Google purchases petite pollster Polar, purloined ppl punted Plus-wards Google will gobble up Polar, a business that specializes in polling software for phones and things. The upstart announced on its website that it had agreed to shut itself down and join the Chocolate Factory's Google+ team. Polar's tools help websites and app-makers manage polls to be shown on desktop computers, tablets and …
like this:
GCHQ JTRIG Human Operations “Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group” (50 slides)
from: https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1021430/pages/the-art-of-deception-training-for-a-new-p1-large.gif
deals with Online HUMINT (Human Intelligence) and Strategic Influence (lying!)
then we come to GCHQ JTRIG Agent TOOLS (8 slides)
from: https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1217406/pages/jtrigall-p1-large.gif
(to p8-large.gif) deals with
Page 4 SYLVESTER is a framework for automated interaction/alias management on online social networks
Page 5 BOMB BAY is the capability to increase website hits/rankings
Page 5 GESTATOR is the ability to amplify a given message, normally video, e.g. on YouTube
Page 6 UNDERPASS change outcome of online polls
Page 8 CHANGELING ability to spoof any email address & send mail from under that identity
Page 8 HAVOK real time website cloning technique allowing on-the-fly alterations
which is all nice and dandy, antiterrorizm, what-have-you, comply with local laws - yadda yadda, Yes Minister...
then we come to a single example from Friday, September 05, 2014
the pop-group “The Libations” just released a food-bank charity song on iTunes and their supporting YouTube video called “CALEDONIA” (Scotland in Latin)
according to http://munguinsrepublic.blogspot.it/2014/09/you-really-have-to-wonder-at-actions-of.html
Martin from the Libations has just emailed me. It appears that the Youtube video of Caledonia was hacked causing all sorts of problems.
Here is what he says about it on the Facebook page:
"On Monday, the day after we made it into the Scottish top 40, The Libations appear to have come under a malicious cyber attack by an unknown party. Our Facebook page was suddenly beset by around 1000 mysterious new followers from around the world and simultaneously our YouTube video was swamped with views from a bot attack breaching youtube rules, causing Youtube to automatically remove the video breaking all links on media and social networks and resetting views and comments.
"This appears to have been a sophisticated effort to remove our video and prevent Caledonia being seen and shared. The mind boggles!
"We have appealed to youtube and await the video being restored - they were just following standard procedure to prevent synthetic boost of viewing figures and were therefore as much a victim of this attack as us.
"We're hurt and frankly a bit frightened by this episode so we simply want to put it behind us.”
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