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Hacker Prosecuted and Sentenced for Leaking Naked Photos of Celebrities Online. George Garofano (26) from North Branford was one of four hackers involved in the 2014 Fappening case – the stealing and leaking of celebrities’ naked photos online. Also known…

Former NSA Contractor Reality Winner Sentenced to 63 month in Jail Over Leak of Russian Hacking Reports. Reality Leigh Winner, the former contractor of the National Security Agency (NSA) and Air Force linguist who pleaded guilty to leaking sensitive information…

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Air Canada Data Breach. Canadian Airline, Air Canada, has been forced to issue a password reset to all of its 1.7 million users of its mobile app after a huge number of accounts were compromised by hackers last week. The…

Cryptocurrency Exchanges Under Attack by Lazarus Through AppleJeus Malware. It’s been recently discovered that the Lazarus Group, an infamous North Korean cyber crime ring (supposedly backed by the government), has been targeting cryptocurrency exchanges, fintech companies and even banks with…

A black hat hacker is selling the personal, private details of over 130 million hotel guests on a Chinese dark web forum. The seller is requesting 8 Bitcoin for the trove of data, claiming it had been obtained from Huazhu…

Technically, Facebook knows everything. It’s not just as official as them having hard data about what other apps you use on your mobile phone. If say, you use Snapchat, Line or WhatsApp, and keep Facebook as a legacy thing for…

It’s a techie dream job to spend your day trying to hack into systems and networks, in a way that won’t risk jail terms or hefty fines. White hat hackers are the good guys in the cyber security realm –…

Unlike apps from the Apple App Store (unless jailbroken), Android apps can be installed by other means aside from Google Play. They can be installed from other ‘app stores’ or can be directly installed on Android devices through the process…

And the hacking continues… T-Mobile, one of the United States’ largest telecommunications companies has suffered a security breach that affects two million out of its 77 million customers. The company is now among the list of high-profile security breaches this…