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8chan down after Cloudflare & hosting firms boots it off

The infamous messageboard 8chan responsible for spreading hateful content against minorities and people of color has been forced to go offline after hosting company Voxility booted the site off from its server. Voxility’s decision came right after the website security firm Cloudflare announced cutting off its services for 8chan. Cloudflare’s decision came hours after it […]

DarkWeb Website Asking for Funds to Assassinate Donald Trump and Mike Pence

A website on the Dark Web, internet’s underworld where all sorts of illegal content can be shared or bought easily and anonymously, is urging users to help it raise money to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump and Vice-President-elect Mike Pence. CSO reports that this particular website went live the previous week and allegedly is seeking assistance […]

Hacker gets 20 years in prison for sharing US military data with ISIS

Kosovo Hacker Gets 20 Years in Jail for Helping Islamic State by US Federal Court A 20-year-old, Kosovo native computer hacker Ardit Ferizi has received 20 years in prison for the crime of helping out ISIS, a terrorist organization. Ferizi is guilty of handing over critical and sensitive information about over a thousand US government […]

Top ISIS Hacker And Recruiter Reportedly Killed In U.S. Airstrike

Short Bytes: In the latest reports by CNN, the top ISIS hacker and recruiter was reportedly killed in the U.S. air strike in Raqqa, Syria. Last week, the U.S. forces were successful in killing ISIS no.2 militant Haji Mutazz. These are considered great success by the Intelligence teams and the military alike. The fight against […]

Anonymous Attacks ISIS Supporters, Spams Twitter Accounts with Anime Pics

The online hacktivist Anonymous has been fighting an online battle against the Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL). And now they have just extended their fight against the organization by targeting those who express sympathy with the group’s ideology over social media platforms. The hacktivist group has using Japanese anime characters against a list of over 750 Twitter […]

WordPress.com Banned in Pakistan Over National Security Issues

In a shocking decision the government of Pakistan has banned WordPress.com, the world renowned open-source blogging tool and a content management system. Users in the country can’t access WordPress.com nor the blogs hosted on it. However, the Self hosted blogs on WordPress are still accessible. According to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), the reason for banning WordPress in the […]