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Twitter confirms vulnerability resulted in over 5 million accounts exposed
Twitter confirms vulnerability resulted in over 5 million accounts exposed
Twitter released a statement on Friday confirming that a vulnerability they had patched earlier this year was, in fact, used in a malicious ...... 08 Aug 2022 - 4 comments
Hacker uploads 20 GB of Intel's internal documents to Kim Dotcom's cloud storage
Hacker uploads 20 GB of Intel's internal documents to Kim Dotcom's cloud storage
World's leading chip manufacturer Intel has been a target of hacking, says a swiss software engineer and leak hobbyist Till Kottmann. Kottmann ...... 08 Aug 2020
North Korea: Sony hacker does not exist
North Korea: Sony hacker does not exist
North Korea has responded to charges against a hacker in the secretive country by insisting that the identified man does not exist. 14 Sep 2018
LinkedIn: Recently arrested Russian hacker was part of 2012 data breach
LinkedIn: Recently arrested Russian hacker was part of 2012 data breach
LinkedIn has said this week that a Russian hacker recently arrested in the Czech Republic took part in the 2012 data breach of the professional social network that led to the theft of over 115 million passwords. 21 Oct 2016 - 1 comment
Hacker releases Amazon Kindle user data after company fails to respond
Hacker releases Amazon Kindle user data after company fails to respond
A hacker going by the name Ox2Taylor released sensitive information about 80,000 Amazon Kindle users earlier this week after Amazon did not respond his warnings of a significant security risk within their servers. 14 Jul 2016 - 3 comments
Teenager arrested for hacks on CIA, FBI officials
Teenager arrested for hacks on CIA, FBI officials
Police in the UK have arrested a 16-year old accused of leading a group that stole information from CIA and FBI officials in the U.S. 13 Feb 2016 - 1 comment
eBay asks 145 million users to change their passwords following cyber attack
eBay asks 145 million users to change their passwords following cyber attack
Earlier this week, it was confirmed that popular online marketplace eBay was hit by a cyber attack and personal information for a substantial amount of users was stolen. 23 May 2014 - 20 comments
LulzSec informant Sabu led cyber attacks against Pakistan, Syria, others
LulzSec informant Sabu led cyber attacks against Pakistan, Syria, others
Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka Sabu, reportedly led cyber attacks against Syria, Iran, Pakistan and possibly other nations. 25 Apr 2014 - 1 comment
Hacker that leaked George W. Bush paintings reportedly arrested
Hacker that leaked George W. Bush paintings reportedly arrested
According to Romanian media, the infamous hacker Guccifer, convicted of multiple cyber crimes over the past couple of years, has been arrested. 23 Jan 2014 - 1 comment
AT&T hacker gets 41 months in prison and fine
AT&T hacker gets 41 months in prison and fine
For revealing security flaw and data on 114,000 users 18 Mar 2013 - 2 comments
Can a $650 gadget take down entire LTE networks?
Can a $650 gadget take down entire LTE networks?
Researchers at Virginia Tech seem to think so. The university says anyone with a $650 radio jammer and some background knowledge can temporarily ...... 15 Nov 2012 - 1 comment
Hacker gets pay day from Google for cracking Chrome
Hacker gets pay day from Google for cracking Chrome
A hacker who goes by the name "Pinkie Pie" has had a nice pay day. Pinkie Pie was paid $60,000 by Google for hacking the Chrome browser during ...... 11 Oct 2012 - 10 comments
Another LulzSec hacker arrested
Another LulzSec hacker arrested
20-year-old Raynaldo Rivera has been arrested this week for his alleged connection to the once-notorious hacking group LulzSec. Rivera has ...... 30 Aug 2012 - 4 comments
City mayor arrested after hacking site calling for election recall
City mayor arrested after hacking site calling for election recall
Felix Roque, the mayor of West New York in New Jersey, has been arrested after hacking a site that was calling for a recall on his election. ...... 26 May 2012 - 7 comments
UK man gets one year in prison for hacking Facebook account
UK man gets one year in prison for hacking Facebook account
21-year-old Gareth Crosskey has been sentenced to one-year in prison for hacking into an American's Facebook account. Crosskey plead guilty ...... 19 May 2012
Facebook hacker gets eight months in prison
Facebook hacker gets eight months in prison
26-year-old software development student Glenn Mangham has been sentenced to 8 months in prison for hacking into Facebook using an employee's login details. ...... 19 Feb 2012 - 22 comments
Sony to bring back PSN this week, already running in Japan?
Sony to bring back PSN this week, already running in Japan?
Sony announced earlier today that they will slowly be bringing back the PlayStation Network and Qriocity over the next week, and some unconfirmed ...... 02 May 2011 - 59 comments
     

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