Lulz Security Hacks FBI Cyber Security Affiliate, Declares “Game on” to NATO

On the night of June 3rd, @LulzSec Tweeted a link to the following statement:

“Dear Internets,

It has come to our unfortunate attention that NATO and our good friend Barrack
Osama-Llama 24th-century Obama have recently upped the stakes with regard to hacking.

They now treat hacking as an act of war. So, we just hacked an FBI affiliated website
(Infragard, specifically the Atlanta chapter) and leaked its user base. We also took
complete control over the site and defaced it, check it out if it's still up: http://infragardatlanta.org/”

Syria Shuts Off Internet - ReadWriteWeb

Syria Shuts Off Internet

According to Rensys:

"Starting at 3:35 UTC today (6:35am local time), approximately two-thirds of all Syrian networks became unreachable from the global Internet. Over the course of roughly half an hour, the routes to 40 of 59 networks were withdrawn from the global routing table."

Where to Watch E3 2011 Live

Looking to enjoy the PR filled electronics extravaganza that is E3? If you want the latest marketing fluff before the media chops it up into tiny little pieces, these links should help.

 

Nintendo has made it easy this year! Just click on over to e3.nintendo.com for the live stream on June 7 at 9AM PDT.

 

Sony claims they will be streaming their presentation live over both the Playstation Blog as well as from inside the PS3’s free online world, Playstation Home. The Sony press conference is scheduled for June 6 @ 5PM PDT.

Gamespot, IGN, and G4 will be live streaming all four days of E3 beginning with the Microsoft Press Conference on Monday, June 6, at 9:30AM PDT.

Favorite site swamped and won’t connect? There’s always people streaming over on UStream or Justin TV. Just search for E3.

Rather watch on the ol’ boob tube? Spike will be airing live coverage starting with the Microsoft press conference at Monday, 6/6, 9:30AM PDT and running for 5 hours. G4 will pick up broadcasting live from 2PM PDT with the Ubisoft show.

Who’s going on when? G4 has a nice little schedule.

Looking for something a little different? GamerLive.TV has teamed up with NVidia to bring a series of E3 to you on YouTube in 3D. Details are here.

CNet will be live with both the Microsoft press conference as well as Apple’s WWDC.

Florida Fraternal Order of Police Online Store Sells Hidden Blade

The Fraternal Order of Police Florida state lodge has an online shop! Who knew? Seems like a great way to help out.

Lets see, they’ve got some nice t-shirts…

and pins. Girls like pins. And…

A hidden dagger to clip on to your pistol.

Huh.

I also like the florescent lamp that looks like a time bomb.

This Time It’s Sony Pictures Being Hacked: Another Huge Data Breach

This Time It’s Sony Pictures Being Hacked: Another Huge Data Breach: "The group responsible for the attack, Lulz Security, summarizes the hack:

We recently broke into SonyPictures.com and compromised over 1,000,000 users’ personal information, including passwords, email addresses, home addresses, dates of birth, and all Sony opt-in data associated with their accounts. Among other things, we also compromised all admin details of Sony Pictures (including passwords) along with 75,000 “music codes” and 3.5 million “music coupons”."-CrunchGear

Intel Launches an Online Museum About You

In what is sure to be the new favorite site of narcissists everywhere, Intel has launched the Museum of Me.

Head on over to Intel’s site and feed it your Facebook account info. After a couple of moments, you will be treated to a walkthrough of your life as posted on Facebook. It’s all here: Your photos, your friends, even the words you use.

New Carmageddon Game Announced

Qwiki-ified for your edutainment

PC Gamer is reporting that Stainless Games, the developers of the original Carmageddon and Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now have reacquired the rights to the series and are developing a new title in the franchise, Carmageddon: Reincarnation.

It’s been fourteen years since the original Carmageddon and eleven years since The Death Race 2000(not made by Stainless) marked the end of the series.

Carmegeddon: Reincarnation is scheduled for a 2012 release.

Video : Microsoft Demos Windows 8 using Touch Screen

No guesswork or rumors here! Straight from the horse’s mouth, here is Microsoft demoing Windows 8 using a touch interface:

Google Says Chinese Hackers Broke Into Gmail - ABC News

Google Says Chinese Hackers Broke Into Gmail - ABC News

"Google credited its own security measures for detecting and disrupting the intrusions. All the victims have been notified and their Gmail account secured, according to the company.

Google wouldn't say what parts of the U.S. government were targeted or whether any confidential information may have been contained in the breached Gmail accounts. Besides senior government officials, other people whose Gmail accounts were violated included Chinese political activists, military personally, journalists and officials in other countries, mainly in South Korea."

Growing Up Otaku Digest : May 2011

And thus concludes May Sweeps Miss something cool in the whirlwind of Quality Blogging™? That’s why the GUO Digest is here!