leaked: uk copyright lobby holds closed-door meetings with govt to discuss national web-censorship regime*
terrorists terrorised: al qaeda hacked*
scotus term in review: it's a mixed bag*
as hulu flirts, comcast must stay mum*
facebook 10th most hated company in US*
news corp. on verge of myspace sale*
judge: google can be sued for wiretapping in street view debacle*
kkr - kohlberg, kravis, roberts - to buy top web hosting/domain registrar 'go daddy'; but who is kkr?*
scientists discover most distant quasar known to exist*
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Showing posts with label banksters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label banksters. Show all posts
Thursday, June 30, 2011
6/30 defcon: copywrong, dislike, discoveries
Thursday, February 10, 2011
2/10 defcon: harsh sentences, trojan horse, hotfile
hackers hit nasdaq computers*
hypnosis by lcd becoming increasingly rampant*
pole shift threatens to cause weather chaos*
child porn prosecutions & harsh sentences rising dramatically*
fcc net neutrality is a regulatory 'trojan horse,' eff says*
motion picture association sues hotfile.com for direct copyright infringement & theft 'on a staggering scale'*
twitter valued at $10b as google, facebook & the social network sharks circle; will they be the latest sellout?*
hypnosis by lcd becoming increasingly rampant* pole shift threatens to cause weather chaos*
child porn prosecutions & harsh sentences rising dramatically*
fcc net neutrality is a regulatory 'trojan horse,' eff says*
motion picture association sues hotfile.com for direct copyright infringement & theft 'on a staggering scale'*
twitter valued at $10b as google, facebook & the social network sharks circle; will they be the latest sellout?*
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Twitter,
weather wars
Saturday, January 22, 2011
who will weep for the banksters?
Who will weep? Will anyone regret when a foreclosure mill is finally stopped? When the Federal Reserve has one less party to provide hefty bailouts that possibly go towards big bonuses? When will Wikileaks pull the plug and start leaking?Who will weep for Bank of America when the contents of a rumored 5GB hard drive of a bank executive are sent to media outlets? Mary Bottari wonders how bad it will be in a recent article, 'What Does Wikileaks Have on Bank of America?' The writer implies it must be bad as the bank buys up unflattering website domain names, e.g., BankofAmericaSucks.com and BrianMoynhihanblows.com!
Bottari wonders whether Wikileaks has evidence the bank was peddling toxic securities to investors fully aware of their worthlessness? The writer notes as recently as "...September 2009, for example, BofA underwrote $239 million worth of securities backed by subprime loans...". Bank of America is also at ground zero of the robo-signing scandal. A bank employee admits in a legal deposition she signed 8,000 foreclosure documents a month without reading them--a clear violation of law! The writer wonders whether mounting evidence of a fraudulent disregard for the law, may place Bank of America in an unsustainable position, legally?
Bank of America may regret the purchase of Countrywide in 2008 and as Bottari observes "...one of the most aggressive and fraudulent lenders during the housing bubble. The result has been a trainwreck of liability and lawsuits for the megabank that now has over 1.3 million customers in foreclosure."
Former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo, the son of a Bronx butcher, is considered one of the worst chief executives of all time by Conde Nast Portfolio. You may catch a glimpse of this scary guy as Mozilo testifies in front of the House of Representatives. Mozilo defends CEO compensation in a very articulate manner after he pocketed almost $450 million in stock options over the years!
Bottari concludes with parting shots at the zombie bank. The writer reminds the reader of recent news the Fed has provided--what amounts to life support--to the bank with $931 billion in short term loans and subsidies! Whew! The writer's last remark is not only does Bank of America want you to know the bank and its top executive do not suck, but also, it's other top executives. The bank has been buying up a long list of domains which use their names! Wow! Great Stuff! It sounds like Bottari can't wait for Wikileaks!
The present writer still wonders if Wikileaks isn't just a new operation and a more sophisticated form of eliminating targets? Who will be next? Who is behind Wikileaks?
