Anonops #7: Meer is beter

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LulzSec claims to have News International emails

Member of hacking group LulzSec says it will make public 4GB of emails it claims were taken from attack on servers at the Sun

One of the members of the LulzSec hacking group has claimed on Twitter that the group has got 4GB of emails taken from the Sun and the "royal family" which may be released as soon as lunchtime on Thursday.

The claim follows a hacking attack against News International on Tuesday night during which members of LulzSec apparently broke into computer systems there and redirected readers of the Sun's website to a faked page claiming News Corp chief executive Rupert Murdoch had been found dead.

Significantly, the group also seems to have broken into the email database at News International.

Some accounts belonging to Anonymous also began tweeting email addresses and passwords for staff at News International, including what seemed to be an email account and password for Rebekah Brooks under her previous married name of Wade while at the Sun.

The password appeared to be valid based on the contents of the tweet, which included the encrypted form of the password.

News International reacted by closing down all external access to its webmail systems and forcing users to reset their passwords.

The company declined to comment at the time on whether the hackers might have had external access to email accounts, but the fact that it shut down the access suggests that it feared they might.

Equally, the hackers almost certainly would not have begun tweeting details of their find without having first exploited it.

Contacts within Anonymous have told Guardian journalists that News International's email systems were being probed last week and that downloads were being made then.

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AnonymousIRC twitterde op donderdag 21-07-2011 om 14:04:15 Here is the next NATO Restricted PDF: http://t.co/zSR7bVo | Outsourcing CIS in Kosovo (2008) | Enjyoing the war yet, NATO? #AntiSec reageer retweet

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NATO HACKED: AnonymousIRC claim to have infiltrated NATO servers

The AnonymousIRC hacking organisation have claimed this afternoon that they have hacked into NATO servers.

The group tweeted a message earlier claiming they are sitting on 1gb of NATO data.

"Yes, #NATO was breached. And we have lots of restricted material. With some simple injection. In the next days, wait for interesting data "

They later said:

"We are sitting on about one Gigabyte of data from NATO now, most of which we cannot publish as it would be irresponsible. But Oh NATO...."

They later released the document, obtained by Blottr. However for security reasons, we will not be sharing this document, but can provide a screenshot that we AnonymousIRC did in fact leak the document.

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Op donderdag 21 juli 2011 16:45 schreef YazooW het volgende:
Anonymous (degene die nu hacken) is gewoon een toneelstuk van grote overheden waardoor het voor hun makkelijker wordt wetten aan te nemen die de vrijheid van de gewone mens op het internet kan gaan beperken.

Dit is niet mijn mening, al denk ik er wel steeds vaker zo over. Wat denken jullie hiervan?

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Op donderdag 21 juli 2011 18:27 schreef MouzurX het volgende:
Maare papierversnipperaar ik dacht dat lulsec er mee was opgehouden en op was gegaan in anti-sec en anonymous ofzo?

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/21/us-cybersecurity-response-idUSTRE76K66G20110721
(Reuters) - After a brief hiatus and an FBI takedown of several alleged "hacktivists," two groups that have claimed responsibility for a recent wave of cyber vandalism say they are back.

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AnonymousIRC twitterde op donderdag 21-07-2011 om 15:00:19 Hello thar, FBI. Since you were so kind to address us via press, we and @LulzSec like to respond: http://t.co/NXItB0w | #AntiSec Sail Strong reageer retweet

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Hello thar FBI and international law authorities,

We recently stumbled across the following article with amazement and a certain amount of amusement:

http://www.npr.org/2011/0(...)ed-anonymous-hackers

The statements made by deputy assistant FBI director Steve Chabinsky in this
article clearly seem to be directed at Anonymous and Lulz Security, and we are
happy to provide you with a response.

You state:

"We want to send a message that chaos on the Internet is unacceptable,
[even if] hackers can be believed to have social causes, it's entirely
unacceptable to break into websites and commit unlawful acts."

