Syrian Electronic Army Leaves Its Mark on the Financial Times

Another western media organization is attacked by the pro-Assad group of digital pranksters.
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QOTD: And the Buyer’s Remorse Lingers On

Look out Facebook! Hours spent participating per member dropping seriously. First really bad sign as seen by crappy MySpace years ago.

Rupert Murdoch, still steamed about that whole MySpace thing, tweets a warning to Facebook

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Social Media Pose New Riddle for CIA

Effective spycraft has long called for cover — a job, family or routine that would keep a government agent from drawing undue attention. Now, that calculation extends to spies’ use of social media.

Why The Onion Is Awesome for Publishing Details of Its Twitter Hack

Details of hacking attacks are too often kept secret.
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Someone May Have Tweeted Warnings Ahead of Syrian Internet Outage

Also, 700 Syrian domain names were seized last month.
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Syrian Internet and Phone Blackout Enters Second Day

Faults in fiber optic cables, the government says.
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Syrian Hackers Turn Tables, Hack The Onion’s Twitter Account

A little later, The Onion bites back, with predictable results.
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The Data-Driven Enterprise Marketing Revolution

Big vendors are duking it out for ownership of consumer data.
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The Dark Side of the Digital Revolution

How do you explain to people that they are a YouTube sensation, when they have never heard of YouTube or the Internet?

Syrian Pro-Government Hackers Take Their Fight to CBS and Twitter

Seeking attention as events get more serious.
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