Tag: Hacks

Kickstarter Reveals Hack, Some User Info Compromised
Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler took to the company blog over the weekend to announce that the...
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Instagram Bug That Could’ve Made Private Photos Public Fixed (Operative Word Being Could’ve)
It looks like Instagram users are lucky that a vulnerability was never utilized - even though the bug was there for at least 6 months. Barcelona-based security researcher Christ...
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Neiman Marcus Data Breach Exposed 1.1M Cards
Earlier this month, high-end retailer Neiman Marcus confirmed that they had been the target o...
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CNN’s Twitter, Facebook Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
Late Thursday night, CNN had a bunch of social media accounts hacked. The group responsible, the Syrian Electronic Army, announced their intent to "retaliate against CNN's viciousl...
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A Fifth of Germany Vulnerable in Massive Email Hack
In gee-that's-terrifying news, as much as one fifth of the German population is at risk after a massive email hack that targeted .de addresses. Germany's Federal Office for Inf...
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Target To Testify Before Congress Over Colossal Data Breach
The House subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade...
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Wii U Gamepad Hacked To Work On A PC
The second screen experience isn't just for home consoles anymore. For the past few years, Nvidia has been pushing a second screen experience on the PC with support for tablets and...
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Does Facebook Need a ‘Sympathize’ Button?
Sometimes, a "like" doesn't really mean "like" - or it least it's not supposed to come across like that. When you posted that your dog Roscoe died and that you were going to miss h...
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Fox News Was Hacked, Maybe, For a Second [UPDATED]
UPDATE: Fox News has acknowledged the issue on Twitter. It's an internal production problem, apparently: As you may have...
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Baby Monitor Hacked in Toddler’s Room
Baby monitors are used by parents to do exactly as their name suggests, monitor the baby. We don't imagine that we are possibly inviting strangers into the safety and security of...
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Chipotle’s Twitter Hack Was Fake and I Ain’t Even Mad
In retrospect, we should've seen this coming. Earlier this week, the official Twitter account for Chipotle...
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CBS Reporter Hacked, Involved ‘Search and Exfiltration of Data’
An internal investigation by a cyber security firm, hired by CBS News, has confirmed that investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson's computer was "accessed by an unauthorized, exter...
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Make Laundry a Treat with This 2-Second Shirt-Folding Technique
I hate laundry. You hate laundry. It's not that we hate washing our clothes or anything - it's just the folding part that's so terrible. Well, here's a 2-second shirt-folding tu...
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Chinese Hackers Targeted Obama, McCain in 2008, Say Officials
In 2009, President Obama admitted that his campaign's infrastructure had fallen victim to a hacking attack. He said that hackers had gained access to some emails, various campaign...
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Twitter Finally Launches Two-Step Verification
After a series of high-profile hacks and calls from the user base, T...
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