Jan 13
Over the weekend, Microsoft’s official blog and a couple of its Twitter accounts were hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army, a breach that followed the New Year’s infiltration of Microsoft’s … Continue reading
Jan 10
Amidst the hustle and bustle of the holiday shopping season, hackers silently managed to nab millions of instances of customer card data, the means and extent of which were unknown … Continue reading
Jan 01
Microsoft’s Skype has had their Twitter account, Facebook account, and blog of hacked this afternoon by the Syrian Electronic Army. This hacker group appears to have taken the holiday opportunity … Continue reading
Dec 30
How about giving a nerdy Doctor Who fan the ultimate gift this year: hacked access to a BBC server. That was the deal apparently on offer on some "underground" internet sites on Christmas Day, after a hacker allegedly gained access to a BBC server and tried to sell on his access method.
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Dec 27
After admitting yesterday that some encrypted data had been pulled by the hack potentially affecting 40 million customers
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Dec 20
Jeff Garzik is a dreamer. You know, the kind of guy who probably thought that he could fly with his red cape when he was younger. (Note: As a toddler, I unsuccessfully tried to fly several times.) But now Jeff Garzik is looking higher. He’s looking to space, and he wants Bitcoin to live there.
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Dec 18
Looks like Jeff Bezos’s new toy, The Washington Post, is the latest victim in the hacker war on newspapers
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Dec 17
Xbox One and PlayStation 4 launches brought hacker frenzy, reports Kaspersky Lab
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe launch of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One brought about a frenzy to more than just the gamer front. According to Kaspersky Lab, coinciding with the consoles’ respective launches, … Continue reading
Dec 11
Eric Rosol is not a big-time hacker. However, the Wisconsin man did participate in the 2011 distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that Anonymous unleashed on Koch Industries—for one whole minute. And for that one minute of his life, a judge just decided, Rosol must pay a $183,000 fine.
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Dec 06
The Department of Justice announced today that thirteen members of the hacker collective Anonymous have pled guilty to involvement in a PayPal cyberattack. The cyberattack took place back in 2010, and happened in the form of a Distributed Denial of Service attack. This is the latest of several prosecutions and legal proceedings that have taken […]
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