Archive for June, 2011
Gay Girl in Damascus Is a Man Called Tom
June 13th, 2011Via: Sydney Morning Herald: Amina Arraf, the “Gay Girl in Damascus” who sent the world into a frenzy after she was reportedly kidnapped by Syrian security forces, has been outed as a 40-year-old American man. A new entry on Sunday in the blog, which for months was purportedly written by a lesbian Syrian-American woman living […]
Britain: Sign Into the Dole Website with Facebook
June 13th, 2011Via: Register: Facebook and other social networks could be used by British citizens to sign into public services online, The Register has learned. A Cabinet Office spokeswoman confirmed to us this morning that the department was speaking to “a range of industry” about its ID assurance scheme, a prototype for which is expected in October […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
June 13th, 2011Pookie sent $75 and an anonymous reader sent 5 bitcoins. Thank you. Update: Another 2 bitcoins arrived. Thank you.
May Earnings
June 13th, 2011Earnings in May totaled $1001.95. Thank you to everyone who helped keep Cryptogon going in May.
Deepbit Bitcoin Mining Pool to Support Cryptogon
June 13th, 2011Update: 22 ‘Yes’ Votes, But Only One Person Actually Offering to Help Maybe this is somehow confusing. If you want to help, you need to install the GUIMiner app (assuming you have a machine running Windows), or set up a mining app manually, and then email me for the Deepbit pool worker ID. Voting ‘Yes’ […]
Investigation Into IMF Cyber Attack
June 12th, 2011In other news: Hacker Groups Thoroughly Infiltrated by Government Via: RTE: The FBI is helping the International Monetary Fund investigate a cyber attack on its computer systems. It is understood the breach was designed to install software which would create a ‘digital insider presence’. The IMF, which holds sensitive economic data about many countries, said […]
Italian Politician ‘Bloodied’ Sneaking Into Bilderberg Hotel
June 12th, 2011Via: TheLocal: Italian MEP Mario Borghezio was reportedly given a bloody nose on Thursday as he attempted to sneak into the secretive Bilderberg conference in St. Moritz. Borghezio, of right-wing Italian party Lega Nord, was reportedly with another Italian as he attempted to infiltrate the luxury Suvretta House hotel where the conference is taking place. […]
Bitcoin: Spectacular Slaughter
June 12th, 2011Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Update: 20.20 —End Update— Update: Bounce Off MtgoxUSD 10.25 It hit a low of 10.25 and is currently trading at 16.08 x 16.32. —End Update— The public participation phase of bitcoin was the most spectacular I’ve ever seen—with the typical, disastrous […]
Cedar Falls Demands Keys to All Commercial Properties (Including Rental Homes and Apartments) to Be Placed in Lock Boxes That City Employees Can Access
June 12th, 2011Research Credit: EB
U.S. Special Ops Troops Deployed in Mexico, Leaked Briefing Confirms
June 11th, 2011Via: Narcosphere: A Pentagon document has come to light that confirms the U.S. has put special operations troops on the ground in Mexico as the drug war there continues to escalate, notching some 40,000 murders since late 2006. The document is a Department of Defense briefing presented in mid-May 2009 in Washington, D.C., to a […]
