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Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, we come from the Internet, the new home of Mind.
On behalf of the future, we ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.
Moar here:
http://rezn8d.net/2012/03/02/a-declaration-of-the-independence-of-cyberspace/Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, we come from... more
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Surveillance Who’s Who exposes the government agencies that attended six ISS World conferences between 2006 and 2009. ISS world is a surveillance trade show known to industry insiders as ‘The Wiretappers’ Ball’. This project is part of our Big Brother Incorporated investigation into the sale of surveillance technology. Read more…
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ISS World is attended by brutal dictatorships and Western democracies alike. Governments and companies from all over the world meet, mingle, buy and sell – we want to know who’s dealing with who. Many countries publish government spending, which you can use in conjunction with our data and the WikiLeaks Spyfiles to dig around. Take direct action by submitting Freedom of Information requests or writing to your elected representative. A little data goes a long way in this sort of investigation. Join our discussion list to be kept up to date and share your findings.
Surveillance Who’s Who exposes the government agencies that attended six ISS World conferences between 2006 and 2009. ISS world is a surveillance trade show known to industry insiders as ‘The Wiretappers’ Ball’. This project is part of our Big Brother Incorporated investigation into the sale of surveillance technology. Read more…
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ISS World is attended by brutal dictatorships and Western democracies alike. Governments and companies from all over the world meet, mingle, buy and sell – we want to know who’s dealing with who. Many countries publish government spending, which you can use in conjunction with our data and the WikiLeaks Spyfiles to dig around. Take direct action by submitting Freedom of Information requests or writing to your elected representative. A little data goes a long way in this sort of investigation. Join our discussion list to be kept up to date and share your findings.Surveillance Who’s Who exposes the government agencies that attended six ISS... more
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The freedom of our internet is at stake, 1984 is here, Big Brother is watching you, tracking your every move, and he is slowly dissolving your connections to uncensored content. Google's actions have prompted me to write a "State of the Internet" address regarding our current Orwellian existence.
In addition to Google's new privacy concerns, this page will seek to document any programs, software, and companies or organizations that help fund, effect, or support censorship and/or tracking on the internet; as well as ways to protect yourself and browse anonymously online. This page will be updated from time to time with no notice.The freedom of our internet is at stake, 1984 is here, Big Brother is watching you,... more
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Embattled HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr quit his job yesterday as the prospect of a Congressional investigation loomed. A dozen Democrats in Congress asked various Republican committee chairs to launch probes of HBGary Federal's idea for a "reconnaissance cell" targeting pro-union organizers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/28/AR2011022805810.html
HBGary Federal was hacked last month by Anonymous after Aaron Barr believed he had unmasked much of the group's leadership—and Barr's entire cache of corporate e-mails was made public. Those messages revealed that Barr had joined up with two other security firms, Palantir and Berico, to pitch the powerhouse DC law firm of Hunton & Williams on an idea to go after union-backed websites who opposed the US Chamber of Commerce. The scheme, if adopted, would have cost the Chamber up to $2 million a month.
The three companies called themselves Team Themis, and instead of providing simple "business intelligence," they had a few other ideas:
* Create a false document, perhaps highlighting periodical financial information, and monitor to see if US Chamber Watch acquires it. Afterward, present explicit evidence proving that such transactions never occurred. Also, create a fake insider persona and generate communications with [union-backed Change to Win]. Afterward, release the actual documents at a specified time and explain the activity as a CtW contrived operation.
* If needed, create two fake insider personas, using one as leverage to discredit the other while confirming the legitimacy of the second. Such work is complicated, but a well-thought out approach will give way to a variety of strategies that can sufficiently aid the formation of vetting questions US Chamber Watch will likely ask.
* Create a humor piece about the leaders of CtW.
Now, some members of Congress want an investigation. "The [Team Themis] techniques may have been developed at US government expense to target terrorists and other security threats," said a letter signed by the representatives.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/49777524/Hunton-Williams-Investigation-letter
"The e-mails indicate that these defense contractors planned to mine social network sites for information on Chamber critics; planned to plant 'false documents' and 'fake insider personas' that would be used to discredit the groups; and discussed the use of malicious and intrusive software ('malware') to steal private information from the groups and disrupt their internal electronic communications."
Did anything illegal happen? The letter suggests that forgery, wire fraud, and computer fraud might have taken place and that Congress should investigate the ways that private contractors turn their military contracting experience on private targets.
Going after the lawyers
Hunton & Williams, the middleman law firm in all this (and the middleman between a major US bank and Team Themis' similar plan to take down WikiLeaks), has steadfastly refused to comment on the whole story. But it too may find itself in trouble after a professional conduct complaint (PDF) was lodged against it last week in Washington, DC. http://www.velvetrevolution.us/images/H_W_Bar_complaint.pdf
The complaint was filed by Stop the Chamber and Velvet Revolution, two of the groups targeted for the potential Chamber of Commerce campaign. It accuses the three Hunton & Williams lawyers named in the HBGary Federal e-mails of "an extended pattern of unethical behavior that included likely criminal conduct."
> Specifically, they solicited, conspired with and counseled three of its investigative private security firms to engage in domestic spying, fraud, forgery, extortion, cyber stalking, defamation, harassment, destruction of property, spear phishing, destruction of property, identity theft, computer scraping, cyber attacks, interference with business, civil rights violations, harassment, and theft.
Most of this alleged bad behavior was done, of course, by Team Themis and not by Hunton & Williams. Still, they reviewed (and appear to have had no problems with) the material. As the complaint puts it, "none of the H&W lawyers ever expressed any reservation or doubt about the unethical conduct proposed and committed by their investigators. In fact, they actively solicited and approved everything that was proposed and presented."
The complaint asks the DC Board of Professional Responsibility to strip all three Hunton & Williams lawyers of their licenses.Embattled HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr quit his job yesterday as the prospect of a... more
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There are four pillars to the cyber war realm: intelligence, technology, logistics, and command. By understanding these factors IT security practitioners can gauge the threat to their own organization from cyber war and perhaps take steps to prepare for either direct attacks or the fallout from an outbreak of cyber hostilities between nations.
http://information-security-resources.com/2009/11/09/four-pillars-of-cyber-warfare-intelligence/There are four pillars to the cyber war realm: intelligence, technology, logistics,... more
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Is the best way to counter the rise of bike gangs in Canada for the government to create a rival bike gang? No. Is the best way to counter Somali pirates to develop piratical abilities? No. Is the best way to fight biologic weapons to develop more virulent pathogens? No.
Federal Agencies and the Defense Department have inadequate cyber defenses, but the course of action should be to beef those defenses up, not to resort to cyber attacks as some sort of deterrent. The best way to counter cyber attacks is with cyber defense.Is the best way to counter the rise of bike gangs in Canada for the government to... more
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