Thursday, January 13, 2011
1/13 defcon: crimestop, doublethink, disconnect
child porn probe leads to fbi headquarters*
ex-tsa worker gets 2yrs for planting 'logic bomb' malware in colorado springs screening system*
US subpoenas twitter for wikileaks info*
how secret were the wikileaks state dept. cables?*
wikileaks contributes $15k to bradley manning's defense*
assange claims 504 'insurance files' on news corp.*
algorithms take control of wall street*
cyberdyne is real & making thought-controlled exoskeletons*
video: 'stop. think. connect.' - dhs announces new fear agenda of 'crimestop. doublethink. disconnect.'*
ex-tsa worker gets 2yrs for planting 'logic bomb' malware in colorado springs screening system* US subpoenas twitter for wikileaks info*
how secret were the wikileaks state dept. cables?*
wikileaks contributes $15k to bradley manning's defense*
assange claims 504 'insurance files' on news corp.*
algorithms take control of wall street*
cyberdyne is real & making thought-controlled exoskeletons*
video: 'stop. think. connect.' - dhs announces new fear agenda of 'crimestop. doublethink. disconnect.'*
Labels:
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bradley manning,
cablegate,
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fbi,
howard schmidt,
julian assange,
malware,
subpoena,
tsa,
Twitter,
Video,
wikileaks
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
goldman invests in facebook at $50b valuation
why are taxpayers subsidizing facebook & the next bubble?
from nytimes: Goldman Sachs has reached out to its wealthy private clients, offering them a chance to invest in Facebook, the hot social networking giant that is considering a possible public offering in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter. On Sunday night, a number of Goldman clients received an email from their Goldman broker, offering them the opportunity to invest in an unnamed “private company that is considering a transaction to raise additional capital.” Another person briefed on the deal said that Goldman clients would have to pony up a minimum of $2 million to invest and would be prohibited from selling their shares until 2013. A Goldman spokesman declined to comment. Facebook has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs and a Russian investor in a transaction that values the company at $50 billion, according to people involved in the transaction. As part of its deal with Facebook, Goldman is expected to raise as much as $1.5 billion from investors for Facebook.
from nytimes: Goldman Sachs has reached out to its wealthy private clients, offering them a chance to invest in Facebook, the hot social networking giant that is considering a possible public offering in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter. On Sunday night, a number of Goldman clients received an email from their Goldman broker, offering them the opportunity to invest in an unnamed “private company that is considering a transaction to raise additional capital.” Another person briefed on the deal said that Goldman clients would have to pony up a minimum of $2 million to invest and would be prohibited from selling their shares until 2013. A Goldman spokesman declined to comment. Facebook has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs and a Russian investor in a transaction that values the company at $50 billion, according to people involved in the transaction. As part of its deal with Facebook, Goldman is expected to raise as much as $1.5 billion from investors for Facebook.
Monday, November 29, 2010
bank computer glitch really a hack?
Chris Groothoff, an IT professional, believes somebody hacked the National Australia Bank computer system, as reported at Canberra Times. ''We know that there are all sorts of requirements for special systems like banking systems that have very many precautions and safeguards built into those systems and the ability to recover from a failure within minutes, basically,'' he said. Grothoff is clearly annoyed. ''I think they are pulling the wool over our eyes by saying it's just a computer glitch.'' Is this cyberwarfare?
