Friday, May 30, 2014

Reverse Malware Shocks Victims, 'Maid*Marion' Gives Stolen Money Back (SAT PAR News May 30, 2014) An anonymous hacker who posted a brief note on computers that were infected deposited money into their bank accounts. The long note stated that the hacker regretted the life of crime and realized that draining people's bank accounts was the wrong way to live. 'So I decided to give it all back, in at least 97% of cases to the original victim of my crime. I apologize and will make amends' The note went on to say that the user should check their bank accounts and change all passwords everywhere and make sure they have the latest updates on their operating system and virus software. "This is incredible" a clearly shocked Dr. Prince Lathe professor of IT Systems and Security department at Oxford. He heads the ViralWatch project which tracks many types of intrusive software. "We have been able to trace some of the activity and talk to victims, so far we estimate about 2.3 million £ has been given back. It should be kept in mind, that while this is a positive step, the people affected by this were traumatized and that is more difficult to repair." The United States Attorney's office issued a statement that it still considered both the original invasion  and the current giveback to be in violation of the law and it will aggressively pursue conviction if the hacker is apprehended.

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Iraq Cloning Facility Update (Sat Par News May 29, 2014)
The American funded livestock cloning facility (known as B23) near Baghdad has been stripped of all equipment, computers, and test animals. Members of jihadist Islamic State of Iraq were spotted by local security officials who were outnumbered and backed off from preventing the high tech looting. Many trucks were involved. American and Japanese scientists were perfecting methods to clone livestock that would fare better under the regions harsh conditions and reduce the need for antibiotics. Japan officials in previous interviews have expressed concern that the terrorist  group would want to clone soldiers in the future. American scientists such as professor of Biology George T. Acknoid of the University of Maryland noted that he is not concerned given the fact that even if they were somehow able to continue the research and extend it to humans, the clone still has to grow up just like any human being. "It would be far more efficient to just have more babies than to waste time and money on cloning soldiers!" In addition professor Acknoid noted that when you engage on any type of modification of reproduction, you go through a long period of "defect resolution" or clones that just do not come out right and you make adjustments, repeating the cycle. Japans previous concerns such as those of Dr. Kana Sutzio of the University of Tokyo were focused on the ability to produce large numbers of troops all at once. However Dr. Sutzio admitted to similar concerns that many batches need to be produced before that can become a reality.