The dust is settling from this week’s Dutch DDoS attacks — by some accounts, the largest denial-of-service action ever mounted, channeling 300 gigabits of junk traffic to the web’s weakest spots. For the most part, our tubes performed admirably. Most web users didn’t see anything more than a mild slowdown. Spamhaus, the European anti-spam watchdog site targeted […]
Burger King Employee Stands on Lettuce: Busted by Internet
Ever feel like nothing is secret any more because of the Internet? You may be right. It took 4Chan users only 15 minutes to track down and bust the Cleveland-area BurgerKing employee who stood on top of two containers of shredded lettuce and then posted a picture of the gross act. 4Chan is a bulletin board-type website where members […]
Innocent Man’s Reputation Threatened Because of Wi-Fi Connection
On March 7th, a resident of Buffalo, New York was awoken at 6:30 am by a thunderous crash of his front door by ICE ( U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement ) agents. The Daily Tech fully explains his rude awakening. He pleaded he had no idea why they were calling him a pedophile but the […]
Digital Copy Machines Are Loaded With Secrets
“The type of information we see on these machines with the social security numbers, birth certificates, bank records, income tax forms,” John Juntunen said, “that information would be very valuable.”
Teen Freed After Facebook Alibi
It seems like one of those questions that there’s no hope in answering: “Where were you on Tuesday the 3rd at 10pm?” Thinking…thinking…thinking…do I tell these guys that I don’t know where I was this morning, let alone three weeks ago on a Tuesday. No, they’d just think I was being sarcastic. They’be be right. […]
