New USA Series ‘Mr. Robot’ Ad Campaign: ‘F**k Society,’ ‘F**k the System,’ ‘F**k Wall St.’
USA network has released a set of attention-grabbing ads for the upcoming series Mr. Robot, which may be the most vulgar in the history of television.
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Pentagon Seeks Aggressive Cyber Weapons to Deliver ‘Blunt Force Trauma’ to Enemies
In a recent press conference reported by Politico, Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh described the goal of next-generation military electronic operations as cyber weapons that could inflict “blunt force trauma” on the enemy.
Russian Hackers Penetrated the White House Computer System
CNN is reporting late Tuesday the stunning admission by the Obama White House that its system was penetrated by the same Russian hackers who got into the State Department. Given the strength of the White House’s security system, Hillary Clinton’s homebrew server would have been child’s play for this crew to raid.
China Reveals Its Cyber-War Commando Squad
The Daily Beast reports that China has finally admitted something everyone knew: they have been training cyber-warfare military and intelligence units. The formal concession of this digital warfare program is a big deal, arriving in a government publication produced by the Chinese government only once per decade or so, because they have always preserved a shield of “plausible deniability” for their cyber-war exploits in the past.
CIA Director Announces Sweeping Reorganization of Agency
Director John Brennan has ordered a sweeping reorganization of the CIA, an overhaul designed to make its leaders more accountable and close espionage gaps amid widespread concerns about the spy agency’s limited insights into a series of major global developments.
Security Nightmare: Lenovo PCs Shipped With Pre-Installed Adware
Malware may be lurking on your new Lenovo computer.
Alleged Russian Hacker Indicted for Massive Credit Card Scheme After Manhunt
One of the notorious Russian hackers who has allegedly been raiding American corporate systems for credit card data and other valuable information has been apprehended in Amsterdam and extradited to the United States to face justice.
Cyber-War In Syria: How Assad Hacked the Rebellion
Cyber-war is everywhere, most assuredly including the conflicts where physical bullets and bombs are flying. The struggle to topple the Assad regime in Syria, for example, has been “marked by a very active, if only sporadically visible, cyberbattle that has engulfed all sides,” according to a weekend article at the New York Times.
Israeli Man Arrested in Madonna Album Hack
A man was arrested in Israel on Wednesday on suspicion he hacked into Madonna’s personal computers in December, and leaked songs from her new album “Rebel Hearts” online, a police source told Reuters. As previously reported, Madonna was forced to
Did NSA Surveillance Help Pin the Sony Hack on North Korea?
The Obama administration has officially linked the North Korean government to the Sony Pictures hack, perpetrated by a group calling itself the “Guardians of Peace” in retaliation for a film that mocks North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
Pro-ISIS Hackers Strike US CENTCOM Twitter: ‘We are in Each Military Base’
The pro-Islamic State “Cyber Caliphate” jihadist hacker group took control of the United States’ Central Command Twitter account sometime after noon Eastern Time today, replacing the photos on the page with pro-jihadist artwork and posting the personal information of U.S. Army soldiers.
Cyber war strike? Three South Korean workers killed at nuke plant threatened by hackers
South Korea’s government-run hydroelectric and nuclear power company was threatened by an enigmatic group of hackers last week, at the same time the North Korean government was threatening to attack the United States and its allies for daring to suggest
