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Sorin Adam Matei

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Security company Imperva disects Anonymous hack attack on Vatican in Case Study to Be Presented at Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco on March 1st (paper, pdf, YouTube video)

In a an extremely detailed report to be delivered to the computer security conference, Imperva, an IT  security consulting company describes how the hacker Anonymous group launched Operation Pharisee to bring down the Vatican web site. The report is to be presented…

NYTimes: Online and by Paper Airplane, Donations Pour in to Chinese Dissident Ai Weiwei

Ai Weiwei, whose artistic vision partially inspired the iconic “bird’s nest” stadium, which changed the image of Beijing from a cookie cutter apartment building factory to an emerging world metropolis , has also been known for his vocal opposition to official Chinese…

Norwegian Utoya Island witnesses mass execution by killer suspected to be related to the Oslo bomb blasts (Map, Video, Location)

More than 80 people were killed execution style by an individual wearing a police uniform on Utoya Island, 35 kilometers northwest of Oslo, the capital of Norway. The killing followed a devastating bomb blast in the center of Oslo, which is suspected…

Deputy Defense Secretary Lynn announces Cyber Strategy: US considers massive hacking war (video and transcripts)

Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn, III announced on July 14, 2011 that in the wake of a massive hacking incident that resulted in the loss of over 24,000 sensitive files from a Department of Defense contractor internal network, any major…