Andrew Blake

Anonymous begins dumping alleged KKK contact info

Hacktivist group Anonymous has begun releasing contact information purported to belong to members of the Ku Klux Klan after promising to reveal the identity of 1,000 Klansmen later this week.

November 2, 2015

Facebook reconsiders ‘real name’ policy after pushback from trans community, Native Americans

Facebook is preparing to fine-tune its "real name" policy after facing opposition from Native Americans, drag performers and members of the trans community among others, who had taken aim at the social networking site's rules on how users can identify themselves online.

November 2, 2015

Army opens nearly 20K artillery jobs to enlisted women

The U.S. Army has given women the go-ahead to apply to nearly 20,000 new field artillery positions, opening the door for actively serving females to apply for military occupational specialties previously only reserved for men.

October 30, 2015

Black Hawk drone: Unmanned chopper passes critical Pentagon test

The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk has been a staple of U.S. military operations going back more than 30 years, but the Pentagon is now closer than ever to ditching one of the iconic chopper's most important components: the pilot.

October 30, 2015

CISA notwithstanding, corporate data faces significant cyberrisk due to poor security practices

Cyberlegislation passed in the Senate this week is supposed to protect the nation's computer networks from highly skilled hackers, but researchers say subpar security practices exhibited by an alarming number of Americans could be the cause of the next major breach.

October 28, 2015

Pentagon picks Northrop Grumman for $80 billion LRS-B bomber project

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a lucrative contract by the Department of Defense that will see the Virginia-headquartered contractor supply the Air Force with the military's first fleet of stealth Long Range Strike Bombers, or LRS-Bs.

October 28, 2015

Cybersecurity bill passes Senate despite privacy concerns from tech companies, advocates

The Senate approved Tuesday the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), the biggest move yet to strengthen ties between government agencies and the private sector amid incessant data breaches and hacks that have helped the bill gain support after years of unsuccessful attempts.

October 27, 2015

SXSW nixes harassment talks over security concerns; BuzzFeed threatens to bow out of event

Threats of violence prompted the organizers of the SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, to sideline two panel discussions expected to focus on the topic of online harassment.

October 27, 2015

Damon Perry charged with murder, says victim became ‘zombie’ watching ‘The Walking Dead’ marathon

A gruesome killing in Grants, New Mexico, last week unfolded after two friends drunkenly binge-watched "The Walking Dead" TV show and one feared the other was about "to change into a zombie," police said on Monday.

October 27, 2015

Brent Nicholson, S.C. man, arrested, accused of hoarding 7,000+ guns

An arsenal of stolen weapons, including thousands of guns and hundreds of chainsaws, have been recovered by authorities near Pageland, South Carolina.

October 26, 2015

‘Ultimate Russian hack’ could ravage the Internet by severing undersea cables: report

U.S. defense and intelligence officials are increasingly concerned that Russia may opt to secretly sever undersea fiber-optic cables, the likes of which could sabotage communications systems and capital the world over, The New York Times reported on Sunday.

October 26, 2015

Clinton donors include half of living ‘Fat Cats’ who bought stays in Lincoln Bedroom

The names of individuals who've contributed to Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign are likely to ring a bell among those who've been watching the White House since her husband held office -- and those donors might soon ring the doorbell to the White House as well if history stands any chance of repeating.

October 26, 2015

Rami Shamir, Occupy Wall Street protester, can sue NYPD for excessive force: appeals court

An Occupy Wall Street activist can pursue legal action against the New York Police Department, a federal appeals panel ruled this week, after an earlier ruling ended with the protester's claim of excessive force being rejected in District Court.

October 23, 2015

Isidore ‘Heath’ Campbell, self-proclaimed Nazi, wanted by New Jersey police

Authorities in New Jersey are on the lookout for Isidore "Heath" Campbell, a 42-year-old Holland Township resident who previously made headlines when a supermarket refused to bake him a cake for his son that read "Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler."

October 23, 2015

Hulk Hogan can review Gawker computers for evidence of leak, judge rules

Hulk Hogan's attorneys have convinced a Florida judge to allow the former professional wrestler to review data from the computers of employees at Gawker, the gossip website that published a sex tape of the star in 2012.

October 23, 2015

Marijuana use among adults doubled in a decade: study

The percentage of adults in the United States who have smoked marijuana has more than doubled during the last decade, health professionals said in a report this week.

October 22, 2015

Domino’s building fleet of 100 custom pizza-delivery cars

Domino's may have abandoned its 30-minutes-or-it's-free promotion back in the 1990s, but the pizza chain's latest endeavor might just be its best bet yet for ensuring piping hot pies.

October 22, 2015

Cyber bill ‘CISA’ nearing Senate vote as opposition mounts

The Senate will finally vote on a controversial information-sharing bill in a matter of days, but objections from Silicon Valley's biggest corporations could keep Congress once again from approving a legislative effort to stymie cyberattacks through public-private partnership.

October 22, 2015

Iran’s Ayatollah gives go-ahead on nuclear deal

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei signed off Wednesday on the nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers, but not without raising his concerns about the multinational pact that will lift long-standing sanctions in exchange for adjustments to the Iranian atomic research program.

October 21, 2015

John Brennan’s hacked emails released by WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks on Wednesday posted apparently authentic intimate personal details of CIA Director John Brennan, including his health history, home address and wife's Social Security number, in the latest hacking scandal to spill sensitive government information.

October 21, 2015