terrorism
Hackers knock Al-Qaeda offline
A group of British hackers successfully took Al-Qaeda’s website offline yesterday. This is the second attack the terrorist group has been hit with this month. Earlier, the group’s bomb making instructions were replaced with cupcake recipes. It’s believed the attacks are government supported, which raises some interesting questions. How do you feel about the government more »
Blogetery customers to get their data back
We reported earlier this week on the case of Blogetery, a small Toronto based blogging service that was knocked offline by its hosting provider, Burst.net after the FBI contacted them about an investigation. The agency was looking into claims that the service was serving as a home for al-Qaeda operatives and materials. The loss of more »
70,000 lose blogs in terrorism investigation of Canadian blogging service
Over 70,000 people lost their blogs after the service’s host booted them. The loss of service to Toronto-based Blogetery happened after their host Burst.net discovered they were under investigation by the FBI. Earlier this month Burst was asked for information about Blogetery by the FBI, who were investigating allegations that the blogging service hosted instructions more »
Man arrested after joke posted on Twitter backfires
A UK man learned the hard way that what you say on Twitter, even in jest, can come back to haunt you. Upon learning the local airport was closed, Paul Chambers posted on Twitter in fit of annoyance thinking is trip to Ireland might be in jeopardy. ‘C**p! Robin Hood Airport is closed,’ he tweeted. more »
Recession sending contractors from Silicon Valley to cyberwarfare development
Young talent that would ordinarily be flocking to Silicon Valley are heading for new an exotic pastures: military companies. The government is pushing hard into the cyberwarfare arena and with the recession hitting tech industries hard, their high paying jobs have dried up. Almost all of the big military companies, including General Dynamics and Raytheon, more »
U.S. Army fears terrorists will use twitter to plan attacks
The U.S. Army has released a report containing concerns that Twitter could be used by terrorists as a way of planning attacks and keeping tabs on each other. It also contained several scenarios of such a use such as a terrorist using the microblogging site to send a tweet to remotely set off an explosive more »
