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HR Giant Workday Got Hacked

Not exactly what you want to hear from a company that manages the personal information of millions of people.

Privacy & Security AJ Dellinger Aug 18

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NYU Website Hacked to Display Racist Garbage

The hacker published supposed test scores sorted by race.

Internet AJ Dellinger Mar 22

A Hacker Hijacked the Buffalo Wild Wings Twitter Account and Revealed Its ‘Secret Recipe’

A hacker managed to take control of the official Twitter account of Buffalo Wild Wings Friday night and fired off a number of crude and racist tweets, including one that claimed to give out the “secret recipe” for the company’s wings which, as it turns out, is apparently “Tommy’s cum.” The hacker started their Twitter…

Privacy & Security AJ Dellinger Jun 1

$2 Million Allegedly Stolen From Cryptocurrency Vlogger in the Middle of His Livestream [UPDATED]

Ian Balina, a popular cryptocurrency evangelist, was in the midst of a standard livestream on his YouTube channel on Sunday night when a viewer asked, “Ian, did you know that somebody transferred all your tokens from your account?” With $2 million worth of cryptocurrency gone from his wallet, Balina claims he was hacked. But the…

Tech News Rhett Jones Apr 16

Windows 10 S Doesn’t Appear to Be as Invulnerable to Ransomware as Microsoft Claims

Microsoft’s tall claim that “no known ransomware” will run on its Windows 10 S operating system has been weighed, measured, and found wanting. In a report published Friday by ZDNet, Hacker House security researcher Matthew Hickey reportedly broke through the operating system’s security in a little over three hours. Hickey was able to attain remote…

Tech News Dell Cameron Jun 23

156 Hacked Emergency Sirens Show Dallas Officials That They Have a Security Problem

Residents of Dallas, Texas received a rude awakening around midnight on Friday night. Officials have confirmed that 156 emergency sirens simultaneously blared a warning: the system has been hacked. https://gizmodo.com/18-ways-to-make-your-online-accounts-more-secure-1793250264 According to the New York Times: The alarms, which started going off around 11:40 p.m. Friday and lasted until 1:20 a.m. Saturday, created a sense…

Tech News Rhett Jones Apr 9

Hundreds of Twitter Accounts Hacked with Swastikas Through Third Party App ‘Twitter Counter’

A number of Twitter accounts, including major brands and institutions are getting hijacked right now. Everyone from Duke University to major fast food outlets to Nike Spain are getting hacked with a swastika and a reference to April 16th, a date when a referendum will be held in Turkey to give President Erdogan more power.…

Tech News Matt Novak Mar 15

Not Even the Humble Chicken Bucket Is Safe From Hackers

If you’re a fried chicken enthusiast living in the United Kingdom, your Chicken Stamps may be in peril. Kentucky Fried Chicken’s loyalty program, Colonel’s Club, where you collect Chicken Stamps to “earn your way to free food rewards” has been hacked in the United Kingdom. Not all the 1.2 million UK-based fried chicken fans enrolled…

Tech News Eve Peyser Dec 12

Major Indie Music Conglomerate Gets Hacked

Indie music conglomerate Beggars Group—comprised of labels such as 4AD and Matador—revealed Tuesday that their online store got hacked between April 28, 2016 and May 4, 2016. Beggars Group represents artists like St. Vincent, Vampire Weekend, FKA Twigs, Radiohead, and countless other bands I am not cool enough to be aware of. In a letter…

Tech News Eve Peyser Jul 19

It Has Been Zero Days Since the US Government Was Last Hacked

Same as it ever was. [August 6, 2015] Contact the author at [email protected].

Tech News Matt Novak Aug 6

Delta’s Facebook Page Just Wants To Talk About Bl0wjobs Right Now

Delta, Delta, Delta. The Jan Brady of airlines has fucked up again. Someone has hacked Delta’s Facebook page and is posting about blowjobs and worms. (No word yet on whether the hacker is a group of 13-year-old boys at a sleepover.) Just like its flights, its social media hack is gross, unpleasant, and amateur. IF…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs Feb 10

Snooki’s Cellphone Gets Hacked, Naked Pictures Get Leaked, Eyeballs Get Hurt

Someone has allegedly hacked into the cellphone of the beautiful Snooki, the elegant lady who is the beacon of good taste and faithful love in a show called Jersey Shore, the epitome of modern American values. Surprisingly enough, the hacker found naked pictures of her, which obviously were taken by coercion. Apparently, the hacker also…

