Witness Interviews
There are hundreds of pages of information here, thoughtfully collated by the court transcriptionist and uploaded by St. Louis Public Radio. Surely there are by now tens of thousands of analysis and recapping pieces on the internet, but here is… Read More ›
Best Images from #Anonymous #OpKKK
Okay, maybe Anonymous didn’t really hijack the KKK’s Twitter account, but they scored one hell of a propaganda victory by convincing most news junkies that they had. And this is just plain funny. If you’ve been hiding under a rock… Read More ›
Tsunami of Support for #OpKillingBay from #Anonymous
Save the Whales! And the Dolphins too! It’s a nearly 40-year-old war cry from Greenpeace, and on Friday the 14th of November it was taken up (again) by Anonymous, as their #OpKillingBay topped trending lists worldwide in a Tweetstorm tsunami. #OpKillingBay… Read More ›
Eight Lessons Learned from the Million Mask March
This is cross-posted (thanks to CC licensing) from The AntiMedia: a stunningly practical and intelligent list of eight key principles to keep in mind when attending protests IRL. If you and your cohort follow these tips, you’ll dramatically impact the… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for October 30
Welcome to All Hallows Eve Eve. Have you got your costume ready? Which is it to be: InfoSec Taylor Swift or Slutty Jian Ghomeshi? Perhaps an ISIS Social Media Consultant, with burnoose in a QR code pattern. If you’re all… Read More ›
Interwebbed: Cyber and Crypto News for October 29
Happy hump day, kittens! Grab yourself some warming caffeine and settle in for your morning homework. Hey, what are commutes for, amirite? That’s right: they are a carefully socially engineered phenomenon designed specifically to give North America and Europe enough… Read More ›