Tag: cyberattack
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#MorningMonarchy: August 5, 2026
Supermassive monster, forest fire lemonade and friable plasma layer + this day in history w/food bank robbery and our song of the day by Luke Nickle on your #MorningMonarchy for August 5, 2026.
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AC/DC Virus Hits Iran Nuke Plants
An Internet security company says it received a report nuclear plants in Iran were hit by a virus that makes their computers play music by the rock band AC/DC.
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Obama Lights the ‘Flame’: From ‘Virtual War’ To Military Conflict
#Video: Obama Ordered Cyber Attacks Against Iran from brasschecktv.com: Over a year ago the Pentagon announced that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war and could lead to military conflict. Now it has been ‘leaked’ that Obama ordered and even escalated cyber attacks against Iran. So what comes next? Video:…
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#LulzSec hackers charged after ringleader turns #informant
LulzSec leader #Sabu was working for us, says #FBI from usatoday: Five members of the elite hacking group LulzSec have been charged with cyberattacks following an international investigation in a which a ringleader of the global organization began secretly working as an FBI informant, authorities announced today. An indictment unsealed in New York says Hector…
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12/8 defcon: kepler, voyager, zynga & more
new planet an earth-like world, 600 light-years away?* video: new planet eerily like earth* nasa spacecraft ‘voyager 1’ exploring solar system’s edge* video: surfer blood ‘voyager reprise’* iran shows intact drone, boasts of cyberattack* house cyber panel chair says put dhs over cybersecurity* on facebook, nypd officers maligned west indian paradegoers* oregon judge rules bloggers…
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feds deny water utility hack
DHS & FBI dismiss foreign cyberattack as cause of Illinois utility water pump failure, reports TG Daily. The alphabet agencies conclude there’s no evidence to support earlier claims! SCADA security expert Joe Weiss, concerned about the lack of timely notification of threats to infrastructure, remains skeptical of latest DHS statements. In a followup WashPo article,…
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US weighed use of cyberattacks to weaken libya
from nytimes: Just before the American-led strikes against Libya in March, the Obama administration intensely debated whether to open the mission with a new kind of warfare: a cyberoffensive to disrupt and even disable the Qaddafi government’s air-defense system, which threatened allied warplanes. While the exact techniques under consideration remain classified, the goal would have…
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china on the cyberattack!
Is it the law of the jungle or just payback? China internet buzz set off rumors of cyberattacks on Japan commemorating, on Sept 18th, 80th anniversary of the Manchurian Incident. The Telegraph article reports: “the attacks took place on Saturday and Sunday… and affected the sites of the National Personnel Authority, the Cabinet Office and…
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Radiation Chic Coming to America
Japanese chic facial ware may be coming to America? Radiation concerns can be seen in Geiger counters sold out. GE Mark 1 nuclear reactors are “operating safely” at 23 American plants; similar in design to damaged Fukushima reactors.
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latest salvo in korean cyberwar
Cybersecurity firm Ahnlab, in a guardian.co.uk article, reported a denial of service attack (DoS) that targeted “… websites belonging to South Korea’s presidential office, the foreign ministry, the national intelligence service, US Forces Korea and major financial institutions.” Park Kun-woo, Ahnlab spokesman, advised attacks were similar to past ones – a DoS type of attack,…
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2/17 defcon: cyber-coup, backdoor & track more
cyber-attack hits canadian government computers* report: egypt shut down net with big switch, not phone calls* voice of america uses social media to aid foreign dissent* surveillance footage & code clues indicate stuxnet hit iran* cia head panetta warns of possible cyber-pearl harbor* lynn urges partnership against cyber threat* dod talks up plans to deploy…