The biggest cyber attack in the history of the Internet is happening right now

Reblogged from Quartz:

At this very moment, the largest cyber attack ever declared is emanating from a decommissioned, nuclear-war proof NATO bunker with five foot-thick concrete walls and a reputation for harboring spammers and cybercriminals. It's all part of a dustup between CyberBunker—so named for the building just outside Kloetinge, in the Netherlands, that houses its servers—and the international non-profit Spamhaus.

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Google+: The Charge Of The Like Brigade

Reblogged from TechCrunch:

A recent post by a defecting Googler (at his new and previous home, Microsoft) suggests that a fundamental reordering of Google's priorities has made it far less than the company it once was. A sudden comprehension of the danger posed by Facebook's ever-expanding platform caused the company to enter a sort of berserker state, focusing solely on reinventing social while neglecting or amputating anything that didn't fit into its new mission.

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