Who was hacked this week you ask?  THE SYSTEM This post was inspired by a conversation I had recently with an Australian Information Technology study-buddy of mine. I was, as you can imagine, posting links to the Occupy Movement all over my social networking arena, including one for where people are occupying in Australia. My friend commented on my Facebook wall: Doesn’t it kind of not make a whole lot of sense in…

Nokia Smartphones currently use the Symbian operating system, but are changing over to the Windows Phone 7 system right now.  As this has all been being developed for launch, the personal information of the development team at Nokia was leaked by hackers who were able to breach Nokia’s security this week.  It seems that the hackers responsible were from Antisec.  At this point there isn’t any evidence to suggest that their data has been abused in any…

So, who was hacked this week?  In short – you were.  Here’s the story; Charles Blair Hill, a 45 year old civilian was shot and killed in July 2011 by transit police in the San Francisco subway system (BART - Bay Area Rapid Transit) during a “confrontation” where Hill was intoxicated and carrying a knife.  People who felt that this was use of excessive force by the transit police arranged a protest via social…

In the 21st century, it is impossible to NOT have a bank account.  Not that long ago, one could keep their money under ones’ mattress, but not anymore.  So, since we are all forced to rely on our banks, we have the right to expect them to keep our money safe.  And, if their security is breached, surely they are obliged to tell us, right? Apparently not.  Some Belgium banks…

THE SYRIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE was hacked by way of a peaceful protest, by the group known as Anonymous. As it’s not physically possible for those who oppose what is occurring there to arrange a picket line or a sit-in, the hacking of their website is the next logical step. We neither condone nor condemn the actions of Anonymous in general; this report has only to do with this one display…