Blogger PWNS Russian Who Hacked His Blog

The justinsomnia.org blog was HACKED AND HIJACKED on August 8, and used for "displaying search engine spam to search engine bots only." The blog was still there, but the search engines were no longer able to index it. Justin's traffic plummeted. But Justin leveraged a contact at Google and good Sherlock skills to track down and prove who did it: A Russian named Vadim Smelyansky. Justin then posted links to Smelyansky's Linked-In page, his personal and professional pages, his address and phone number, and much more. Here's the whole story.

Cell Phone-Activated Laser Blinds Cameras

Instructions posted on the Chaos Projects site tells how to build a window-mounted, SMS-controlled laser that BLINDS SECURITY CAMERAS from long distances. I want one.

(props to Engadget and Hack A Day)