MtGox tries to recover $5M from Homeland Security, moves to liquidate
Bankrupt bitcoin exchange MtGox will enter liquidation, even as its lawyers hold out hope that it can recover $5 million in cash seized by Homeland Security.
Zimmermann’s Law: PGP inventor and Silent Circle co-founder Phil Zimmermann on the surveillance society
Phil Zimmermann, creator of PGP, in a wide-ranging interview talks about the corrupting nature of big data, the end of privacy and the rise of the surveillance society. He also shared his thoughts on Moore’s Law and its marriage to public policy, and why Silent Circle shutdown its email-service.
Bitcoin price holds up as details emerge about Mt. Gox seizure
Bitcoin traders were rattled yesterday on news that Homeland Security had shut down a popular form of trading the cyber-currency. Today, the price recovered as news emerged that the feds are targeting an exchange more than Bitcoin itself.
Feds scoop up 132 websites in annual Cyber Monday ritual
The Monday after Thanksgiving means online discounts for many people. To the federal government, it is a day to parade captured websites.
Should we be as worried about CISPA as we were about SOPA?
Critics say that a bill called CISPA, which has been passed by the House of Representatives and is on its way to the Senate, is just as bad as SOPA — but others, including Facebook, support the legislation. Should you be concerned about it?
Feds Seize Hundreds Of Websites Days Before Superbowl
In what is becoming a ritual akin to Superbowl Week itself, federal prosecutors today announced the seizure of 16 websites that offered live…
Is The Feds’ New PR Campaign Against Film Piracy Even Legal?
Federal law enforcement agents celebrated cyber-Monday in their own peculiar fashion by seizing 150 websites to go along with the 72 they ba…