Tag: wikileaks
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virus infects creech afb systems piloting attack drones overseas
An attack drone killed Anwar Al-Awlaki, an American citizen, late last month. Now, computer systems at Creech AFB, NV, which run drone missions overseas, are infected with a virus, reports Danger Room article, “Exclusive: Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet”. “‘We keep wiping it off, and it keeps coming back,’ says a source familiar with…
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9/29 defcon: cookies, retention & a heavenly palace
facebook tracks you even after logging out* australian tech expert discovers faCIAbook cookies* facebook to form its own political action committee* after outcry, onstar backing down on vehicle data collection* ‘retention periods of major cellular service providers’: secret memo reveals verizon stores your data the longest* state dept employee faces firing for posting wikileaks link*…
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hackers take down mastercard for a second time
from raw story: The website of credit card provider MasterCard was taken offline Tuesday morning, apparently due to hacker activists trying to make a statement about the financial blockade of anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks. MasterCard, along with Visa, PayPal, Bank of America and Western Union, have all decided to withhold funds from WikiLeaks, and the site…
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US secretly backing syrian opposition since 2006
US fears syrian reprisals after wikileaks disclosure from reuters: The State Department has secretly funded Syrian opposition groups, according to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks, The Washington Post reported on Monday. The cables show that the State Department has funneled as much as $6 million since 2006 to a group of Syrian exiles to operate…
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Assange: Internet Greatest Spying Machine
Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange warned Cambridge students, who waited hours to hear him speak, internet is “greatest spying machine the world has ever seen,” in article at guardian.co.uk.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Japan’s CIA, CIA in Pakistan, Mayor Emanuel
Story #1: Cablegate Shows Japan Set Up Secret Intel Unit to Spy on China // Story #2: US Admits American Arrested for Murder in Pakistan Worked for CIA // Story #3: Rahm Emanuel Elected Chicago’s First Jewish Mayor
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hillary holds first-ever mass meeting of US ambassadors
from politico: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called top envoys from U.S. embassies to gather in Washington on Monday (feb1) for a wide-ranging foreign policy meeting. Ambassadors from almost all 260 U.S. embassies, consulates and other posts in more than 180 countries are expected to convene at the State Department for what’s being billed…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: CFR in Egypt, Rumsfeld Award, 9/11 Leak
Story #1: CIA/CFR Envoy Wisner Sent to ‘Speak to Mubarak’ // Story #2: Rumsfeld to receive ‘Defender of the Constitution Award’ at CPAC // Story #3: Wikileaks Bombshell Points To 9/11 Stand Down
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fbi hunts the 9/11 gang that got away
wikileaks bombshell points to 9/11 stand down from telegraph: The FBI has launched a manhunt for a previously unknown team of men suspected to be part of the 9/11 attacks, the Daily Telegraph can disclose… Secret documents reveal that the three Qatari men conducted surveillance on the targets, provided “support” to the plotters and had…
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1/27 Defcon: Congress, Connections & ‘The Company’
‘Protecting cyberspace as a national asset act of 2010’ – Bill to give president right to shutdown net back in Congress // Google comes under fire for ‘secret’ relationship with NSA // Social networks under attack as tide of cyber-scepticism sweeps US; They don’t connect people – they isolate them // Internet down in Egypt…
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who will weep for the banksters?
Who will weep? Will anyone regret when a foreclosure mill is finally stopped? When the Federal Reserve has one less party to provide hefty bailouts that possibly go towards big bonuses? When will Wikileaks pull the plug and start leaking? Who will weep for Bank of America when the contents of a rumored 5GB hard…
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For Hollywood, It Was a Tough 2010 As Spending Continued to Fall
The industry that was supposed to be immune to economic downturns looks like it’s going to have some re-entry problems as the economy begins to recover. Broad swaths of the entertainment business declined in 2010.
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1/13 Defcon: Crimestop, Doublethink, Disconnect
Child porn probe leads to FBI headquarters // Ex-TSA worker gets 2yrs for planting ‘logic bomb’ malware in Colorado Springs screening system // Algorithms take control of Wall Street // Cyberdyne is real & making thought-controlled exoskeletons
