British Spies Have Attacked Anonymous With DDoS

British Spies Have Attacked Anonymous With DDoS

New documents leaked by Edward Snowden and obtained by NBC News suggest that the UK’s spy agency, GCHQ, launched a DDoS attack on the hacker collectives Anonymous and LulzSec.

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Kill Switch In Cars A Possibility In Europe

Kill Switch In Cars A Possibility In EuropeHow does a remote kill switch for your car sound to you? Pretty good actually when you first think about it – should someone make an attempt to steal your ride, you can just shut off the engine, locate your vehicle via GPS and retrieve it safe and sound. In fact, in services such as OnStar, a kill switch is one of the options that you can own for the added peace of mind, especially when your ride happens to be an expensive one. Down the road, however, European Union (EU) residents might not be the only ones who will be able to kill off their car’s engine at their whim and fancy. We have received word that European authorities intend to work on a “secret” project (not so secret after all if the mainstream media are able to get a whiff of it) which will install kill switches in all new cars that operate within a country’s borders. The whole idea behind this is to put a stop to high-speed chases which could prove dangerous for pedestrians and police officers.

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    IBM’s Watson supercomputer uses social media to profile users

    IBM’s Watson supercomputer has been tasked with profiling users from one side of the Internet to the other, using information it gathers from social media accounts to learn about individuals. … Continue reading

    The U.S. Government’s Cybersecurity Is a Total Shitshow

    The U.S. Government's Cybersecurity Is a Total Shitshow

    Today, a report from the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Minority Committee offered an overview of the fed’s current state of cybersecurity. And how is the government with which we entrust our most sensitive and private information looking? In short—bad. Very, very bad.

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    Google Transparency Report shows FISA data in very, very basic terms

    In August of 2013, Google and Microsoft sued the United States government for the ability to be more transparent with data requests made with FISA, also known as the Foreign … Continue reading

    Watch the Guardian Destroy the Computers Containing Snowden’s Leaks

    Watch the Guardian Destroy the Computers Containing Snowden's Leaks

    On July 20th, 2013, two technicians from the UK’s intelligence agency GCHQ looked on as Guardian editors destroyed the computers which contained the encrypted files leaked by Edward Snowden. Now, you can watch them do it.

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    Google has another privacy snafu, is fined in South Korea

    Google has been bumping into pockets of privacy violations across the globe recently, the latest of which has taken place in South Korea. This follows a recent issue in Canada, … Continue reading

    Sneaky “Honey Encryption” Stops Hackers By Drowning Them in Phony Data

    Sneaky "Honey Encryption" Stops Hackers By Drowning Them in Phony Data

    It seems like no matter how much companies may try to up their defenses, there will always be some industrious young hacker who manages to evade every roadblock in his way. One team of researchers, though, think they may have finally found a way to turn their defense into an attack on the hackers themselves—by spewing fake data at them and sending them drowning.

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    Snowden Nobel Peace Prize nomination up for “stable and peaceful world order”

    This week it’s been made clear that two members of Norway’s Socialist Left Party intend on adding Edward Snowden to their shortlist for possible recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize … Continue reading

    The NSA Has Only Just Gotten a Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer

    The NSA Has Only Just Gotten a Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer

    The NSA has named its first-ever primary adviser to its director for civil liberties and privacy protection—perhaps a little later than you may have hoped for.

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