Now let us be clear here, Mr. Chabinsky, while we understand that you and
your colleagues may find breaking into websites unacceptable, let us tell
you what WE find unacceptable:

* Governments lying to their citizens and inducing fear and terror to keep
them in control by dismantling their freedom piece by piece.

* Corporations aiding and conspiring with said governments while taking
advantage at the same time by collecting billions of funds for
federal contracts we all know they can't fulfil.

* Lobby conglomerates who only follow their agenda to push the profits
higher, while at the same time being deeply involved in governments around
the world with the only goal to infiltrate and corrupt them enough
so the status quo will never change.

These governments and corporations are our enemy. And we will continue to
fight them, with all methods we have at our disposal, and that certainly
includes breaking into their websites and exposing their lies.

We are not scared any more. Your threats to arrest us are meaningless to
us as you cannot arrest an idea. Any attempt to do so will make your
citizens more angry until they will roar in one gigantic choir. It is our
mission to help these people and there is nothing - absolutely nothing - you
can possibly to do make us stop.

"The Internet has become so important to so many people that we have to
ensure that the World Wide Web does not become the Wild Wild West."

Let me ask you, good sir, when was the Internet not the Wild Wild West? Do
you really believe you were in control of it at any point? You were not.

That does not mean that everyone behaves like an outlaw. You see, most
people do not behave like bandits if they have no reason to. We become bandits
on the Internet because you have forced our hand. The Anonymous bitchslap rings
through your ears like hacktivism movements of the 90s. We're back - and we're
not going anywhere. Expect us.

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Inside Anon+, the first anonymous social network

Forget Google+ – the future of social networking shuns identities altogether. We got an exclusive look inside Anon+, the first-ever anonymous social network.

Earlier this week, Google banned pages related to loose-knit hacker group Anonymous from its hot new social network, Google+. Fed up with the apparent censorship, a group of like-minded hackers, programmers and other digital underground activists decided to take the realm of social networking into their own hands by creating the world’s first-ever anonymous social network.

Still in its infancy (version 0.8 alpha, to be exact), the new network is currently called Anon+, but that name will soon change, according to “Higochoa,” a self-professed hacker, Web developer and computer programmer from Galveston, Texas, who is leading a core team of 12 to 15 other developers, plus freelance specialists, to build Anon+. We had a chance to speak with Higochoa via IRC chat, and he gave us the low-down on what the team hopes Anon+ will become.

Contrary to many of the reports about Anon+, the project is not being built by members of Anonymous, said Higochoa during our interview, at least not in an official capacity. The Anon+ dev team does have ties to Anonymous, but they have distanced themselves from the group because they were “getting attacked by those who don’t like Anonymous,” said Higochoa. The Anon+ crew also wanted to differentiate themselves from certain negative connotations associated with the notorious hactivist collective.

“We just didn’t want everyone to think we are a bunch of hackers sitting around trying to change the world,” he said. “We are actually going to do it.”

The guiding principal behind Anon+ is to give “the people what most corporations have taken away, and that is control,” said Higochoa. “[Anon+] will allow people to get both educated freely, and allow them to voice their opinion without having fear of any org or gov.”

Like traditional social networks, Anon+ will allow users to create profiles, add friends and communicate with one another. Higochoa says that users will have total control over their “circles” of friends (though it’s unlikely they will use the word “circles” officially, as Google+ has already co-opted that word). Like Facebook, only people in a user’s circles will be able to view their posts and other activities on the network.

Higochoa says it’s likely that Anon+ will attract a lot of hackers and Anonymous members “because of the tech and what it provides,” but stipulates that the service is intended for a “wide audience” — anyone will be able to join.

One major difference from traditional social networks, of course, is that Anon+ will be entirely anonymous; members won’t use their real names, a practice that is forbidden on both Facebook and Google+ for legal reasons.

“It is also secure and without a central server, so it can’t be stopped once it’s started,” says Higochoa. This ensures “that control stays in the hands of the people. That alone is pretty different from other social networks.”

The lack of a central server means that Anon+ users will have to download an application to use the network, which will be at least partially based on peer-to-peer technology. This type of system will serve as a key security mechanism for the network.

