YouTube Staffer Live Tweets Shooting, then gets his Account Hacked
Share this...FacebookGoogleTwitterLinkedinWhatsappPinterestRedditA YouTube staffer was live-tweeting about the active shooting when it happened at the YouTube headquarters earlier today. Shortly after, his Twitter account was briefly hacked. Earlier today, a woman open fired at the YouTube headquarters and tragically shot 3 people before
Panera Bread Ignored Data Breach Warning, Said it was a “Scam”
Share this...FacebookGoogleTwitterLinkedinWhatsappPinterestRedditPanera Bread has suffered a major data breach, affecting potentially 7 million customers. The data is said to include names, email addresses, and credit card information. What’s worse – the data could have been crawled and indexed with simple automated tools. This
Hackers Find Exploit and Reactivate LizardSquad’s Twitter Account
Share this...FacebookGoogleTwitterLinkedinWhatsappPinterestRedditOn September 2, hackers calling themselves “Spain Squad” used an exploit to take control of several previously suspended Twitter accounts. Among these accounts were usernames like @Hitler, @botnet, @LizardSquad and @1337. Twitter re-suspended all of the breached accounts shortly after the hack,
Hacker Steals User Data from Epic Games Forums
Share this...FacebookGoogleTwitterLinkedinWhatsappPinterestRedditThe usernames and email addresses of over 800,000 Epic Forums users were stolen by a hacker. According to Leakedsource.com, the attack happened on August 11. The hacker obtained the data by exploiting “a known SQL injection vulnerability found in an older vBulletin
Did Another Hacker Steal NSA Exploits from the Shadow Brokers?
Share this...FacebookGoogleTwitterLinkedinWhatsappPinterestRedditA Twitter user who goes by @1×0123 claims to have stolen the data that The Shadow Brokers hacked from the NSA. Gizmodo reached out to the hacker and were unable to verify their claims. However, back in April, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden,
NSA Hoards Zero Days; Doesn’t Disclose Them all to Vendors
Share this...FacebookGoogleTwitterLinkedinWhatsappPinterestRedditThe 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
Anonymous Hacker Brings Harambe Back to Life on Twitter
Share this...FacebookGoogleTwitterLinkedinWhatsappPinterestRedditOn 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
