Kyt Dotson, Author at SiliconANGLE

Infrastructure Cybersecurity Comes to the Forefront with Illinois Water Pump Sabotage Hack

By Kyt Dotson Nov 18, 2011

Joe Weiss, a managing partner for Applied Control Solutions, published barebones information on a hack damaging a city water pump that the US Department of Homeland Security indicated happened in Springfield, Illinois. The Register…

500,000 Bitcoins Transferred in One Exchange

By Kyt Dotson Nov 17, 2011

This isn’t exactly big news on the Bitcoin front, but it’s still a curiosity worth noting. Yesterday, Nov 16, the coffers of a Bitcoin wallet transferred five-hundred thousand bitcoins from one account to another.…

Activision Foundering with Social Media: Call of Duty Elite Suffers Setbacks

By Kyt Dotson Nov 17, 2011

Call of Duty Elite emerged alongside Activision’s much anticipated launch of Modern Warfare 3; the service would merge social and stat tracking for players to keep abreast of the exploits of friends and teammates.…

Occupy World of Warcraft: The Allure of Virtual Gold

By Kyt Dotson Nov 16, 2011

With the Occupy Wall Street protests reaching the hearts and minds of millions and raising the specter of the difference between the haves and the have-nots, the economy of many nation-states come into question.…

World of Warcraft Subscriptions Plummet Ten Percent; Activision-Blizzard Triples Profits

By Kyt Dotson Nov 16, 2011

During an investor call for Activision-Blizzard revealed some interesting news about the overall health of the massively popular massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft. Blizzard’s MMO lost more subscribers than previous years and…

Facebook Gore-Porn Account Hijacking Epidemic Reaches a Fever Pitch

By Kyt Dotson Nov 15, 2011

It’s as if the circus of pornographic horrors has marched into the hallowed, staid halls of Facebook, painting over the frescoes and setting up shops of debauchery on every corner. A new exploit, slowly…

Bitcoin Wallet Encryption Bug Discovered in Official Client

By Kyt Dotson Nov 14, 2011

News is circulating the Internet right now that a serious bug has been discovered in the newly minted “encrypt wallet” functionality of the official client for Bitcoin versions 0.4 and 0.5. The private keys…

Syria Spy Tech May Be Powered By NetApp, U.S. Senators Seek Investigation

By Kyt Dotson Nov 14, 2011

Amid technology companies being implicated in oppression and censorship, U.S. lawmakers are seeking an investigation against NetApp for their potential role in Internet-surveillance infrastructure being raised in Syria after the recent political upheaval. A…

Microsoft Xbox 360 “Madrid” Beta Dashboard Update Rolls Out

By Kyt Dotson Nov 11, 2011

Thursday, Microsoft announced that it will begin to push out a beta preview of it’s new Xbox 360 code-name “Madrid” dashboard. The beta preview will give a select-few beta testers access to the new…

Steam’s User Database Compromised, Possible Credit-Card Information Theft

By Kyt Dotson Nov 11, 2011

Earlier this week it came to our attention that Valve’s video game digital download service, Steam, had suffered an intrusion on its user forums—it has now come to our attention, via a message sent…

Kyt Dotson

Infrastructure Cybersecurity Comes to the Forefront with Illinois Water Pump Sabotage Hack

500,000 Bitcoins Transferred in One Exchange

Occupy World of Warcraft: The Allure of Virtual Gold

World of Warcraft Subscriptions Plummet Ten Percent; Activision-Blizzard Triples Profits

Facebook Gore-Porn Account Hijacking Epidemic Reaches a Fever Pitch

Bitcoin Wallet Encryption Bug Discovered in Official Client

Syria Spy Tech May Be Powered By NetApp, U.S. Senators Seek Investigation

Microsoft Xbox 360 “Madrid” Beta Dashboard Update Rolls Out

Steam’s User Database Compromised, Possible Credit-Card Information Theft

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