In his final report in a three-part series, Guccifer 2’s West Coast Fingerprint, the Forensicator discovers evidence that at least one operator behind the Guccifer 2.0 persona worked from the West Coast of the United States. The Forensicator’s earlier findings stated that Guccifer 2.0’s NGP-VAN files were accessed locally on the East Coast, and in […]
Part 1: Guccifer 2’s West Coast Fingerprint
Part 2: Media Mishaps: Early Guccifer 2.0 Coverage…
Part 3: Did Guccifer 2.0 Plant His Russian Fingerprints…
Teen Who Hacked Ex-CIA Director John Brennan Gets Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison…
A teenage hacker who rose to fame for hacking into the online accounts of former CIA director John Brennan, former director of intelligence James Clapper, and other high-profile US government employees, got sentenced to two years of prison on Friday. For a few months in late 2015 and early 2016, Kane Gamble, who went by […]
Brit Teen Hacker Posed as CIA Boss to Access Secret Military Files…
A BRIT teen hacker posed as a CIA boss to access secret military files – and sent lewd rape threats to a Homeland Security chief, a court has heard. Kane Gamble, 18, hacked into intelligence head John Brennan’s email account, made hoax calls to his family home and even took control of his wife’s iPad, […]
Another Big Cryptocurrency Heist Raises Questions About Digital Money Safety…
Hackers have robbed the wallet in the 19th largest cryptocurrency tether. The company behind the dollar-pegged cryptocurrency blamed “malicious action by an external attacker” for the theft of $30,950,010 on Monday. Tether would not redeem any of the stolen tokens. The cryptocurrency’s market cap is $674 million, with the value of one tether equal to […]
Spanish Court Agrees to Extradite Russian Spam King to the U.S….
Journalist Barrett Brown Leaves Prison Chained to a Crime He Didn’t Commit…
Dallas-based journalist Barrett Brown walked free from prison on Tuesday morning after spending more than four years behind bars. The 35-year-old cause célèbre, convicted in January 2015 after spending more than two years in pretrial confinement, faces a laundry list of post-release restrictions…