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The NSA does not always disclose the zero day vulnerabilities it finds to unprotected vendors. Some security flaws are kept secret “when they can be used to serve a clear national security or law enforcement need” (Wired). The US National Security Agency (NSA) was hacked by a suspected Russian hacker group and many of their …
On Saturday, the Cincinnati Zoo director, Thane Maynard’s Twitter account was breached. The hacker changed Maynard’s profile photo to a pic of Harambe. Harambe was a silver-backed gorilla who was shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo when a 3 year old boy fell into the gorilla’s enclosure. Many people online had strong opinions about …
3.3 million people could be affected by a recent data breach of Hello Kitty fans’ information from the website SanrioTown.com. The data included usernames passwords hints, email addresses and other sensitive information like names, birth dates and more. The breached data was publicly available, there was no actual hacking done to obtain this information. A …
“The Hacker Wars” Movie Trailer: What motivates someone to hack? What is a hacker’s life like? These are the questions the documentary “The Hacker Wars” seeks to answer and present to the viewer. In addition to these questions, the documentary seeks to show the viewer the battle over the internet, privacy, and freedom. At one …