Posted: June 6th, 2012 | Author: Michael Courtenay | Filed under: Business News, HACK! | Tags: Hack, Hacker, Linkedin, Password | Comments Off
That hub of corporate social networking, LinkedIn is investigating claims that over 6 million of its users’ passwords were leaked onto the internet. Linkedin, which has over 150 million users, is designed to allow professionals to share resume details and network with one like minded corporates.
Hackers have reportedly posted a file containing encrypted passwords onto a Russian web forum. The company has confirmed the leak and says it is currently looking into the reports.
Linkedin Statement: We want to provide you with an update on this morning’s reports of stolen passwords. We can confirm that some of the passwords that were compromised correspond to LinkedIn accounts. We are continuing to investigate this situation and here is what we are pursuing as far as next steps for the compromised accounts :: Read the full article »»»»
Posted: February 28th, 2012 | Author: Michael Courtenay | Filed under: Technology | Tags: Anonymous, Anonymous Hackers, Hack, Hackers, Hackers Arrested, Interpol, Revolute | Comments Off
Spain and three South American countries have arrested 25 suspected hackers associated with the Anonymous activist group on accusations of defacing government and corporate websites, officials said. Spanish police also accused one of four suspects picked up in the cities of Madrid and Malaga of releasing personal data about police officers and bodyguards protecting Spain’s royal family and the prime minister.Other arrests were in Argentina, Chile and Colombia, and 250 items of computer equipment and mobile phones were seized across 15 cities, Interpol said.
It said Colombia’s Ministry of Defence and presidential websites as well as Chile’s Endesa electricity company were among the targets of the hackers. The loosely organised group Anonymous is suspected of being behind coordinated computer hacking against institutions, multinationals and government organisations across the world. Read the full article »»»»
Posted: November 7th, 2011 | Author: Michael Courtenay | Filed under: Hard Pill to Swallow, Socially Engineerd | Tags: Americas Extreme Poverty, China, Cyber Espionage, Espionage, Extreme Poverty, Hack, Hacked, hacking, News, Phone Hacking, Poverty, President Barack Obama, Rupert Murdoch, Russia, State of the Nation, State of the Press, The Sun Newspaper, USA, Zimbabwe | Comments Off
“We live in strange times” a quote that has truly lived through the test of time, each generation seems to have blurted this almost useless phrase since pelt clad artists scribbled on the walls of caves in Lascaux. What’s changed, clearly quite a lot, but not so much! “News travels fast” now there’s a quote we can stick with, that along with Hard Pill to Swallow and you’ve pretty much got a round-up on what news is . . .
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