Anon+ will also differ from traditional social networks — and even other anonymous forums, like 4Chan.org — because users will have greater control over the discussions around their posts to the network, says Higochoa. Things like comment deletion are on the table, as well as the ability to have “parallel” conversation threads on the same topic. This will enable users to “go off on a tangent with one guy while continuing the conversation with another, without worrying about someone else interfering,” he says.

The goal of Anon+, says Higochoa, is to give a user “the tools to get his voice heard over the masses.” Higochoa refused to go into detail about what exactly those tools would be, but he says that the structure and built-in functionality of Anon+ will make such empowerment possible — users will have “the same tools as the big guys.”

In addition to enabling online activism, Higochoa says the team plans to build Anon+ in a way that will let users to more easily organize offline protests, without the risk of the corporate censorship Anonymous and other dissident political groups have experienced on other networks.

Anon+ will likely include “Skype-like” video chat functionality, and other real-time communication features, says Higochoa. The network will also incorporate ways for users to anonymously transfer money between each other, though Higochoa said that system is far from complete, and he could not say whether it would be based upon traditional currency (like dollars), or something more like Bitcoin.

In addition, Higochoa says the Anon+ crew hopes to create a sort of online university, that will incorporate “interactive teaching,” and give teachers the ability “to reach students 24/7, on any subject,” he says.

When asked whether Anon+ users would be setting themselves up to be targeted by law-enforcement agents — just yesterday, 16 members of Anonymous were arrested in the United States — Higochoa says that accounts will be essentially un-hackable, making it impossible for authorities to reveal a user’s true identity.

“[Your] circle of friends will not only be the only ones that see your posts, but the only ones who ever handle any of your data, so there isn’t one place to get hacked,” says Higochoa. “If you get your Anon+ account hacked, it was you or one of your friends.”

Obviously, the team still has a lot of work to do before Anon+ will be ready to start taking on users. Higochoa says the official release will be “sooner rather than later,” but couldn’t give an exact launch date. Of course, the entire project could fall through the cracks at any moment — building a social network from scratch isn’t easy. And besides, the Anon+ team has enough enemies to keep them on their toes.

There are “people who wanna stop us,” says Higochoa. “As long as they are there, we are going to have problems. But other than that, there are none.”

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Op vrijdag 22 juli 2011 13:30 schreef shameonyou het volgende:
"Every war in past 50 years a result of media lies"

"The situation in Libya clearly has an involvement of state actors in it from many different areas. That’s something that has been driven by state actors.

When outside forces from very, very far-flung countries start to take an aggressive role in a regional affair, then we have to look a bit more and say that what is going on is not normal. So, what’s happening in Libya, for example, is not normal."

"Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented. Here we have the world’s most comprehensive database about people, their relationships, their names, their addresses, their locations and the communications with each other, their relatives, all sitting within the United States, all accessible to US intelligence. Facebook, Google, Yahoo – all these major US organizations have built-in interfaces for US intelligence. It’s not a matter of serving a subpoena. They have an interface that they have developed for US intelligence to use. "

Julian Assange

JULIAN ASSANGE RT EXCLUSIVE - FULL INTERVIEW (PART 1 of 2)

JULIAN ASSANGE RT EXCLUSIVE - FULL INTERVIEW (PART 2 of 2)

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The INQUIRER reveals appearance of hacker leader Louise Boat .

THE INQUIRER has received exclusive details about what infamous yet little known hacker Louise Boat looks like.

The femme fatale, who apparently leads the hacktivist group Anonymous, reputedly has long, blonde hair and tends to wear pink. She also apparently attempts to disguise her identity by wearing a monocle, top hat and a false moustache, according to sources close to the group.

Our sources informed us that close friends call her Luiz or Lulu, but that often times they try not to call her at all, for fear of being hacked by a certain media empire.

We also received word that the second-in-command goes by the name Lubo. We're not entirely sure if this is the same person, or even whether it is a real name or an online handle.