Privacy & Security Jesus Diaz Jun 10

How The 2004 Presidential Election May Have Been Hacked

Ohio’s 2004 presidential election is one many won’t forget. Democrat John Kerry was the leader and exit polls pegged him as the winner. Defying explanation, a last-minute shift in votes favored Republican George W. Bush and propelled him to victory. New filings in the King Lincoln Bronzeville v. Blackwell case sheds some light on how…

Tech News Kelly Jul 26

The Pentagon Suffered One of the Most Damaging Cyberattacks in US Military History This Past Spring

The US Department of Defense just revealed that they lost 24,000 files to “foreign intruders” in March. Though they wouldn’t specify on details, they acknowledged it was “one of the most damaging cyberattacks to date on the US military”. The Pentagon did say that the files lost were taken from a defense contractor but wouldn’t…

Tech News Casey Chan Jul 14

Apple Is Latest Company To Feel the Might of AntiSec’s Hacking Power

Antisec, the marriage between similar-hearted outlaws at Anonymous and LulzSec, hit several companies—and police squads!—websites since teaming up, but yesterday a company closer to your heart was hacked: Apple. But don’t worry; customer data looks to be safe. https://gizmodo.com/antisec-slams-arizona-cops-again-with-super-personal-5816604 They probably thought they were invincible while scores of their competitors saw their websites fall down…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jul 4

We All Suck at Passwords

You’re mad at Sony. We get it. But it turns out that users really aren’t much better at abiding by best security practices, according to software architect Troy Hunt’s quick parse of the account info released by LulzSec. Of the 37,608 released passwords, only 4% had three or more character types, with half made up…

Privacy & Security Kyle Wagner Jun 6

A Man Is Going to Prison for Hacking a Billboard to Play Porn (NSFW)

Oh Igor Blinnikov, you prankster you! A year ago, the Russian man hacked a highway video billboard in Moscow and rigged it so it would broadcast porn. Traffic stopped to a standstill as drivers enjoyed the public peep show. Good one Igor, funnies all around! Um, not so much. Authorities were not amused and found…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 24

Root Key for PS3 Now Available, Hacker Claims

After German hacker group fail0verflow showed they’d hacked the PS3 to run pirated apps and games, another hacker has published the PS3’s root key online, which allows precisely that. [Geohot via Kotaku and PSX-Scene—Thanks, Affan!] https://kotaku.com/the-ps3-may-have-just-had-its-front-door-kicked-in-452571548

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 3

Microsoft Kinect Hacked? Already?!

Adafruit’s $2,000 bounty for an open source Kinect driver hack was only offered up late last week and already someone has allegedly delivered, said Adafruit’s Phillip Torrone in an email to us just now. This was inevitable. Microsoft, for its part, offered up the standard boilerplate last week in an email to CNET: “Microsoft does…

Tech News Jack Loftus Nov 7

Hacked iPad Shown Running Chromium OS

While it could just be a screengrabbed imaged displayed in the Photos app, we’re inclined to believe it’s the real deal as Hexxeh already has a proven track record in Chromium OS builds. The UK-based hacker tweeted from his compromised iPad, but did say that “I’ll dash your hopes later, there are a few catches.”…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Sep 29

Hacked

HR Giant Workday Got Hacked

NYU Website Hacked to Display Racist Garbage

A Hacker Hijacked the Buffalo Wild Wings Twitter Account and Revealed Its ‘Secret Recipe’

$2 Million Allegedly Stolen From Cryptocurrency Vlogger in the Middle of His Livestream [UPDATED]

Windows 10 S Doesn’t Appear to Be as Invulnerable to Ransomware as Microsoft Claims

156 Hacked Emergency Sirens Show Dallas Officials That They Have a Security Problem

Hundreds of Twitter Accounts Hacked with Swastikas Through Third Party App ‘Twitter Counter’

Not Even the Humble Chicken Bucket Is Safe From Hackers

Major Indie Music Conglomerate Gets Hacked

It Has Been Zero Days Since the US Government Was Last Hacked

Delta’s Facebook Page Just Wants To Talk About Bl0wjobs Right Now

Snooki’s Cellphone Gets Hacked, Naked Pictures Get Leaked, Eyeballs Get Hurt

How The 2004 Presidential Election May Have Been Hacked

The Pentagon Suffered One of the Most Damaging Cyberattacks in US Military History This Past Spring

Apple Is Latest Company To Feel the Might of AntiSec’s Hacking Power

We All Suck at Passwords

A Man Is Going to Prison for Hacking a Billboard to Play Porn (NSFW)

Root Key for PS3 Now Available, Hacker Claims

Microsoft Kinect Hacked? Already?!

Hacked iPad Shown Running Chromium OS

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