2600 Magazine Offers $10K for Access to Donald Trump’s Tax Return

2600 Magazine Offers $10K for Access to Donald Trump’s Tax Return

Sep 28, 2016

The Twitter account that represents 2600 Magazine – The Hacker Quarterly says they will offer $10K for first access to Donald Trump’s tax return. They also say that identities will be protected and provide a PGP key. We are offering $10K for 1st

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Hackers Find Exploit and Reactivate LizardSquad’s Twitter Account

Hackers Find Exploit and Reactivate LizardSquad’s Twitter Account

Sep 3, 2016

On 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, but

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Are The Shadow Brokers Like Snowden? Theory Suggests Insider Hack

Are The Shadow Brokers Like Snowden? Theory Suggests Insider Hack

Aug 23, 2016

By now, most of our readers have heard of the Shadow Brokers, the hacker group who obtained a large trove of data from the National Security Agency (NSA) and leaked information about the NSA’s cyber tools. The cyber tools were apparently stolen from

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Hacker Steals User Data from Epic Games Forums

Hacker Steals User Data from Epic Games Forums

Aug 22, 2016

The 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 forum

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Anonymous Hacker Brings Harambe Back to Life on Twitter

Anonymous Hacker Brings Harambe Back to Life on Twitter

Aug 21, 2016

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

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Can a “Brain Map” Decode Our Inner Thoughts?

Can a “Brain Map” Decode Our Inner Thoughts?

May 2, 2016

There is a lot we don’t know about the human brain and our understanding of how they process language is still a pretty big mystery to us. Currently, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley are building a “semantic atlas” of the brain

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