One of our sources, Ryan Cleary's co-conspirator Columbus, told us that Boat is a heavy wine drinker, presumably a way to help her deal with the stress of such a prominent position in the hacking world.

The details we received about Boat were extensive, suggesting that one of her closest aides might have fallen out with her. This inner turmoil in the hacking world previously led to the arrest of Ryan Cleary, so we imagine it's only a matter of time before the police go after Boat. Some of the details are so shocking we're not entirely sure it's responsible to publish them, but we are happy to co-operate with the police if necessary.

Earlier this week, the hacking menace behind all hacks in history was revealed in the guise of Louise Boat. The INQUIRER, via Sky News, brought the news to its readers to warn them of this terror. However, some readers were quick to belittle this serious threat with references to someone called Lulz Boat, who we assume is a relative of Louise.

One emailed comment we received was:

"It's The Lulz Boat, Lulz meaning laughs. Where the hell are you people getting Louise from? You can't find hackers if you can't figure out their names. Say "lulz" repeat after me....Luuuullllzzz....luuuullllzzz. L....U....L....Z. Get it right, at least show some respect, else they might come after you."

Another told us:

"Its Lulz as in LOL, LULZ, no loiuse. or what every you put. And, it wasn't Anon."

We also received comments directly on our exposé, including:

"Sky News and The Inquirer are stupid. If only the industry experts actually knew anything, this would not have happened. The hacker group is know as LulzSec, and their Twitter page is called The Lulz Boat. Another thing: Anonymous has no leader. Anonymous is a movement, not a club. Thank you very little, 'industry expeerts.'"

And another:

"Nice fail skynews and the Inquirer."

And one more:

"you people cannot honestly be that stupid. The LULZ BOAT which is Internet lingo for lols, or 'laugh out loud' turned internet meme."

Sufficed to say, while it might be easier to go after relatives of Boat instead of the woman herself, this public disregard for how serious Boat's crimes are is unsettling. If Boat is allowed to continue her reign of terror unchecked, the internet will soon become no better than the Wild Wild West. µ

Read more: http://www.theinquirer.ne(...)e-boat#ixzz1SpxKe2tF
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Anonymous still accessing, downloading NATO data

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is still under attack, a person claiming to be a member of Anonymous told CBS News in an interview published today.

According to the alleged member, who uses the name "Commander X," the "hacktivist" group still has access to NATO servers and is currently "downloading databases." What's more, the person said that the group plans to release all the documents it has collected, even though a Twitter account related to the organization says such a release would be "irresponsible."

"Anonymous ALWAYS releases EVERYTHING we take...eventually," Commander X wrote in an e-mail to CBS News, which is owned by CBS, the same company that owns CNET. "But with these big classified dumps we like to take our time analyzing exactly what it is we have. That way we can do the disclosures in such a way as to maximize the political impact of the release."

Anonymous has been quite outspoken about its issues with NATO. Last month, the group issued a response to NATO condemning its past actions, warning that the hacktivist organization can never be stopped.

"Finally, do not make the mistake of challenging Anonymous," Anonymous wrote in its message. "Do not make the mistake of believing you can behead a headless snake. If you slice off one head of Hydra, ten more heads will grow in its place. If you cut down one Anon, ten more will join us purely out of anger at your trampling of dissent."

Yesterday, @AnonymousIRC, a Twitter account related to the organization, reported that Anonymous had breached NATO's cyberdefenses and stole data.

"We are sitting on about one Gigabyte of data from NATO now, most of which we cannot publish as it would be irresponsible. But Oh NATO...." @AnonymousIRC said.

In addition to announcing the breach, Anonymous also offered up "proof" that it has, in fact, accessed NATO servers, by releasing two "restricted" NATO files. Though a full release of documents could be embarrassing for NATO, it's worth noting that "restricted" is the organization's lowest security-level classification.

But that doesn't mean more important documents won't be discovered soon by Anonymous. According to Commander X, Anonymous is working around the clock to continue to exploit NATO's defenses.

