Microsoft’s made history with the record-setting launch of the Kinect sensor for their Xbox 360. While the games released at launch were generally a bit twee, much of the buzz around the device came from hackers who made Kinect useful in ways that weren’t necessarily intended. Everything from holography to Super Mario interoperability to …
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London Stock Exchange May Have Been Hacked Last Year
Computerworld is reporting that the London Stock Exchange may have been hacked in August of last year as it prepared to switch its systems from Microsoft’s .Net platform to a Linux-based platform. It’s once again preparing to attempt the same switchover this month.
According to the article:
“There were major problems on the exchange
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Latest PS3 Firmware Update Blocks “Call of Duty” Hackers
If you downloaded the new PS3 firmware 3.56 update and you happened to, um, tweak the Call of Duty: Black Ops game to boost your stats, you might have found yourself among the angry people who had their account blocked.
It seems to be part of Sony’s promise to crack down on piracy; last weeks Xbox 360 firmware 3.56 update blocked …
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Page Was Hacked. Everybody Panic
Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg joined the ranks of the digitally violated after an alleged hacker broke into his Facebook fan page … to post the world’s most mundane rant.
An update, seemingly from Zuck himself, read: “Let the hacking begin: If facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, why doesn’t Facebook let its users …
Two Men Charged For Stealing iPad Users’ Personal Info
Remember early June? Summer nights, trendy flip flops, drinks on restaurant patios, etc.? June 10th shattered all those fuzzy feelings with news of a massive security breach affecting iPad 3G owners. “Shattered” might be a bit overdramatic, but let’s just go with it in the interest of moving the story along.
The short and skinny …
How to Check If Your Gawker Password Has Been Stolen
Were you affected by the big Gawker hack that broke out over the weekend? Me too, man. Me too. It is what it is (and other comforting remarks).
Slate has created a handy tool to see if your Gawker password is among the 185,000+ out there for the whole world to see. Simply enter your e-mail address and you may or may not get the …
Acai Berry Twitter Spam Hijacks Thousands Of Feeds
In a morning swimming in cyber attacks, Twitter is now fending off one of its own. A new acai berry Twitter scheme has compromised thousands of accounts, spamming followers with dangerous links.
Mashable reported that the spam was spreading at a pace of 10,000 tweets per minute early this morning, with tweets linking to an …
Gawker Sites Hacked, Staff & Commenting Passwords Released
Blog empire Gawker Media was under siege this weekend as a group of hackers gained access to the company’s servers.
(More on Techland: Who Are The WikiLeaks Hacktivists?)
Hackers who identify themselves as part of the group Gnosis not only hacked into flagship site Gawker, but also its sister sites Gizmodo, io9, Jezebel, …
WikiWarriors Invoke Dungeons & Dragons While Bringing Down the System
As “Operation Payback” continues to exact revenge on the opponents of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange — from shutting down Mastercard’s website after it suspended donations to Assange’s organization to targeting high-profile right-wing politicians like Sarah Palin — interest has grown in
Operation Payback: Who Are the WikiLeaks ‘Hactivists’?
A hacking group simply identifying itself as “Anonymous” has taken credit for a recent string of high-profile cyber attacks against the websites of businesses, banks and politicians that have either spoken out against or stopped doing business with whistleblowing site, WikiLeaks.
Since Monday of this week, targets have included Swiss …
Hackers Target MasterCard for Blocking WikiLeaks Payments
A group of hackers simply going by the name “Anonymous” is targeting companies that have blocked whistleblowing site WikiLeaks from using their services.
The latest target is MasterCard, whose site mastercard.com has currently been knocked offline thanks to a series of DDOS (distributed denial of service) attacks against it. On a very …
Harry Potter Fans Being Hacked?
If you’re looking for the 36-minute clip of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One which was leaked Tuesday, you might be better off forking over the cash to watch the actual movie. PC Tools, an antivirus software company, found out that at least one of the sites where you can download the movie is actually a scam.
While the …