Online

RankMyHack Gives You Achievement Points For Your Ballsiest Cyber Attacks

2011 has seen some of the most brazen, daring cyber attacks to date, from the Arizona police to BART quite recently. It’s a bad time to be a eve a medium-sized name on the net. So let’s turn this into a game, shall we?


August 29, 2011
News

Anonymous Is Helping Time Warner Make Money

Anonymous would have you believe that they’re about the little guy, going after oppressive governments and major corporations both online and IRL. But who quietly benefits when they mount a protest like their recent one against BART? Time Warner. Wow.


August 18, 2011
Online

BART Was Just Hacked Again, This Time Only In Anonymous’ Name

Someone is keen on continuing Anonymous’ crusade against BART in the wake of the agency’s mobile phone blockage debacle last week. This new release exposes the personal data of 102 BART police officers.


August 17, 2011
News

BART Idiots, AI Courses, And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.


Mobile

BART Riders Have No Right To Free Speech, Says Spokesjerk

Like most days, there was a protest in San Francisco yesterday where people said silly things. But atypically, this one was semi-organizsd by hacker collective Anonymous. Also unlike most San Francisco protests, there was sort of a point to it.


August 16, 2011
Mobile

FCC Investigating Bart For Last Week’s Mobile Phone Shutdown

After the Bay Area Rapid Transit in San Francisco tried to quell an anti-BART protest by shutting down their mobile phone system in their stations, they attracted the attention of the FCC, who will now investigate the matter.


August 15, 2011
Online

Protests In The Social Media Age And Government Bans

Welcome to protests in the social media age: where governments openly mull controversial bans on mobile devices. Let’s discuss!