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A U.S. Army soldier who leveraged his technical skills to orchestrate a sophisticated cyber-extortion campaign against global telecommunications giants has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison. Cameron John Wagenius, a 22-year-old service member who operated under the digital alias “Kiberphant0m,” was ordered by a federal judge in Seattle to serve nearly six years…
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A U.S. Army soldier who leveraged his technical skills to orchestrate a sophisticated cyber-extortion campaign against major telecommunications companies has been sentenced to 70 months in federal prison. Cameron John Wagenius, a 22-year-old active-duty soldier formerly stationed in South Korea, pleaded guilty to charges related to the theft of mobile call and text metadata belonging…
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Visitors to Opensource.com may have recently noticed a distinct quietness across the platform. While the daily cadence of articles has slowed down, behind the scenes, the vibrant community that has sustained the publication for over a decade is hard at work on something entirely new. While specific details regarding the upcoming project remain tightly under…
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The cinematic landscape of 2026 has been marked by a significant resurgence in the horror genre, largely anchored by the high-profile return of Danny Boyle’s post-apocalyptic franchise. While the calendar year is now approaching its final quarter, the impact of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple—the sequel to the 2025 hit 28 Years Later—remains a…
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Twenty years ago today, the landscape of global information technology shifted irrevocably when Jeff Barr published a modest blog post introducing the Amazon EC2 Beta. At the time, the concept was revolutionary in its simplicity: a service providing resizable Linux virtual servers in the cloud, billed strictly by the hour. Initially limited to a single…
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The community behind Opensource.com is hard at work on something entirely new, signaling a major evolution for the long-running publication as it prepares to resolve a long-standing structural challenge within a month. Visitors to Opensource.com may have recently noticed a distinct period of quiet on the platform. Behind that digital stillness lies a major developmental…
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As part of a long-planned transition, NCTA – The Internet & Television Association announced today that Brian Dietz, Senior Vice President for Strategic Communications, will depart the organization after nearly 24 years of distinguished service, with his final day officially scheduled for September 30. Over more than two decades at the helm of the association’s…
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Twenty years ago today, the landscape of global computing underwent a seismic shift that few observers at the time could have fully grasped. With a single, unassuming blog post penned by Jeff Barr, Amazon introduced the world to the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Beta. At its inception, the service was remarkably straightforward: it provided…
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When modern gamers think of Mario, the iconic red-capped plumber is almost invariably associated with the sprawling, colorful kingdoms of Super Mario Bros., the 1985 masterpiece that redefined platforming. Yet, for those who recall the early days of the medium, the plumber’s true origin lies not in a fantasy world of floating bricks and fire…
Cryptocurrency & Blockchain
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Open Source
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Space Tech
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