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7/14 Defcon: Murdoch’s Watergate, Military Meltdown & More
Hacking scandal could be Murdoch’s Watergate* Video: Rupert Murdoch’s son could be prosecuted by US* Video: Murdoch papers could have hacked US phones as well* Update: News Corp UK newspaper CEO brooks resigns* Washington Post website jobs section hacked* Anonymous hacks Monsanto computers; Posts employee info* Hackers claim they exposed Booz Allen Hamilton data* ‘Military…
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7/7 defcon: the atlantis event & awesome announcements
atlantis launch will be iconic event, the last of its kind* full range of opinions & emotions surrounds last shuttle flight* video: space shuttle atlantis’ big-screen launch events & tributes* nasa’s dramatic rescue plan in case of shuttle emergency* plans to strip mine the moon may soon be more than just sci-fi* security grifters partner-up…
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6/30 defcon: copywrong, dislike, discoveries
leaked: uk copyright lobby holds closed-door meetings with govt to discuss national web-censorship regime* terrorists terrorised: al qaeda hacked* scotus term in review: it’s a mixed bag* as hulu flirts, comcast must stay mum* facebook 10th most hated company in US* news corp. on verge of myspace sale* judge: google can be sued for wiretapping…
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6/23 defcon: strategies, taxes & trident tribunal
executive orders give pentagon new cyberwar guidelines* officials ‘expected to announce the entire strategy soon’* ex-dhs chief warns of cyberwar with hackers* cyber attacks grow more severe, frequent, say it practitioners* bitcoin prices plummet on hacked exchange* malware bitcoin theft a false flag on revolutionary currency?* states look to internet taxes to close budget gaps*…
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facebook loses 6m US users in may
social network is still growing, but not as fast from computerworld: Facebook may continue to gain users, but the world’s biggest social network isn’t gaining them as quickly as it has been and is actually losing users in the U.S. Facebook gained 11.8 million more users last month alone, according to a study by Inside…
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One In Four US hackers ‘Is An FBI Informer’
The underground world of computer hackers has been so thoroughly infiltrated in the US by the FBI and secret service that it is now riddled with paranoia and mistrust, with an estimated one in four hackers secretly informing on their peers, a Guardian investigation has established.
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DHS to Gain ‘Autonomy’ Under Obama Cybersecurity Plan
Obama has proposed legislation that will give the Department of Homeland Security more “autonomy” in its effort to protect civilian computer networks from ostensible cyber attack, according to Information Week.
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5/19 Defcon: Blockage, Bills, Threats & Storms
Obama DOJ tries to block unclassified info from NSA leaker trial* new yorker mag sheds new light on nsa’s warrantless wiretapping & data mining* senate bill requires warrant for email, cloud content* senate bill makes illegal internet streaming a felony* bill clinton: create internet agency* US secret service questions 13yr-old over facebook ‘threat’* twitter feed…
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leuren moret reveals google shocker!
You need wonder no further whether Orwell’s vision came true! Leuren Moret, radiation expert, will drop a brick on your head!On Jeff Rense’s program, Moret informs Microsoft, Google, Facebook social networking sites, Ebay, all have roots in military intelligence. Microsoft software insures backdoors into computers. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google founders, park their private…
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As Smartphone Scandal Grows, Tech Firms Run For Cover
Recent revelations that Apple’s iPhone and iPad, Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 operating systems collect, store and transmit records of users’ physical locations to central databases–secretly, and without consent–have ignited a firestorm over Americans’ privacy rights in an age of hypersurveillance.
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4/28 defcon: guilt trips down the surveillance highway
obama on manning: ‘he broke the law’ – so much for fair trial* video: ‘pentagon papers’ whistleblower daniel ellsberg says bradley manning can’t get fair trial after obama’s comment* some fbi cyber agents lack adequate skills, report finds* tomtom apologies for giving customer driving data to cops* android data tied to users? some say yes*…
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4/21 Defcon: Manning Up & Tracking You Down
Manning under mental evaluation, being moved to Kansas // Protesters interrupt Obama to sing support for Wikileaks suspect // President Obama’s 4/20 Facebook townhall // Poker today, alternative news tomorrow?: US shuttering online gambling sites // White House authoring new cybersecurity bill granting expanded powers to DHS
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4/14 Defcon: Opt-Out Botnet & Fakebook Revolutions
Law would let you ‘opt-out’ of online web tracking // In a surprise appeal: TJX hacker claims US authorized his crimes as ‘key undercover secret service informant’ // ‘Facebook revolutions’ & people-powered coups: US trains activists to evade security forces
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3/31 defcon: morpheus, auroras, smartbombs & omg’s!
secret space plane can’t hide from amateur sleuths* secret x-37b space plane caught on video by skywatchers* nasa tracking ‘a large object approaching the sun’* video: will ‘morpheus’ be the first vehicle on the moon since apollo?* video: stunningly beautiful time-lapse footage of aurora* nsa said to focus its decrypting skills on nasdaq cyber attack*…