Multiple FX Pairs Suddenly Flash Crash, Yields Tumble, Gold Surges
January 3rd, 2019Equities bloodbath resumes after Apple’s revenue warning.
Via: ZeroHedge:
In what some have suggested is a chained liquidation stemming from the collapse of AAPL shares after-hours, multiple FX pairs are flash-crashing across the globe amid still low liquidity conditions in what appears to have been the unwind of a pair trade where an AAPL long was “hedged” with a basket of FX carry longs.
USDJPY just flash-crashed a stunning 4 handles (the biggest drop since 2009 according to Reuters) to its lowest in over two years, as the JPY was suddenly panic bid against the USD, as the pair tumbled from 109 to as low as 104.87.
Dark Overlord 911 Files Update
January 3rd, 2019Reddit, Twitter and Pastebin are actively suppressing Dark Overlord information.
On the open Internet, the group remains active at https://steemit.com/@thedarkoverlord.
Cryptome is mirroring the files released so far.
Britain: Average 10-Year-Old Has Eaten 18 years’ Worth of Sugar
January 2nd, 2019Via: Guardian:
The average 10-year-old has consumed as much sugar in their lifetime as the recommended limit for an 18-year-old, according to Public Health England (PHE), which is warning of serious implications for obesity and health.
Children are consuming the equivalent of eight excess sugar cubes a day, or 2,800 a year, says PHE, which has launched a new healthy eating campaign under its Change4Life scheme. National guidance recommends no more than five or six sugar cubes (20g-24g) a day for children aged four to 10.
One-third of children are overweight or obese at the age of 10 and 4.2% are severely obese in year six at school. Obese children often become obese adults, at risk of heart attacks, strokes and type 2 diabetes.
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince To Launch Fund For Electric Car Metals
January 1st, 2019Via: ZeroHedge:
Erik Prince, the founder of private security firm Blackwater, plans to raise as much as $500m to capitalize on the rush into metals required for batteries used in electric cars, according to the Financial Times.
Hacker Group Threatens to Release 9/11-Related Documents Pilfered from Law Firm
January 1st, 2019Dark Overlord Statement on Pastebin
Dark Overlord AMA on 4chan /pol
At the above 4chan link, they also claim to have information on UFOs:
Q: I’d be willing to chip in with others to see it if I was sure it would be world shaking info. Not something the average person would change the TV when it came up on the news. On a scale of 1-10 how system breaking is the info?
A: You’re the smart one here, asking the right questions. We’d say it’s a 7.5, all things considered. Snowden may have been a 5.5, maybe a 6. More people care about 911 than USA spying. Now, our next release about UFOs, yeah, that’s a 10 mate, but it’s going to wait until we’re done here.
CORRECTION: Fake Alien Image Was NOT Released by Dark Overlord
Upon closer inspection, I saw that the ID number of the 4chan user who posted the hoax alien image (2VODi0RJ) was different than Dark Overlord’s ID number (YQ2Tku13).
Apologies.
Fast moving threads on the chans… *holding head in hands*
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Update: Alleged Alien Photo from Dark Overlord Is from X-Files
When asked for information on aliens in the AMA above, Dark Overlord posted this image. Using TinEye, I was able to determine that the image is from X-files.
Via: Vice:
On Monday, New Year’s Eve, a hacker group announced it had breached a law firm handling cases related to the September 11 attacks, and threatened to publicly release a large cache of related internal files unless their ransom demands were met.
The news is the latest public extortion attempt from the group known as The Dark Overlord, which has previously targeted a production studio working for Netflix, as well as a host of medical centres and private businesses across the United States. The announcement also signals a slight evolution in The Dark Overlord’s strategy, which has expanded on leveraging the media to exert pressure on victims, to now distributing its threats and stolen data in a wider fashion.
In its announcement published on Pastebin, The Dark Overlord points to several different insurers and legal firms, claiming specifically that it hacked Hiscox Syndicates Ltd, Lloyds of London, and Silverstein Properties.
“Hiscox Syndicates Ltd and Lloyds of London are some of the biggest insurers on the planet insuring everything from the smallest policies to some of the largest policies on the planet, and who even insured structures such as the World Trade Centers,” the announcement reads.
It is unclear what exact files the group has stolen, but it is trying to capitalize on conspiracy theories around the 9/11 attacks.
“We’ll be providing many answers about 9.11 conspiracies through our 18.000 secret documents leak,” the group tweeted on Monday.
Real Headline: “Firm Led by Google Veterans Uses A.I. to ‘Nudge’ Workers Toward Happiness”
December 31st, 2018The New York Times, where cringe inducing meets comedy gold.
