As usual, frequent contributor and cryptocurrency philosopher/mage Nozomi Hayase has gone deep into the heart of the recent Bitcoin existential crisis, and come up with some powerful insights. Whether you’re gripped by fear, paralyzed by confusion, or dazzled by the… Read More ›
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#LaLoche School Shooting: Suspect ‘opened fire in the building’
According to reports, there was an altercation at a nearby home on Dene Road, La Loche, after which the suspect, an as-yet-unidentified young male, walked over to the school (which houses all grades, from nursery school to Grade 12) and… Read More ›
Review: Cybercrimes Is for Chavs OR: Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersley Ain’t Good
This review of the BBC’s “Cybercrimes” documentary series is by the talented, entertaining, and really, really angry Matthew D. Phelan. Upon re-reading this empassioned screed, our humble scribe re-watched a few episodes, thinking, “It can’t really be as bad as… Read More ›
The Ashley Madison Hack, as explained by weev
It’s the weev show! The world’s most famous troll explains the infamous Ashley Madison cheating site hack and leak. He’s done it in the form of a monologue on YouTube because as he explained on Twitter, Vice asked him for… Read More ›
The Registered Voter Leak: Big Deal or No Big Deal?
This controversial op/ed analysis of the recent, and substantial, leak of registered voter information, comes to us from Dominick Bruno. It is his first contribution to The Cryptosphere, so let’s make him welcome. On December 28th, the internet was… Read More ›
Syria #TANGODOWN: an interview with bangstress aka @AR_Talents on #OpDDoSISIS
As of 15 minutes ago: All #opDDoSISIS target websites were offline, will check again in a bit. @anonzeus3 — bangstress (@AR_Talents) December 24, 2015 Can one person, even one team, take down an entire nation’s internet? According to AnonyInfo yesterday, yes, and… Read More ›
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 ›
#WikiLeaks attacked by Our_Mine: Our_Mine attacked by AnonyInfo of #Anonymous
It all started the afternoon of December 20. And, like most interpersonal spats today, it began on social media. Attacking @wikileaks https://t.co/2nPfgwkRBd pic.twitter.com/P6fTwfl5Kl — ⚠ OurMine Team ⚠ (@Our_Mine) December 20, 2015 . @wikileaks is still down ! Still attacking…..!!! https://t.co/2nPfgwkRBd… Read More ›
Exclusive: Lorax, #Anonymous Hacktivist, Pleads to Six Charges
Adam John Bennett aka Lorax, famed former host of Lorax Live on RadioAnonOps, has pled guilty to six charges; sentencing will be in March of 2016. A source close to the case has filled in details which have long been… Read More ›
Geek Gift Guide: The Cluster Bomb Drinks Cabinet
Check out this bad boy, the perfect pressie for the gaudy Bond villain in your life! For only £60,500.00 or $91,960.00 (tax included! but what dictator pays taxes???) it can be yours, or your boss’s, or Eric Prince‘s although surely he already… Read More ›
FreeAnons Holiday Writing Event: Send a Card to an Imprisoned #Anonymous Activist
In another guest post reposted from FreeAnons, the FreeAnons organization would like to encourage you to take a moment and a spare holiday card and write to an incarcerated Anon. Some hacktivists spend years in pre-trial custody, often in solitary… Read More ›
#Kitteh Emergency! Cheetah on the loose in the Kootenays (yes, Canada)
Ah, the great Canuckistan Cheetah, fabled hunter of the Kootenay mountain range of BC. It seems like forever since there’s been a sighting…because it has been! While the gorgeous cats, fastest sprinters on the planet, have been domesticated for over… Read More ›
Lauri Love asks for Letters of Support in lieu of cards on his birthday
Well that’s a hell of a headline to have to write, but there it is: accused hacker, Occupy activist, and sometime Cryptosphere contributor Lauri Love’s 31st birthday was December 14, yesterday, and a man with almost 5000 Facebook friends, plus… Read More ›
Alert the #Internet! There’s been a #Kitteh-napping! Where’s #Anonymous when you need them?
DO YOU KNOW THIS YOUNG WOMAN??? Kittens, have we got a story for you today. Sharpen your claws, justice needs justicein’. The woman pictured was observed on October 24th browsing in a Langley (exurban Vancouver) Value Village thrift shop with… Read More ›
Do Not Forgive. Do Not Forget Incarcerated #Anonymous
This post comes to us from FreeAnons, a group which does great work all year round supporting incarcerated Anons and those under threat of incarceration. They have asked that we all take a moment to think of those Anons, and… Read More ›