‘Syrian Electronic Army’ members face hacking charges
US authorities Tuesday unveiled criminal charges against three members of the so-called “Syrian Electronic Army,” which gained notoriety for hacking into news media outlets and making bogus social media posts. The Justice Departments said criminal indictments named Ahmad Umar Agha,…
Paris terrorists used burner phones to evade detection
(ARSTECHNICA) New details of the Paris attacks carried out last November reveal that it was the consistent use of prepaid burner phones, not encryption, that helped keep the terrorists off the radar of the intelligence services. As an article in…
Brussels attacks fuel already fiery encryption debate
The top-ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee was quick to suggest on Tuesday that the individuals responsible for carrying out deadly attacks across Belgium earlier that morning had relied on strong encryption to stay off the radar of authorities….
Ransomware Wreaking Havoc in American Hospitals
Last month, the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles declared a state of emergency when hackers took its data hostage. The two-week standoff ultimately ended with the institution paying a $17,000 ransom. But for other hospitals in the United…
Sollywood TV’s New Money Project Aims to Disrupt Cable TV Sector Using Blockchain Technology
Bitcoin Press Release: A new project aims to disrupt the $200 billion Cable TV sector, using a market-driven platform fuelled by its own digital currency Sollars and $ense. The platform where content creators can set their own price for their…
Bitcoin’s Killer App
Bitcoin Press Release: An engineering team from Australia have created a technology that allows a developer to contribute to a software project yet still retain their intellectual property, and earn bitcoin for each contribution. Using this new technology, it is…
FortuneJack Offers Bitcoin Deposit Bonus of 3 BTC, Live Dealer Games, and Over 400 Bitcoin Slots
Bitcoin Press Release: FortuneJack is pleased to offer a 3 BTC deposit bonus for all new players. The casino continues to innovate with a range of Live dealer games such as Poker and Blackjack, Bitcoin slots, provably fair Dice, and…
Jail The Banksters: Ireland Extradites Fugitive Banker From US Safe Haven (TWEETS)
An Irish banker who fled the country just as the economy was collapsing has been extradited back to Ireland from the US to face charges related to allegedly fraudulent banking practices. David Drumm was the CEO of Anglo Irish Bank…
‘Congressmen’s Warehouse’: ‘You’ll Like The Way They Vote, We Guarantee It’
Have an idea for our next Endorse This? Tweet @nationalmemo with the hashtag #EndorseThis and we may use it in our next newsletter! At “Congressmen’s Wearhouse,” millionaires – not billionaires – can afford their own candidate. Candidates are available for…
Johns Hopkins team cracks encryption for iPhone; Apple vows to fix
As Apple prepares to argue in court this week against being forced to further help investigators access data from a slain terror suspect’s iPhone, researchers claim they’ve found a way to decode encrypted photos and videos sent between devices using…