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ioS (Internet of shit): Dallas emergency siren system hacked
by Razer 08 Apr '17

08 Apr '17

McClatchyDC: > Dallas' emergency siren system was hacked overnight, resulting in them > sporadically sounding for about an hour and a half and forcing > officials to have to shut down the system, they said Saturday. > > The person or people responsible were able to hack into a part of the > system that was communicating with all 156 of the city's sirens, Rocky > Vaz, who heads the city's Office of Emergency Management, said at a > news conference. > > He said his office eventually had to shut down the system, which is > used to alert people to shelter indoors during severe weather. > Technicians are trying to determine how to bring the system back > online without the risk of it being hacked again, he said. In the > meantime, the public has access to other alert systems, including > reverse 911. > > The sirens were activated at 11:42 p.m. on Friday. Officials > deactivated the entire system by 1:17 a.m. Saturday. Vaz said the > sirens went through about 15 cycles of a 90-second siren activation. > > "We shut it down as quickly as we could, taking into consideration all > of the precautions and protocols we had to take to make sure that we > were not compromising our 156 siren system," he said. > > City spokeswoman Sana Syed said investigators believe the hack came > from the Dallas area. Vaz said city officials have asked the Federal > Communications Commission for help in determining who was behind the > hack. He said police were not involved yet. > > "We can't talk a whole lot about the hack itself, because obviously we > don't want this to happen again," Syed said. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/artic…

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Re: [\0xDynamite offlist]: Re: Distribted Social: Urbit, Mastodon
by Razer 08 Apr '17

08 Apr '17

On 04/07/2017 08:33 PM, \0xDynamite wrote: > Bingo. > > \0xd ...and the intertubz is one massive five-eyed honeypot. I don't buy into the fear. Rr > > On 4/7/17, Razer <g2s(a)riseup.net> wrote: >> >> >> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >> Subject: Re: Distribted Social: Urbit, Mastodon >> Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 18:31:36 -0400 >> From: \0xDynamite <dreamingforward(a)gmail.com> >> To: Razer <g2s(a)riseup.net> >> >> >> >> Mastodon uses react.js, totally evil malware >> >> \0xd. >> >> >> react.js isnt malware, or if that's the case then all .js is >> intrinsically malware. Rr >> >> >> >> On 4/7/17, Razer <g2s(a)riseup.net> wrote: >> >>> I've been playing with mastodon. @g2s@animalliberation >> On 04/07/2017 03:36 AM, grarpamp wrote: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_software_and_protocols_for_dist… >>>> https://github.com/urbit/urbit >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin >>>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software) >>>> >>>> Random Doc Update >>>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71211

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Cryptocurrency: Industry Observer Whitepapers
by grarpamp 08 Apr '17

08 Apr '17

https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/research/centres/alternativ… Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study - April 2017 This is the first study to systematically investigate key cryptocurrency industry sectors by collecting empirical, non-public data. The study gathered survey data from nearly 150 cryptocurrency companies and individuals, and it covers 38 countries from five world regions. The study details the key industry sectors that have emerged and the different entities that inhabit them. Some of the key findings include the following: The current number of unique active users of cryptocurrency wallets is estimated to be between 2.9 million and 5.8 million. The lines between the different cryptocurrency industry sectors are increasingly blurred: 31 per cent of cryptocurrency companies surveyed are operating across two cryptocurrency industry sectors or more, giving rise to an increasing number of universal cryptocurrency companies. At least 1,876 people are working full- time in the cryptocurrency industry, and the actual total figure is likely well above two thousand when large mining organisations and other organisations that did not provide headcount figures are added. Average security headcount and costs for payment companies and exchanges as a percentage of total headcount/operating expenses are similar, but significantly higher for wallets.

