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NSA cant crack common encryption software top hacker concludes

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Beant Singh assassins arrest shows law catches up with all BJP

Thailand News.Net - Tuesday 6th January, 2015

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said the arrest of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh's assassin Jagtar Singh Tara in Thailand clearly indicates that those involved in terrorist ...

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ABU DHABI // A British tourist stranded in Thailand since Saturday because of fog at Abu Dhabi International Airport is finally flying home tomorrow with an upgrade to business class.Wayne ...

The Nation - Wednesday 7th January, 2015

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has received more than 1,000 greeting cards from children, youths and adults, which him happy on the New Year ...

The Nation - Wednesday 7th January, 2015

The United Front of Democracy against Dictatorship and other red-shirt groups will not hold a rally at Parliament on Thursday and Friday, former Pheu Thai MP and red-shirt leader Worachai Hema said ...

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Did Julian Assange and Pamela Anderson Do It?

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There was a fun blind item revealed today on the unverifiable gossip site Crazy Days and Nights:

September 8, 2014

There is sleeping with someone for tracks, for a part, or even for money. This former A list mostly television actress turned A list celebrity and reality star for a paycheck slept with this international B list celebrity just for his endorsement. He didn't give it though.

Pamela Anderson/Julian Assange

It's difficult to gauge how much truth there is to such nuggets of gossip. However, in this case, the blind item might actually be onto something. According to the Daily Mail, a meeting between Assange and Anderson occurred last year, right around the time the original blind item was posted. As Charlotte Gill at the Mail reported:

Pamela Anderson has secretly visited Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy, I can report.

The meeting was arranged by fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood, a friend of them both.

Somewhat surprisingly, the Baywatch actress, right, was trying to encourage the Wikileaks founder to back her new foundation, which supports women who are victims of sexual abuse, among other causes.

Westwood later told Gill that Assange and Anderson "got on very well."

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Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp suspended after hack

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The virtual exchange of cryptocurrency Bitcoin has always proved to be tricky business, with many still unsure of whether to adopt the intangible money form or not.

The temporary suspension of Europe's leading Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp's services -- a result of a hack yesterday -- does nothing to dispel hesitations.

In a statement released today, Bitstamp revealed that some of its operational wallets had been compromised on 4 January, leading to a loss of no less than 19,000 BTC (3 million).

Officals at Bitstamp ensured that the emergency response to the breach on 4 January was swift, with rapid-fire notifications being released to all customers, instructing them to no longer make deposits to "previously issued Bitcoin deposit addresses.

While the 3m loss may seem serious, Bitstamp says the breach is only a "small fraction of Bitstamp's total bitcoin reserves", the rest of which are "held in secure offline cold storage systems".

Since its inception in 2008, the nascent Bitcoin industry has caused both excitement and trepidation.

The untraceable nature of the cryptocurrency is a characteristic that has often been exploited by darker forces looking for anonymous payment methods.

The clampdown on black market website Silk Road -- which only accepted Bitcoin payments -- in late 2013, along with the invention of a Dark Wallet in 2014 have already dampened the initial hype around the virtual currency.

For the moment, Bitstamp's services are still down, and despite the assurances of Bitstamp representatives, this current breach follows in the wake of cyber attacks in February 2014, which prevented withdrawals for a number of days.

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US Supreme Court asked to hear appeal on Snowden-related issue in Chicago terrorism case

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Published January 06, 2015

CHICAGO A 20-year-old facing terrorism charges for allegedly trying to set off a bomb in Chicago has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review aspects of his case that touch on revelations by former government contractor Edward Snowden.

Adel Daoud wants the nation's highest court to agree to hear an appeal of a June ruling by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that denied his lawyers access to secret records of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, or FISA court. It was Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor, who revealed the FISA court had secretly signed off on expanded U.S. phone and Internet spying programs.

Daoud, a U.S citizen from suburban Chicago, has denied allegations that he accepted a phony car bomb from undercover FBI agents, parked it by a downtown Chicago bar and pressed a trigger.

