United States: The Art of the Occupy Movement from Global Voices Online by Gina Cardenas This post is part of our special coverage #Occupy Worldwide. The creative cadre of the Occupy Wall Street movement envisions a world where people are free to express their ideas of freedom, equality, and outrage at the system of greed … Read more
Twitter caves to global censorship, will block content on country-specific basis as required by Xeni Jardin EFF: “What Does Twitter?s Country-by-Country Takedown System Mean for Freedom of Expression?” by Xeni Jardin What Does Twitter?s Country-by-Country Takedown System Mean for Freedom of Expression? from EFF.org Updates by eva Yesterday, Twitter announced in a blog post … Read more
MegaUpload Shut Down by the Feds, Founder Arrested from TorrentFreak by Ernesto Just a few weeks ago, MegaUpload founder Kim Dotcom told TorrentFreak that his Mega ventures have nothing to worry about, as they operate within the rules of the law. Anonymous Attacks Justice Dept as FBI Shuts Down File-Sharing Site The U.S. Department of … Read more
check out: http://americancensorship.org/ check out: http://sopastrike.com/ The Internet Goes to Washington on January 18 from EFF.org Updates by parker Security Experts and Tech Investors Scheduled to Testify; Worldwide Internet Protest Gathering There?s some good news in the efforts to stop the Internet blacklist bills (SOPA/PIPA): Representative Darrell Issa, an outspoken SOPA critic and the author of alternative … Read more
2011: Piracy Wars and Internet Censorship from TorrentFreak by Ernesto At the end of the year when new developments draw to a close, it?s time to take a look back and take stock. Below is our overview of some of the most interesting events we reported during the first half of 2011. Take a deep … Read more
Anonymous hacks US think tank with Christmas spirit from Hurriyet Daily News The loose-knit hacking movement ?Anonymous? claimed to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor. Boing Boing Charitable Giving Guide, 2011 edition by Cory Doctorow It’s time again for Boing … Read more
plus….german police malware discovered, anonymous vs. zetas… a cyberculture roundup: Egypt: Blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah Detained for 15 Days by Amira Al Hussaini This post is part of our special coverage Egypt Revolution 2011. Activist and blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah has been detained for 15 days, after refusing to be interrogated by the … Read more
A passion for change – LulzSec interview, Ryan Gallagher from open Democracy News Analysis – by Ryan Gallagher A rare and candid interview conducted with Topiary, founding member of LulzSec and self-described ?captain of the Lulz Boat? ? on becoming involved in hacktivism, fighting extortion claims, donating to Wikileaks, revolution, and the US government From … Read more
Advertisers Announce Boycott of UK Tabloid on Twitter by Todd Wasserman MAIN FOCUS: Hacking scandal compromises Murdoch | 08/07/2011 from euro|topics Rupert Murdoch’s US-based concern News Corp on Thursday announced the closure of the British tabloid News of the World. Journalists on the newspaper have been accused among other things of hacking into the telephones … Read more
Anonymous takes over as LulzSec sails off into sunset by Xeni Jardin Illustration: Rob Beschizza. As noted on Boing Boing over the weekend, LulzSec has called it quits, amid increasing efforts by the FBI and other agencies to track them down?and amid a and leaked IRC logs by hacker foes. One LulzSec member told the … Read more
LulzSec? Anonymous? Know Your Hackers PC Magazine More recently, the group made headlines for going after security firm HBGary Federal, companies that cut ties with Wikileaks, and Sony. Anonymous attacked HBGary’s site on February 6, days after CEO Aaron Barr told the Financial Times that he knew and Hackers claim CIA website disruption Financial Times … Read more
CEO of Google Eric Schmidt (AFP/File, Thomas Coex) Mr. Schmidt is supposed to warn our president Abdullah Gül that filtering is not good…News in Turkish more photos from the meeting here. He was also interviewed by Mirgün Cabas of NTV, here in Turkish. In the mean time, there are reports that up to 52 Ekşi … Read more
Arrested kids… Anonymous today announced that there might be new attacks. The announcement is in Turkish and provides some information about the operation Turkey and the group?s structure. Nearly all released today who were detained yesterday in relation to Anonymous attack. Here is a Friendfeed discussion on these arrests [in Turkish]. Özgür Uçkan has a … Read more
32 detained in 11 cities in Turkey and they are held for interrogation in Ankara. 8 of them are under 18… News in Turkish here and in English here. Anonymous attack triggered nationalist reactions in Turkey. A brief summary of the range of attack can be found here. A hot debate took place here. It … Read more
It seems that Turkey prepar[ed] for pre-election Anonymous cyber attack well for the moment. Relatively speaking… otherwise, some sites are already down… However, this “preparation” might be the work of nationalist Turkish hackers who are in turn claimed to have attacked Anonymous sites. This had probably weaken the latter’s attack. I need to have a … Read more