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Follow the data

16 Mar, 20231 Mar, 2022 by Nat Power

One way to intervene on Russia’s physical onslaught is through cyberwar, which is being fought from all sides. Enter Anonymous. In their words, “internet-based, international team from literally all around the world.” In our words, cyber-advocacy for the underestimated wrath and underprivileged citizens of the world, through exploitation of fake news and unjust criminal war activity. They have tweeted a call for hackers to join the squad.

Radical homebody

16 Mar, 202318 Oct, 2021 by Nat Power

An edited excerpt from a new book by investigative journalist Huib Modderkolk called There’s a War On But No One Can See It delves into the story of Edwin and his parents in Rotterdam. Edwin grew up introverted and came to be the kid that spent 12 hours a day in his room tinkering with a home built PC. He roamed the darkest corners of computer servers with barely a torch. The inner motivation and obsession to find the next “window open,” an exploit that would allow unlimited access to some of the most important servers and corporate digital back rooms in the world.

DarkSide: Service with a Smile

16 Mar, 202314 Jun, 2021 by Nat Power

We once covered the Darknet Diaries podcast, the episode was a story about Ransomware. We are drawn to these ransomware stories on private and public organisations because they speak to a real vulnerability in an unreal world.

Ransomware, taking a Toll

16 Mar, 202316 Mar, 2020 by Nat Power

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The Toll Group were subject to a ransomware attack in early February, whereby hackers gain access to systems and methodically disrupt a company’s access to its own data. The hackers demand large sums of ‘ransom’ money to release locked or compromised systems to relieve the company of digital and unfortunate customer chaos. In Toll’s case, which was played down in a company media release, their key services and systems took a grave hit by a criminal act.