Labels:
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nab,
national australia bank
bank blames human error for outage
National Australia Bank (NAB) spokesman George Wright would not provide technical description of bank's computer difficulties in AUSTRALIANIT article. Wright denied rumors of a botched mainframe upgrade, hackers or virus as reason for glitch. NAB does batch processing for other banks and delivers files daily. "On early Thursday morning, IT departments at financial institutions such as Commonwealth Bank, Westpac, ANZ, HSBC, Citibank and Bank of Queensland went on high alert when they did not receive the files." It's one of Australia's biggest banking bungles. NAB is placing blame on human error as "...someone from NAB's IT department who had access to the system inadvertently uploaded a file that 'corrupted' the system." Many NAB bank customers were caught without cash as salaries did not make it into their bank accounts.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
9/16 defcon: tracking devices & small worlds
have cell phones become personal tracking devices? what your phone could be telling the govt*
fired google engineer stalked teens, spied on chats*
mom obsessed with video game 'small worlds' neglects children, dogs starve to death*
chase's online bank service still facing problems*
Labels:
animals,
banksters,
cell phones,
children,
defcon,
google,
obsessions,
social networks,
stalkers,
surveillance,
video games
Thursday, April 22, 2010
defcon 4/22: takedowns, lockups & predictive analytics
google exposes government takedown requests*
google: US demanded user info 3,500 times in 6 months*
google hackers stole source code of global password system*
second banker accused of stealing high-frequency trading code*
mcafee antivirus program locks up pc's worldwide*
crime prediction software is here & it's a very bad idea*
precrime in florida: ibm's predictive analytics*
online game shoppers duped into selling souls*
microsoft's chinese labor scandal:
there's more trouble ahead for the rest of high tech*
cultivated play: farmville*
9 yr-old blamed for US school system hack*
1/3 of US teens with phones 'text 100 times a day'*
wikileaks claims facebook deleted its page, 30,000 fans*
draft of secretive intl copyright treaty leaked -
confirms fears on net freedom*
reverse-engineering artist busts biometric control grid*
'second life' players sue over illegal seizure of virtual property*
video: richard clarke says private firms should spy on net*
clarke says public aversion to regulation prevents govt from defending cyberspace*
facebook steps up lobbying, deepens ties with intel agencies, ftc*
google: US demanded user info 3,500 times in 6 months* google hackers stole source code of global password system*
second banker accused of stealing high-frequency trading code*
mcafee antivirus program locks up pc's worldwide*
crime prediction software is here & it's a very bad idea*
precrime in florida: ibm's predictive analytics*
online game shoppers duped into selling souls*
microsoft's chinese labor scandal:
there's more trouble ahead for the rest of high tech*
cultivated play: farmville*
9 yr-old blamed for US school system hack*
1/3 of US teens with phones 'text 100 times a day'*
wikileaks claims facebook deleted its page, 30,000 fans*
draft of secretive intl copyright treaty leaked -
confirms fears on net freedom*
reverse-engineering artist busts biometric control grid*
'second life' players sue over illegal seizure of virtual property*
video: richard clarke says private firms should spy on net*
clarke says public aversion to regulation prevents govt from defending cyberspace*
facebook steps up lobbying, deepens ties with intel agencies, ftc*
Labels:
artificial intel,
banksters,
biometrics,
china,
cia,
copyright,
defcon,
florida,
google,
hackers,
ibm,
leaks,
microsoft,
richard clarke,
social networks,
software,
surveillance,
treaty,
wikileaks
Thursday, March 18, 2010
defcon 3/18: cyberpocalypse, command & control
US to roll out major broadband policy*
earth under attack from invisible star?*
venezuela's chavez calls for internet controls*
google '99.9%' certain to pull china plug*
5 doomsday scenarios for cyberpocalypse*
paypal says sorry to cryptome*
iran arrests 30 accused of US-backed 'cyberwar'*
'boogeyman bomb':
what america needs to know about emp's*
sec says hacker manipulated stock prices*
fbi uses phony profiles on social networks to track suspects*
undercover feds on social networking sites raise questions*
your new facebook friend: the irs*
revised cybersecurity bill introduced in senate*
1 in 4 uk schoolkids admits hacking*
uk clinic opens for children addicted to video games & internet*
could terrorists on the net be next dot com bubble?*
US cyber command preparations under way, general says*
earth under attack from invisible star?* venezuela's chavez calls for internet controls*
google '99.9%' certain to pull china plug*
5 doomsday scenarios for cyberpocalypse*
paypal says sorry to cryptome*
iran arrests 30 accused of US-backed 'cyberwar'*
'boogeyman bomb':
what america needs to know about emp's*
sec says hacker manipulated stock prices*
fbi uses phony profiles on social networks to track suspects*
undercover feds on social networking sites raise questions*
your new facebook friend: the irs*
revised cybersecurity bill introduced in senate*
1 in 4 uk schoolkids admits hacking*
uk clinic opens for children addicted to video games & internet*
could terrorists on the net be next dot com bubble?*
US cyber command preparations under way, general says*
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