Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
Italian Stock Market Halted: Technical Difficulties?
February 22nd, 2011Oh sure. Via: Wall Street Journal: The European country considered most exposed to the unrest in Libya is its former colonial ruler, Italy. And investors wanting to do something about that today have limited options: the Italian Bourse is closed due to technical problems. It is expected to reopen at 9:30 ET. On Monday, the […]
U.S. Government Shuts Down 84,000 Websites, ‘By Mistake’
February 17th, 2011Reminder: If you ever visit cryptogon.com and see the Seized-By-Homeland-Security message, keep cryptogon.ch handy. Via: Raw Story: Approximately 84,000 websites were shut down and wrongfully accused of having links to child pornography as part of “Operation Protect Our Children,” a new joint operation between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ). […]
And Now… Algeria
February 13th, 2011Via: Telegraph: Internet providers were shut down and Facebook accounts deleted across Algeria on Saturday as thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators were arrested in violent street demonstrations. Plastic bullets and tear gas were used to try and disperse large crowds in major cities and towns, with 30,000 riot police taking to the streets in Algiers alone. […]
Suez Canal Still Operating as Service Workers Strike
February 9th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: Shipping on Egypt’s Suez Canal, used to carry about 8 percent of global seaborne trade, is transiting on schedule after service workers linked to the waterway began striking, the Suez Canal Authority said. Workers from Suez Canal Co. began a sit-in today, Al-Ahram newspaper reported earlier today in its online edition, without saying […]
Egypt: Pentagon Moving Warships, Preparing for Possible Evacuations
February 7th, 2011Translation: The Suez Canal will remain open. Via: Los Angeles Times: The Pentagon is moving U.S. warships and other military assets to make sure it is prepared in case evacuation of U.S. citizens from Egypt becomes necessary, officials said Friday. The Kearsarge, an amphibious assault ship carrying 700 to 800 troops from the 26th Marine […]
U.S. Has Secret Tools to Force Internet on Dictators
February 7th, 2011The de facto role of the US armed forces will be to keep the world safe for our economy and open to our cultural assault. To those ends, we will do a fair amount of killing. —Ralph Peters Oh sure. U.S. PSYOP is just going to provide open Internet connections to the oppressed masses… *roll […]
Hackers Penetrate Nasdaq Computers
February 6th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: Hackers have repeatedly penetrated the computer network of the company that runs the Nasdaq Stock Market during the past year, and federal investigators are trying to identify the perpetrators and their purpose, according to people familiar with the matter. The exchange’s trading platform—the part of the system that executes trades—wasn’t compromised, […]
Get Internet Access When Your Government Shuts It Down
February 4th, 2011Via: PC World: These days, no popular movement goes without an Internet presence of some kind, whether it’s organizing on Facebook or spreading the word through Twitter. And as we’ve seen in Egypt, that means that your Internet connection can be the first to go. Whether you’re trying to check in with your family, contact […]
Vodafone Colluded with Egyptian Regime’s Information Warfare PSYOP
February 3rd, 2011Via: AP: Egyptian authorities forced Vodafone to broadcast pro-government text messages during the protests that have rocked the country, the U.K.-based mobile company said Thursday. Micro-blogging site Twitter has been buzzing with screen grabs from Vodafone’s Egyptian customers showing text messages sent over the course of the demonstrations against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year-old regime. […]
Free Pool of IPv4 Address Space Depleted
February 3rd, 2011Via: Number Resource Organization Press Release: The Number Resource Organization (NRO) announced today that the free pool of available IPv4 addresses is now fully depleted. On Monday, January 31, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) allocated two blocks of IPv4 address space to APNIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for the Asia Pacific region, which […]
