Saturday, 4. June 2011

Anonymous makes off with scanned passports from Iran, 10k e-mails


In the run-up to the June 15th anniversary of the 2009 Iranian presidential election—elections met with widespread protests amidst widespread claims that the result was rigged—Anonymous has stepped up its electronic attacks on Iran. In a break from the loosely affiliated group's more common denial-of-service attacks, the group announced that it has stolen more than 10,000 e-mails from the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

arstechnica.com thenextweb.com

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Jack Kevorkian, known as 'Dr. Death', dies


The life of Jack Kevorkian -- a onceobscure pathologist who thrust end-of-life debates from lecture halls into courts, legislatures and living rooms -- ended quietly Friday morning, accompanied by the music of Bach.

Kevorkian, 83, hospitalized at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak with pneumonia and kidney ailments, died of a pulmonary embolism, said his lawyer Mayer Morganroth.

freep.com

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