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.
There have been 200 Islamophobic incidents reported to police since the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby.
On May 30, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
With more than 900,000 pageviews on its original story, 600,000 on one update, and 160,000 on another, the story has been a goldmine for Nick Denton's media empire.
On May 28, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
The LulzSec hacker made a noncooperating guilty plea of one count of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.
One hundred-plus days into a hunger strike, and despite being imprisoned longer than the microblogging platform has existed, Shaker Aamer asked his lawyer to tweet for him.
On May 24, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
President Obama plans to address the situation at Guantanamo in a Thursday speech.
On May 21, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
The initiative is not unlike last fall's Occupy Sandy, and it includes resources for victims, pets, families, and friends.
This site's business plan is like a B-movie script.
On May 20, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
"My dude, #OpGTMO is going to be bigger than OpIsrael."
On May 17, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
Did Toronto mayor Rob Ford get caught on video smoking crack? Depends on who's shelling out six figures.
Amnesty International site trawls Facebook for incriminating activity, and the results may surprise you.
On May 15, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
For $18 a month, this service promises to attack your enemies' websites whenever you want.
On May 14, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
#OpUSA, an Anonymous-affiliated plan to take out major U.S. government and banking websites, seems to be a dud.
On May 7, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
Taunt Anonymous at your own risk.
On May 1, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
In a sophisticated yet simple attack, someone exploited Wordpress sites to form an army of 2,500 blogs, all of which sent relentless requests.
#OpJustice4Rehtaeh released the identities of 19 people in a Facebook group supporting the alleged rapists of teen suicide victim Rehtaeh Parsons.
On Apr 25, 2013 by Lorraine Murphy
