Tag: hackers
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Defcon 7/1: Fight the Net, Biomet & Int’l Sex Station
The secret state’s mad scheme to control the net // Windows 8 features, like biometrics, revealed in leaked Microsoft documents // Obama space plan under continuous assault // NASA commander says sex banned aboard International Space Station
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lieberman tells internet to ‘relax’ about ‘kill switch’
from raw replay: Sen. Joe Lieberman is telling his critics to “relax” over a bill that would allow the president to disable parts of the internet as he deems necessary. China has an internet “kill switch” and the U.S. should too, according to Lieberman. “We need this capacity in a time of war. We need…
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Defcon 6/9: Wikileaked, Registered & Artificials
State Dept anxious about diplomatic secrets Bradley Manning allegedly downloaded // DHS would be cyber power center under Lieberman/Collins proposal // Wireless signals to be jammed in Canada for G8 summit // Calls increase for govt to regulate net journalists & bloggers // More active sun means nasty solar storms ahead
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Pentagon Says Military Response to Cyber Attack ‘Possible’
The Pentagon would consider a military response in the case of a cyber attack against the United States, a US defense official said on Wednesday. “Yes, we need to think about the potential for responses that are not limited to the cyber domain.”
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Hacked US Treasury Websites Serve Visitors Malware
Websites operated by the US Treasury Department are redirecting visitors to websites that attempt to install malware on their PCs, a security researcher warned…
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Defcon 4/22: Takedowns, Lockups & Predictive Analytics
Google exposes government takedown requests* Google: US demanded user info 3,500 times in 6 months* Google hackers stole source code of global password system* Second banker accused of stealing high-frequency trading code* McAfee antivirus program locks up pc’s worldwide* Crime prediction software is here & it’s a very bad idea* Precrime in Florida: IBM’s predictive…
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Defcon 4/8: Hack, Talk, Listen & Panic
Uncle Scam wants you (to fight hackers) // Federal infotech pros say US at high risk for cyberattack // Security ‘guru’ Richard Clarke talks cyberwar // NASA listens for signs of life from Mars lander // April Fool’s UFO report sparks panic in Jordan
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Defcon 3/25: Killswitch, Siphons & Existential Threats
Large Hadron Collider cranked to ‘maximum redline power’ // US Secret Service paid TJX hacker $75k a year // Your health, tax & search data siphoned // Why CNN exec fears social-networking sites // Google exits China – except for part known as Hong Kong // Chinese media: Google is tied to US intelligence
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Defcon 3/18: Cyberpocalypse, Command & Control
US to roll out major broadband policy // Google ‘99.9%’ certain to pull China plug // FBI uses phony profiles on social networks to track suspects // Your new Facebook friend: the IRS
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Austin Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely
More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments.
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‘virtual flag terrorism’ is next threat
webster tarpley: US readies cyberwar, virtual flag terrorism from russia today: Cyber wars and cyber security are no longer fictional plots from science fiction movies. They are very real and very serious concerns for the American people, being tracked by politicians and the government in Washington. Webster Tarpley gives his opinion on the seriousness of…
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Ex-TSA Worker Sent Virus To Sabotage Terror Watchlist Computers
Federal prosecutors have charged a former Transportation Security Administration employee with attempting to sabotage terror watch list computers. Douglas Duchak, 46, of Colorado Springs, faces two charges of attempting to damage protected TSA computers.
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Interview w/Albert Lanier on ‘The Octopus’
This special interview episode from Media Monarchy covers the explosive case of a freelance journalist, who at the time of his death in 1991, was researching an insidious & wide-ranging conspiracy that he called ‘The Octopus’.
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Defcon 2/25 – Cryptome, Catastrophe, Echelon & CERN
Microsoft takes down whistleblower site, Cryptome.org* Update: Cryptome restored after Microsoft change of heart* Cyber attacks will ‘catastrophically’ spook public, warns GCHQ* Intel hit by cyber attack* Playstation 3: The future of big brother surveillance?* Chinese programmer fingered in Google attacks* US pinpoints coder behind Google attack* Echelon computers can’t cope with bad lines* Italian…
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CNN Broadcasts Major ‘Cyber Shockwave’ Propaganda
CNN rolled out a slick propaganda called “Cyber Shockwave” and it posits a cyber attack on the United States… How should the government deal with the threat? Federalize the National Guard to deal with unruly mobs freaking out over the loss of electricity. Nationalize utility companies so the NSA and the government get electricity.