This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago Neil Gaiman kicks McFarlane’s ass in court https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/1883/gaiman-sweep

#20yrsago Homeless Guy blog https://web.archive.org/web/20020923154740/https://thehomelessguy.blogspot.com/

#15yrsago Great firewall of China blocks RSS https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2007/10/chinas-great-firewall-turns-its-attention-to-rss-feeds/

#15yrsago CmdrTaco on 10 years of Slashdot https://web.archive.org/web/20071010114621/www.networkperformancedaily.com/2007/10/rob_malda_on_ten_years_of_slas.html

#15yrsago HMG orders Heathrow to fix its security queues https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/oct/04/transportintheuk.travel

#10yrsago Maine GOP attack-flier condemns Democratic candidate for playing an orc rogue in online game https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/candidate-for-maine-state-senate-attacked-for-warcraft-character/

#10yrsago UN’s copyright agency won’t let the Pirate Party in https://web.archive.org/web/20121007041345/http://piratetimes.net/ppi-blocked-from-becoming-observer-members-of-wipo/

#10yrsago Sailor Twain: don’t fall in love with the mermaid of the Hudson valley https://memex.craphound.com/2012/10/04/sailor-twain-dont-fall-in-love-with-the-mermaid-of-the-hudson-valley/

#5yrsago After massive breach Equifax gets $7.25m no-bid IRS contract to “prevent fraud” https://consumerist.com/2017/10/04/irs-awards-7-25m-fraud-prevention-contract-to-equifax-despite-failure-to-secure-consumers-data/

#5yrsago Analysis of 22 million FCC comments show that humans love Net Neutrality and bots really, really hate it https://www.gravwell.io/blog/discovering-truth-through-lies-on-the-internet-fcc-comments-analyzed

#5yrsago Disgraced Equifax CEO blames 145.5 million-record breach on a single forgetful flunky https://www.engadget.com/2017-10-03-former-equifax-ceo-blames-breach-on-one-it-employee.html

#5yrsago Hackers hack hackers to steal their hacking tools and deflect blame https://theintercept.com/2017/10/04/masquerading-hackers-are-forcing-a-rethink-of-how-attacks-are-traced/