"It is important to understand that Op NATO and many of our other Operations are manned by a global force and ongoing 24/7," Commander X told CBS News. "If the Op is active, it never ceases because there is always someone in the world awake and at least monitoring the chan and news feeds. All the media and the world see is when we release something, but the effort to do these Ops is relentless and continuous."

The Federal Bureau of Investigation this week arrested 16 people on charges related to hacking. In response, members of both Anonymous and LulzSec said that the arrests won't do anything to stop the groups from continuing on with their agenda.

"We are not scared any more. Your threats to arrest us are meaningless to us as you cannot arrest an idea," the group wrote on Pastebin. "Any attempt to do so will make your citizens more angry until they will roar in one gigantic choir. It is our mission to help these people and there is nothing--absolutely nothing--you can possibly to do make us stop."

NATO did not immediately respond to CNET's request for comment.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301(...)-data/#ixzz1SremVw5n

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What, me a hacker?! Target of international manhunt speaks!

A target of a global sting on an elusive group of computer hackers this week said he has no idea why feds banged down the door of his former apartment in Bushwick as part of coordinated international manhunt on Tuesday.

Authorities stormed a loft building on McKibbin Street as part of the siege against the intercontinental hacker group Anonymous — and were apparently looking for Garrett Deming, 25, and his roommates.

But to Deming, lead singer of the band Broken Glow and assistant manager at Greene Grape Provisions in Fort Greene, that does not compute.

“I can barely turn my computer on. Any of our computer use is for band promotion stuff,” he said.

Authorities netted 16 alleged hackers across the globe, but ironically, Deming’s roommate, Brenner Eugenides, may have been one of the victims, not one of the perpetrators. He said his Gmail account had been hacked, which could explain why the FBI stormed his former abode.

“There was a bunch of weird Paypal stuff that came up,” he said. “Someone clearly had access to my information.”

Authorities say that Anonymous did attack Paypal after the online payment company stopped accepting donations for the whistle-blower site Wikileaks in November.

Deming said the confusion may stem from the fact that his wireless network had not been password-protected, allowing others to possibly access it and arousing FBI suspicion.

And experts say that’s totally possible.

“If someone cracks into that service and does something illegal or ethical, if that gets tracked, it will get tracked back to the person that owns the Internet, which is you, not them,” said Robert Diamond, a software developer and member of the Brooklyn hacker collective Alpha One Labs.

Deming and Eugenides lived in the fifth-floor apartment at the McKibbin Lofts with their band for a year, but moved to Bed-Stuy a few weeks ago when their lease was up.

The current tenant told us that the agents were looking for the band.

“They asked me about the wireless and whether I was stealing the Internet. They asked if any of my roommates were good with computers,” said Meaghan Ralph, 21, who sleepily answered the door when a half-dozen armed agents knocked at 6:15 am. “They said that they wanted the people that were living there before me.”

An FBI spokesman declined to comment on the investigation since the affidavit is sealed, but said that the agents left when they realized that Ralph was not the target of the probe.

Since the raid, the feds have not tried to contact Deming, who added that he only heard about the police action in the newspaper.

“I don’t want them to think I’m hiding from them or running away from them,” he said.

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Anonymous-Operation AntiSec

Greetings from Anonymous,

For the past decade, the government has tried to take control of our internet ocean. In an effort to stop these acts of injustice, Anonymous has joined collective forces with LulzSec in our newest operation, #Antisec. We are sending our fleet to fight alongside the Lulz boat to reclaim what is rightfully the peoples. We encourage anyone and everyone, to man their vessels and charge their lazers.

We encourage defacement's of the enemies websites, and use of the word antisec on any and every website or pro censorship group. Any exposed intelligence the enemy decides to withhold from us, should be brought to light. It's time to show the corrupt governments of the world that they have no right to censor what they do not own.

Anyone and everyone is strongly urged to join our fleet through rough waters in our attempts to restore the tainted internet sea. No matter your skin color, origin, or beliefs, we invite you to join us in our fight against censorship and corrupt governments.

Come aboard or walk the plank.

We are Anonymous.
We are legion.
We do not forgive corrupt governments.
We do not forget censorship injustices.
Expect us.

