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Lorraine Murphy


Lorraine Murphy is an Ottawa-based cybersecurity journalist and founding editor of the Cryptosphere. She has a keen interest in WikiLeaks and web culture, and her bylines have appeared in Salon, Vanity Fair, Serious Eats, and elsewhere.

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The best Guy Fawkes masks in Anonymous history

In honor of Halloween and the upcoming Million Mask March, I’ve rooted through my extensive collection of adapted Anonymous masks.

On Oct 31, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy

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Sentencing delayed again for Sabu, LulzSec leader turned FBI informant

Does the FBI still need him?

On Aug 23, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy

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The former public face of LulzSec is out of jail and back on Twitter

“Back from unexpected AFK. What’s a Gangnam?”

On Jun 28, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy

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How Anonymous gamed Twitter to shed light on a hidden massacre

It took hacktivist collective Anonymous to introduce the world to the Rohingya people in Burma.

On Mar 25, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy

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The Morning GIF: Lindsay Lohan lip service

The case of the incredible inflating lips.

On Mar 20, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy

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The Morning GIF: Skyball

Up in the air with Iya Traore.

On Mar 12, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy

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The Morning GIF: Out-of-body experience

There’s no more thorough look at a human’s innards than this.

On Feb 25, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy

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The Morning GIF: Personifying consumerism

“Working the grill at McDonald’s” has taken on a whole new meaning.

On Jan 16, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy

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The Morning GIF: Ermahgerd, Lergerlers!

Not even the Ermahgerd treatment can dull Legolas’ beauty to a true fan.

On Jan 15, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy

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Monday Mashup: AutoTuned Hitler meets Anonymous

Charlie Chaplin’s speech from “The Great Dictator” gets an autotuned re-re-remix via Anonymous.

On Dec 31, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

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The Morning GIF: Old fashioned New Year’s

It’s astonishing to see Times Square as she once was.

On Dec 31, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

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The Morning GIF: Shake it off

Horses can be profoundly goofy creatures.

On Dec 27, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

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The Morning GIF: Holiday hangover

Tears, beauty, innocence, hope, regret, and dyspepsia: our 2012 in a nutshell.

On Dec 26, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

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Morning Mashup: Last Gangnam Style

Start your Christmas right with the Daily Dot’s Morning Mashup, the best music remix from around the Web. This season, Wham! meets Psy. 

On Dec 25, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

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The Morning GIF: Brad Pitt vs. Brad Pitt

Advertising: Can’t live with it, can’t live without.

On Dec 21, 2012 by Lorraine Murphy

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