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U.S., UK government websites infected with crypto-mining malware

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“Thousands of websites, including ones run by U.S. and UK government agencies, were infected for several hours on Sunday with code that causes web browsers to secretly mine digital currencies, technology news site The Register reported.  The tainted version of Browsealoud caused inserted software for mining the digital currency Monero to run on computers that visited infected sites, generating money for the hackers behind the attack, The Register said.”

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bitcoin-cyber/u-s-uk-government-websites-infected-with-crypto-mining-malware-report-idUSKBN1FV0VO

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US Spy Chiefs Reverse Course on Phone Spying — But Just For Huawei

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“The FBI and other US intelligence agencies are suddenly and ever so deeply concerned with preserving your smart phone privacy.  Testifying before the US Senate Intelligence Committee, officials from the FBI, CIA, NSA, et al. warned Americans against using phones made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE.  Why? Because, Christopher Wray (Comey’s successor at the FBI) explains, the Chinese government might equip, or find and exploit weaknesses in, such phones to ‘maliciously modify or steal information’ and ‘conduct undetected espionage.'”

Read more: http://thegarrisoncenter.org/archives/12874

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Trump ‘Strongly’ Favors Imposing Online Sales Tax, Mnuchin Says

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“Mnuchin, speaking at a hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee, said he has spoken personally with Trump about the issue, and that the president ‘does feel strongly’ that the tax should be applied.”

Read more: http://fortune.com/2018/02/15/donald-trump-online-sales-tax/

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Lyn Ulbricht: The Far Reaching Impact of the Silk Road Case

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“Lyn Ulbricht is Ross Ulbricht’s mother. Ross was the creator of the Silk Road website, which had a very important role in the history of bitcoin. Currently, Ross is serving a double life sentence without parole for all non-violent charges. Lyn has worked to bring awareness to the case and raise funds for Ross’s defense through www.FreeRoss.org. She has had many media interviews and public appearances and has helped bring awareness to the public of the case and Ross’s appeals. Her efforts have shined light into the darkness of the justice system, proving it to be a darker place than anywhere found on the dark web.”

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School Cop Threatens 13-Year-Old with Child Porn Charges for Sexting

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“Many people don’t understand that school officials aren’t necessarily doing what’s best for a kid, and that they are likely to bring in law enforcement if they suspect a crime has been committed. And sharing sexually charged images of minors—even consensually, even if the people doing the sharing are themselves minors—is a felony.”

Read more: https://reason.com/blog/2018/02/07/teen-sexting-school-cop-arrested-porn

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Governments Hate Bitcoin and Cash Because They Protect People’s Privacy

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“If they’re going to be so explicit in their hostility to the anonymity and liberty those means of exchange offer people, we should take them at their word. Let’s be clear in response that what they see as problems are the precise features we like about cash and cryptocurrencies. We support our well-worn folding money and bitcoin and its successors to come precisely because they put at least some of our activities beyond the reach of control freaks who want to monitor, tax, and regulate our lives.”

Read more: https://reason.com/archives/2018/02/06/governments-hate-bitcoin-and-cash-for-th

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UK Man Facing Life For Hacking FBI Computers Wins Extradition Appeal

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“Lauri Love, who has Asperger’s syndrome, is accused of involvement in a series of hacks in 2012 and 2013 into computers at agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. army, the Missile Defense Agency and the Federal Reserve.  Charged with multiple offences in three U.S. indictments, he had been facing a life prison sentence in the United States if found guilty, a fate which he has said could lead him to taking his own life.”

Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-02-05/autistic-british-hacking-suspect-wins-appeal-against-extradition-to-us

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Georgia Must Block This Flawed Computer Crime Bill

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“S.B. 315 would criminalize simply accessing a computer, app, or website contrary to how the service provider tells you, even if you never cause or intend to cause harm. A violation under S.B. 315 would be classified as ‘a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature,’ punishable by up to $5,000 and 12 months in jail.”

Read more: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/02/georgia-must-block-flawed-computer-crime-bill

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Tractor Hacking: The Farmers Breaking Big Tech’s Repair Monopoly

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“When it comes to repair, farmers have always been self reliant. But the modernization of tractors and other farm equipment over the past few decades has left most farmers in the dust thanks to diagnostic software that large manufacturers hold a monopoly over. In this episode of State of Repair, Motherboard goes to Nebraska to talk to the farmers and mechanics who are fighting large manufacturers like John Deere for the right to access the diagnostic software they need to repair their tractors.”

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Canada’s first blockchain ETF approved

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“With the ticker HBLK, the fund has a management fee of 0.65 per cent and seeks to replicate the performance of the Harvest Blockchain Technologies Index; an index designed in-house to track the performance of issuers in both the large-cap blockchain segment and the emerging blockchain segment exposed to the development and implementation of blockchain technologies in North America.  At the same time, two other providers are looking to access the ever-growing popular blockchain technology.  Both First Trust Portfolios Canada and Evolve Funds Group Inc. have filed preliminary prospectuses with regulators this week for blockchain funds.”

Read more: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/funds-and-etfs/etfs/osc-approves-canadas-first-blockchain-etf/article37828183/

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