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High Ranking LulzSec Members Arrest Report Remains Unconfirmed

In the flurry of news stories surrounding the AntiSec movement yesterday, one report stuck out for us. The report said that tFlow, a high ranking member of LulzSec, was arrested in the UK and facing extradition to the United States. After speaking to members of Anonymous, however, that report remains unconfirmed.

There was a report on the Telegraph recently that said a 16 year old is facing extradition to the United States over his involvement with LulzSec. From the report:

The teenager was arrested in south London amid a new wave of internet attacks. He remained in custody last night.

Police believe he is connected to the notorious hacking groups Anonymous and LulzSec which have been blamed for a string of attacks on organisations including the CIA, the US Senate and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).

The teenager, who was held under the Computer Misuse Act, reportedly goes by the online user-name Tflow.

To our knowledge, tFlow is one of the high ranking members of LulzSec. So was the report true that tFlow was arrested? That apparently remains unconfirmed.

We spoke to Anonymous about this.

“a 16-year-old boy in South London was arrested who they thought was tflow,” someone from Anonymous told ZeroPaid, “and he was released on bail with no charges, and has to go back for additional questioning in August – it’s stupid of whoever that is to confirm it was the real tflow”

This wouldn’t be the first time the media thought a high ranking hacking member was arrested. Previously, when media reports that an arrest was made in the UK, media reports initially suggested that it was LulzSec’s leader Sabu was the one that was arrested. The reports in question turned out to be false and it was merely someone who ran an IRC server – not necessarily someone who was heavily involved in the hacking activities within Anonymous. So, major media outlets have been known to get these types of stories wrong before. The truth is, no one really knows who was arrested in this incident. Yes, someone was arrested. Yes, he probably is facing extradition to the United States. Yes, it’s because of suspicion of him being connected with Anonymous. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no evidence to suggest that the person in question is tFlow.

If more information surfaces about the arrested individual, we will be happy to report on it, but at this time, the report that it was really tFlow that was arrested simply cannot be confirmed at this time.

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A passion for change - LulzSec interview

A rare and candid interview conducted with Topiary, founding member of LulzSec and self-described ‘captain of the Lulz Boat’ – on becoming involved in hacktivism, fighting extortion claims, donating to Wikileaks, revolution, and the US government

Last week, hacker collective LulzSec returned with a bang, attacking a series of websites owned by Rupert Murdoch's News International in apparent response to the ongoing phone hacking scandal.

For 50 days between May and June, the tight-knit, six-strong group made headlines across the world, rising to almost instant notoriety after perpetrating a series of audacious cyber attacks on high-profile government and corporate websites, before abruptly announcing that they would disband. Among just a few of LulzSec's targets: Sony, the US Senate, the CIA, the FBI and even the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency.

The authorities continue to try to track them down, and on Tuesday 20 suspected hackers were arrested in the UK, US and Netherlands as part of an ongoing international investigation. In a joint statement with an affiliated network of hackers known as Anonymous, LulzSec responded to the authorities directly. "We are not scared any more," they wrote. "Your threats to arrest us are meaningless as you cannot arrest an idea."

Earlier this month, two weeks after they had announced their apparent split, I managed to track down "Topiary", a founding member of LulzSec and self described "captain of the Lulz Boat". The interview was long - almost three hours - and covered lots of ground. But a great deal of what Topiary told me never made it in to the final write up, published by the Guardian, due principally to restrictions of space.

It was troublesome, deciding what to include and what to omit; the entirety of the interview was valuable. So rather than let the sections that were not printed disappear into the ether, the most sensible thing to do, I feel, is to have the full transcript published here in its entirety.

In the sections that were until now unpublished, Topiary explains how he first became involved in hacktivism and pays credit to his fellow hackers. He details the basis for extortion claims levelled against LulzSec by one US security company; reveals that he recently engaged in a bout of philanthropy, donating thousands of dollars to organisations including WikiLeaks; and also takes time to talk politics - blasting the US government, who he says are "scared of an uprising"...