I think that Foxconn should run this software. Maybe there’s a suicide prevention net plugin for it.
Sensing that an employee has landed in one of those nets, the employee’s RFID badge could be read and the system could send them a coupon for lunch at McDonalds.
Nudge. Enjoy lunch on us. Nudge. Return to work refreshed. Nudge.
Via: New York Times:
Technology companies like to promote artificial intelligence’s potential for solving some of the world’s toughest problems, like reducing automobile deaths and helping doctors diagnose diseases. A company started by three former Google employees is pitching A.I. as the answer to a more common problem: being happier at work.
The start-up, Humu, is based in Google’s hometown, and it builds on some of the so-called people-analytics programs pioneered by the internet giant, which has studied things like the traits that define great managers and how to foster better teamwork.
Humu wants to bring similar data-driven insights to other companies. It digs through employee surveys using artificial intelligence to identify one or two behavioral changes that are likely to make the biggest impact on elevating a work force’s happiness. Then it uses emails and text messages to “nudge” individual employees into small actions that advance the larger goal.
Blackwater: We Are Coming
December 31st, 2018Via: Russia Today:
Blackwater, the controversial US private security firm, has flagged its intent to resume business, taking out a full-page commercial in the latest edition of Recoil magazine with a chilling message declaring “We are coming.”
The resurrection within the military contractors’ market of notorious Blackwater, which, after numerous scandals and several rebrandings, is now known as Academi, has analysts looking deeper into US intent to withdraw from the wars in the Middle East. The advertisement in Recoil, made public after Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced his resignation, prompted concerns that president Donald Trump might be seeking to privatize ongoing American engagements in Afghanistan and Syria, following the declared troops’ withdrawal from the region.
Kevin Spacey, Cup, Pizza [???]
December 31st, 2018The stunt with the cup was interesting, but I wasn’t sure if it was worth posting.
Is Spacey simply trolling those of us who notice this stuff, or should the perpetrators actually be afraid of what he might say?
Spacey was in Epstein’s pedo group:
A list of people who have associated with Jeffrey Epstein over the years would take in the world of celebrity, science, politics – and royalty.
Over the years, the casually-dressed, globe-trotting financier, who was said to log more than 600 flying hours a year, has been linked with Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey, Chris Tucker and Manhattan-London society figure Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of the late media titan Robert Maxwell.
Epstein reportedly flew Tucker and Spacey to Africa on his private jet as part of a charitable endeavour. Clinton, meanwhile, flew on multiple occasions in the same plane to Epstein’s private Caribbean island, Little St James, between 2002 and 2005 as he developed his philanthropic post-presidential career. It would later be alleged in court that Epstein organised orgies on that same private island in the US Virgin Islands.
And now…
Pizza.
Via: Daily Mail:
Kevin Spacey emerged from his $6million hiding place on Sunday sporting a baseball cap that read ‘Retired since 2017’.
Spacey congratulated DailyMail.com on finding him and rewarded our photographer with a free pizza.
The star headed to Domino’s to pick up a medium cheese and tomato pie before pulling up beside photojournalist Jae Donnelly and handing it over.
‘I know you’re just doing your job,’ he said with a smirk. ‘Keep warm and have a happy New Year.’
The cap was a clear reference to the year his career all but disappeared amid a number of sexual assault and harassment claims.
How Facebook Tracks You On Android (Even If You Don’t Have A Facebook Account)
December 30th, 2018Via: Chaos Computer Club:
In this talk, we’re looking at third party tracking on Android. We’ve captured and decrypted data in transit between our own devices and Facebook servers. It turns out that some apps routinely send Facebook information about your device and usage patterns – the second the app is opened. We’ll walk you through the technical part of our analysis and end with a call to action: We believe that both Facebook and developers can do more to avoid oversharing, profiling and damaging the privacy of their users.
Dutch Boyband Hopes to Reverse Brexit Through the Power of Music
December 30th, 2018I’m considering a new category on Cryptogon: Cringe Inducing.
Based on the lyrics alone, you might wonder: Is this Engrish?
In any event, prepare to squint at your display and grind your teeth.
Your choice turns my spine grey.
*snort*
Via: Register:
I cannot believe this is the end (oh no). I still feel your love inside me. I still sing your words. I make a wish as your star falls.
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Oh your voice paints my heart, your mirage fades away. Your choice turns my spine grey. There’s always been a sea between us, we used to sail it together – but you’re leaving, now we’re falling apart.
