The day after the massive cyber attack. A roundup.

This mesmerizing map shows what cyber attacks look like Mashable! by Nicole Gallucci The global cyber war is raging on, and this mesmerizing map shows just how serious it has become. Yesterday’s internet-destroying outages were caused by “amateurish” IoT malware  Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Some of the internet’s most popular, well-defended services — including Twitter — … Read more

Cyberculture roundup: Internet Encryption under massive threat…

US and UK spy agencies defeat privacy and security on the internet theguardian.com ? James Ball ? 9/5/13 12:00 PM ? US and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked much of the online encryption relied upon by hundreds of millions of people to protect the privacy of their personal data, online transactions and emails, according … Read more