40 million shoppers could be at risk for credit and debit card fraud.
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NSA Uses Cookies to Pinpoint Hacking Targets
Piggybacks on consumer tracking tools
Report: LivingSocial Hacked
AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher is reporting that popular daily deals site LivingSocial “has suffered a massive cyber-attack on its computer systems.”
How Does One Fake Tweet Cause a Stock Market Crash?
At 1:07 p.m. on Tuesday, the Twitter feed of the Associated Press told us that Barack Obama had been injured in an explosion at the White House. The tweet was fake.
Airplanes Hackable by Phone? Not So Fast
As a rule, if a sensational headline about some dangerous new hacking threat seems too scary to be true, it probably is.
China’s Red Hackers: The Tale of One Patriotic Cyberwarrior
In a story in this week’s magazine, TIME profiles Wan Tao, once one of China’s most feared hongke, or red hackers, cyberwarriors motivated by patriotism to attack foreign digital victims.
Apple and Other Tech Companies Hacked: Here’s What You Need to Know
Apple, Facebook and Twitter have all fallen victim to the same attack by hackers over the past few weeks. Here’s what you need to know about the recent attacks, and how to stay safe.
Apple Says It Was Hacked
Reuters reports that Apple has revealed it was “attacked by the same hackers who targeted Facebook” last month.
Apple Device IDs Leaked by AntiSec Hackers: What You Need to Know
A group of hackers claims to have stolen 12 million Apple device IDs and other user information from an FBI agent’s laptop, and has posted some of the information online.
The group, dubbed AntiSec, posted 1 million Unique …
Mom Hacks Into School Computer System, Changes Her Kids’ Grades
Talk about helicopter parenting. It’s one thing to do your children’s homework for them. But when you decide to take matters into your own hands and change their grades yourself, well, that’s when law enforcement gets involved.
via Mom Hacks Into School Computer System, Changes Her Kids’ Grades | NewsFeed | TIME.com.
Allen Institute: Microsoft Cofounder’s Organization Holds Brain Hackathon
Yesterday, I wrote about a researcher “hacking” into Stephen Hawking’s mind with a new device called the iBrain. But for most scientists, hacking the brain doesn’t mean bypassing the physical body — it means making sense of the …
Anonymous Sabotages Virgin Media Site in Retaliation for Pirate Bay Block
It looks like Virgin Media may be the latest victim of a site takedown by Anonymous: The hacktivist group is claiming that it targeted the Internet service provider’s website in response to Virgin Media’s block of popular torrent …