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Fwd: [ PFIR ] It's now illegal in Russia to share an image of Putin as a gay clown
by Cecilia Tanaka 08 Apr '17

08 Apr '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility) Announcement List" < pfir(a)pfir.org> Date: Apr 5, 2017 22:18 Subject: [ PFIR ] It's now illegal in Russia to share an image of Putin as a gay clown It's now illegal in Russia to share an image of Putin as a gay clown https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/ 04/05/its-now-illegal-in-russia-to-share-an-image-of-putin-as-a-gay-clown/ Russia has banned a picture depicting President Vladimir Putin as a potentially gay clown. Russian news outlets are having trouble reporting exactly which image of the Internet's many Putin-gay-clown memes is now illegal to share. Because, you know, it's been banned. But the picture was described last week on the Russian government's list of things that constitute "extremism." - - - Oh, God! I can't share Putin-gay-clown images anymore! What will I do in my free time?! :-o The guy isn't smart, hahaha!! Censorship banning a meme is pretty stupid. He's begging for a viral, woohoo!! :D # Cute Bonus: - There are long months, I am waiting for this battle. I'm Japanese. It's in my genetics to love giant robots with passion! :D http://www.theverge.com/2017/4/5/15192948/giant-robot-duel-megabots-date-ve…

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Fwd: [\0xDynamite offlist]: Re: Distribted Social: Urbit, Mastodon
by Razer 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: Distribted Social: Urbit, Mastodon Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 18:31:36 -0400 From: \0xDynamite <dreamingforward(a)gmail.com> To: Razer <g2s(a)riseup.net> Mastodon uses react.js, totally evil malware \0xd. react.js isnt malware, or if that's the case then all .js is intrinsically malware. Rr On 4/7/17, Razer <g2s(a)riseup.net> wrote: > I've been playing with mastodon. @g2s@animalliberation On 04/07/2017 03:36 AM, grarpamp wrote: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_software_and_protocols_for_dist… >> >> https://github.com/urbit/urbit >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software) >> >> Random Doc Update >> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71211

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Bitcoin in Japan: Now with more happy
by grarpamp 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/63m7cm/bitcoin_to_be_accepted_… https://i.redd.it/g3ym6pz2f3qy.png http://www.biccamera.co.jp/shopguide/img/news/bitcoin-main.jpg https://www.cryptoninjas.net/

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Distribted Social: Urbit, Mastodon
by grarpamp 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_software_and_protocols_for_dist… https://github.com/urbit/urbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Yarvin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software) Random Doc Update https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71211

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Fwd: [tor-dev] "Anomalous keys in Tor relays" technical report now available
by grarpamp 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laura M. Roberts <laurar(a)princeton.edu> Date: Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 3:00 PM Subject: [tor-dev] "Anomalous keys in Tor relays" technical report now available To: "tor-dev(a)lists.torproject.org" <tor-dev(a)lists.torproject.org> Hello, Tor devs! We have just published a (not yet peer-reviewed) technical report entitled "Anomalous keys in Tor relays." https://nymity.ch/anomalous-tor-keys/ The project was inspired by the "Mining Your P's and Q's" paper from Heninger et. al., and in it, we take a closer look at the RSA keys used in Tor since 2005. We found that entities had purposely created anomalous keys in order to attack Tor's onion services and that researchers had inadvertently created weak keys while conducting experiments on Tor. (None of the weak keys we found are affecting the current Tor network.) We welcome your questions and feedback! Regards, George, Claudia, Laura, & Philipp _______________________________________________ tor-dev mailing list tor-dev(a)lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev

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People Whose Names Were Erased
by grarpamp 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

Elements of the MKULTRA-esque threads... Susan M Wiley April 18 1957 aka: Genie, 60yr old this month https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjZolHCrC8E https://vimeo.com/65190917 How many other names affected, in part by, or entirely for, the science :( Among other things.

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[RUS] [WAR] (potentially) the most serious scandal in American history - former DOJ spokesperson - Tucker Carlson
by Zenaan Harkness 07 Apr '17

07 Apr '17

This is as big as it gets folks - Reds under the beds! Those commies are comin ta getcha!! Those Russians! Man oh man, just WHAT are we gonna do?!??!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No one, and I mean no one, could have predicted this. ** Tucker Carlson asks this Russia hysteria former DOJ official, ‘Should we attack Russia?’ (Video) http://theduran.com/tucker-carlson-asks-this-russia-hysteria-former-doj-off… ------------------------------------------------------------ Tucker Carlson asks this Russia hysteria former DOJ official, ‘Should we attack Russia?’ (Video) Russia collusion - lots of hysteria, no proof? The upside of such hypocrisy, madness and nutcases who might freak out the average USA citizen is that we could be seeing the ongoing implosion of the USA deep state. When (ex) "intelligence officials" speak this much cracy, we must be near the end times of this empire. Nice to see Tucker Carlson has had a little practice in handling these sorts. A touch of sanity to kick off your weekend ..

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