Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2015-01-12 Thread Erich M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2015-01-11 05:57, Nathan Andrew Fain wrote: > This is the definitive reason why I question USG's claims. First we > have every right to doubt their claims until they show real > evidence. The worlds patience for "trust us, we have evidence" was > c

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2015-01-12 Thread Nathan Andrew Fain
On 22/12/2014 06:58, Julio Cesar Fort wrote: > Remember that Sony has pissed off hackers and > information-wants-to-be-free sort of activists in the past. Its ties > with MPAA and RIAA to clampdown torrent sites or its fierce > persecution against PS3 hacker Geohot, for example, drew the ire of > t

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2015-01-10 Thread Virilha
] confused by the Sony hack To: liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu Hi all, I'm no expert in cyber war but since when a nation-state intrusion involves dropping docs, exposing corporate secrets, leaking upcoming movies in Bittorrent and changing the wallpapers of employees's workst

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-22 Thread Gregory Foster
On 12/21/14 11:58 PM, Julio Cesar Fort wrote: > I'm no expert in cyber war but since when a nation-state intrusion > involves dropping docs, exposing corporate secrets, leaking upcoming > movies in Bittorrent and changing the wallpapers of employees's > workstations? If this was really a government

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-21 Thread Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes
Word On Dec 21, 2014 11:58 PM, "Julio Cesar Fort" wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all, > > I'm no expert in cyber war but since when a nation-state intrusion > involves dropping docs, exposing corporate secrets, leaking upcoming > movies in Bittorrent and changing

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-21 Thread Julio Cesar Fort
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I'm no expert in cyber war but since when a nation-state intrusion involves dropping docs, exposing corporate secrets, leaking upcoming movies in Bittorrent and changing the wallpapers of employees's workstations? If this was really a governme

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-21 Thread Isaac Mao
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2014/12/21/did-china-help-north-korea-hack-sony/ 3 hackers met: US hackers said, I'm not hacker, I'm opener(Snowden); China hacker said, I'm not hacker, I'm clicker(DDOS); Korean hacker said: I'm not hacker, I'm miner(Gulag). not only hypothesis on politica

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-21 Thread hellekin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 12/21/2014 03:33 PM, Erich M. wrote: > > a really powerful 0day warhead > *** Oh no, more lemmings! I want a tee-shirt^W^Wboxer short with that printed on it. For a male friend. == hk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2 iQJ8BAEBCgB

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-21 Thread Erich M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2014-12-20 19:06, Al Billings wrote: > >> company thereafter > > So, you claim it was a nation-state and politically motivated. When > Joseph points out that there isn’t clear evidence to support your > statements, you back-pedal. > > How do you

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-20 Thread Al Billings
> On Dec 20, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Erich M. wrote: > > >> Both miss IMHO the point. This was clearly a politically > >> motivated attack by a nation state intended to create the > >> severest immediate impact possible on Sony. Hitting the > >> technical, informational and soon > > > > you take a pr

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-20 Thread Erich M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2014-12-19 13:05, Joseph Lorenzo Hall wrote: >>> Any ideas on which narrative (or combination thereof) is >>> right? > >> Both miss IMHO the point. This was clearly a politically >> motivated attack by a nation state intended to create the >> seve

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-19 Thread Don Marti
This might just be the provocation that finally pushes commons-based peer production over the line of being able to make a feature film. "Lulz" (2015) * * 1/2. A brilliant North Korean computer scientist, forced to infiltrate the USA to save her husband and child, teams up with a Californi

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-19 Thread Joseph Lorenzo Hall
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 12/18/14, 5:47 PM, Erich M. wrote: > On 2014-12-18 19:11, Noah Shachtman wrote: >> One the one hand, I see US officials leaking word that the North >> Koreans were involved... > >> http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/world/asia/us-links-north-ko

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-18 Thread Erich M.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2014-12-18 19:11, Noah Shachtman wrote: > One the one hand, I see US officials leaking word that the North > Koreans were involved... > > http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/world/asia/us-links-north-korea-to-sony-hacking.html > > On the other, I s

Re: [liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-18 Thread ITechGeek
The rumors I've been hearing from some of my IT Security friends are saying disgruntled ex employees from either a division of Sony Pictures or a key partner and Sony Pictures not taking steps to properly store admin passwords. Haven't noticed any news reports verifying these rumors. In my opinio

[liberationtech] confused by the Sony hack

2014-12-18 Thread Noah Shachtman
One the one hand, I see US officials leaking word that the North Koreans were involved... http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/18/world/asia/us-links-north-korea-to-sony-hacking.html On the other, I see evidence that points to a hacktivist-type outfit... http://www.wired.com/2014/12/evidence-of-north-