Posts Tagged ‘ hacker ’

Facebook Founder’s Fan Page Hacked

January 26, 2011
Facebook Founder’s Fan Page Hacked

An odd message on Mark Zuckerberg’s fan page racked up over 1,800 likes and over 400 comments before the hacked post was removed, TechCrunch reports. Here’s what it said:
“Let the hacking begin: i facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, wh…

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Angry Gamer Holds ‘Runes of Magic’ Hostage

January 18, 2011
Angry Gamer Holds ‘Runes of Magic’ Hostage

There’s no such reality show called “When Gamers Attack,” but if there was to be one, Frogster’s Runes of Magic game would take center stage.
Here’s the deal. A user who goes by the nick “augustus87″ is pretty pissed off with how the German outfit is r…

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Russian Hacker Responsible for One-Third of Global Spam is Finally Apprehended

December 5, 2010
Russian Hacker Responsible for One-Third of Global Spam is Finally Apprehended

Russia may be popular for its Vodka and caviar, but its stock among the tech savvy has been going down rapidly ever since it was revealed that they are also the No. 1 source of spam in the world. Interestingly enough however this might be set to chang…

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Feds Nab Hacker Suspected of Stealing 400,000 Credit Card Numbers

November 22, 2010
Feds Nab Hacker Suspected of Stealing 400,000 Credit Card Numbers

Officials believe they caught the man responsible for hacking into the Federal Reserve Bank’s computers in Cleveland and who also separately had more than 400,000 stolen credit card numbers, NBC New York reports.
Secret Service agents caught Lin Mun Po…

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Hacker Detained at Airport, Laptop and Phones Searched

November 19, 2010
Hacker Detained at Airport, Laptop and Phones Searched

Noted White Hat hacker and security expert Moxie Marlinspike (not his real name) was recently detained at New York’s JFK airport as he returned from a trip to the Dominican Republic, Wired reports. Marlinspike says he was met at the plane’s gate by age…

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Sarah Palin E-mail Hacker Will Serve One Year at a Halfway House

November 14, 2010
Sarah Palin E-mail Hacker Will Serve One Year at a Halfway House

The now infamous Sarah Palin email hacker has been sentenced to just over one year at a halfway house, sparing him what many expected would be time behind bars for his attempts to derail her campaign during the 2008 presidential elections. According t…

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Hacker Cripples Several Torrent Sites

October 18, 2010
Hacker Cripples Several Torrent Sites

A recent hacker attack against hosting provider Reality Check Network resulted in a massive blackout for several popular torrent sites, TorrentFreak reports. The attack took place on Saturday morning, corrupting the Master Boot Records (MBRs) of severa…

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iPad users targeted by hackers By: admin

April 27, 2010
iPad users targeted by hackers By:  admin

Security experts have warned that Apple iPad users are being targeted by cyber criminals. Hackers are trying to dupe iPad owners in to downloading a fake iTunes update on…

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