His attorneys provided a copy on Tuesday of their 36-page petition to the high court, which was submitted to the panel in late December. The filing argues that lawyers can't adequately defend Daoud, whose trial is set for later this year, without examining secret FISA court records that federal investigators submitted to obtain a warrant.

Since Congress created the FISA court in 1978, no defense attorneys have ever been allowed to see such warrant applications. And in its June ruling, the 7th Circuit said opening them to Daoud's lawyers could endanger national security.

But Daoud's attorneys argue that the only way they can determine if the government violated his protections against unreasonable searches is by examining the records prosecutors filed with the FISA court.

"Without access to FISA materials, it is virtually impossible for defendants to challenge the lawfulness of the government's surveillance of them," the Daoud petition says. It adds, "That criminal defendants cannot meaningfully exercise these rights ... implicates the rights of nearly all Americans."

The Supreme Court receives around 10,000 requests a year to hear appeals, but agrees to take on fewer than 100, according to the high court's website.

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Canadian exchange to shut as Bitcoin bad news continues

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Canadian Bitcoin exchange Vault of Satoshi is shutting down next month in the latest bad news to hit the cryptocurrency.

The operators of the exchange said they are focusing on another business project that began six months ago, one that is not related to cryptocurrency.

Run by Global CryptoCurrency Solutions, the Brantford, Ontario-based exchange is no longer accepting new deposits and will close Feb. 5.

Wed like to reassure the community that it has absolutely nothing to do with insolvency, stolen funds, or any other unfortunate scenario, the operators wrote in a post. Our decision stems from opportunities presented by a new business that has forced us to reexamine our priorities.

The company did not immediately respond to a request for more information. Its cofounder Michael Curry is also behind TurboFlix, a Web service that allows Canadians to watch Netflix content available in other countries.

Vault of Satoshi launched in October 2013 and describes itself as the first full proof-of-reserve exchange in the industry.

Its closure comes as European Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp said in a post that some of its operational wallets were compromised Jan. 4, leading to a loss of less than 19,000 bitcoins, which is roughly US$5.1 million.

The bulk of our bitcoin are in cold storage, and remain completely safe, Bitstamp co-founder Nejc Kodric wrote in a Twitter message.

The exchange, launched in August 2011, had tried to reassure customers that their coins are safe after a breach over the weekend forced it to suspend operations on Monday.

Bitstamp added that it is investigating the matter and communicating with law enforcement officials.

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Exchange: Lost ‘less than’ $5.1M of bitcoin

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Some, however, are not buying this explanation.

"Don't believe Bitstamp. It's a matter of liquidity," Jeffrey Robinson, author "BitCon: The Naked Truth about Bitcoin" wrote to CNBC. "Who's next? It's as if Bitstamp realized they couldn't internalize the risk anymore so just decided, Let's suspend operations until everything settles down."

Others are in agreement that Bitstamp's issues may go well beyond security. A commentary in the Financial Times posited that the issues could lie in the company's financials becoming unhinged by the falling price, or the economics of mining taking their toll on the exchanges.

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The price of bitcoin dropped into the $250-range on Sunday after trading for weeks in the mid $300s.

No matter what the cause of the service halt, Monday's news will be of key importance for the future of the cryptocurrency, according to "Fast Money" trader Brian Kelly.

"This is a critical moment for Bitcoin. As Adam Smith said, 'all money is a matter of confidence' and the reaction to this potential hack will either serve to undermine or bolster confidence," he wrote.

While Mt. Gox, the bitcoin exchange that fell apart in 2014, may have seen mismanagement, Bitstamp has a "highly capable venture capital team," according to Kelly.

Here's what Bitstamp CEO Nejc Kodri had to say over Twitter:

Cold storage basically means that the wallet numbers have been recorded off of a hackable server (anything from being written on a piece of paper to stored on a USB drive).

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