Hackers

Planned Parenthood Hacked, Emails and Passwords Stolen

Planned Parenthood has a lot of enemies, and now some are claiming they have hacked the reproductive health service, stealing emails, salted passwords, and employee information. The Daily Dot talked to one of the people taking credit for the attack, someone using the pseudonym “E” who says they acted as part of a group that…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs Jul 27

How a Lotto Worker Tried To Rig a Jackpot with Self-Destructing Software

An ex-Lotto employee who tried to get rich by installing secret software onto the computer that picks Lotto winners has been convicted of fraud for trying to rig a $14.3 million jackpot. Eddie Tipton, 52, was the information security director for the Multi-State Lottery Association when he tried to rig the system from within with…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs Jul 22

Hackers Have the Power to Remotely Hijack Half a Million Chrysler Cars

An ongoing investigation into the security of Chrysler vehicles bears some pretty startling conclusions. In a couple of weeks, security researchers will reveal the details of a zero-day exploit that affects some 471,000 cars. Put bluntly: Hackers can take complete control of the cars from thousands of miles away. Longtime car hackers Charlie Miller and…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Jul 21

“Hornet’s Nest of Criminal Hackers” Destroyed by Feds

It was the best place to find out the worst crimes you could commit online. Cybercrime forum Darkode has been shut down after “Operation Shrouded Horizon,” an international law enforcement raid that led to 70 arrests. Known as a digital hangout for groups like Lizard Squad, Darkode was created in 2008 as an invite-only forum…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Jul 15

OPM Director Steps Down After Admitting 22 Million Hacked on Her Watch

After confirming that over 22 million people had their personal information stolen in the largest government digital data breach, Office of Personnel Management director Katherine Archuleta has resigned. As late as last night, Archuleta had insisted she wouldn’t step down from office, despite calls from Congress. Beth Cobert, deputy director of management at the Office…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs Jul 10

Hack Exposes What an Utter Piece of Shit This Spyware Company Is

Spyware maker Hacking Teamjust asked its customers to stop using its software in the wake of a large data breach. Good! Because Hacking Team is a corrupt trashcan company that provides weapons to criminals. The information exposed by hackers this week makes it clear that the Italian company doesn’t give a shit if groups with…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs Jul 6

Mr. Robot Recap: Are You a One or a Zero?

The second episode of the moody, surprisingly accuratehacker drama that’s your new crack aired last night on USA to much fanfare. So how does it stack up to the pilot that already nabbed a second season? Set in New York, Mr. Robot centers around neurotic, socially anxious computer prodigy Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek), who despises…

Television Bryan Lufkin Jul 2

No One Can Do Background Checks Until The Feds Fix Their Hack Mess

Fallout from the cyberattack on the US Office of Personnel Management is already starting: Federal background checks have been shut down for six to eight weeks as a “proactive” security measure. New employees and contractors will be left in clearance limbo as OPM cleans up its system. The shutdown happened after OPM conducted an internal…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs Jun 29

Hacker Drama Mr. Robot Is Scary, Paranoia-Inducing, and Awesome

If you could hack into an evil corporation’s bank account and shuffle its wealth to the 99%, would you? That’s the Anonymous-era quandary a young, brilliant hacker grapples with in the new USA drama, Mr. Robot, which premiers tonight at 10 p.m. I got a chance to hang out with the cast as they were…

Television Bryan Lufkin Jun 24

Planes Grounded After Hackers Hijack an Airline’s Flight Plan System

A cyberattack on Polish airline LOT left ten flights canceled this Sunday, stranding around 1,400 people at Warsaw’s Chopin airport. The attack hit the airline’s ground computer system, which is used to make flight plans. The hackers didn’t break into the IT on the planes, but this incident makes it even more obvious that the…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Jun 22

Hey Android Users: Avoid These Insecure Apps

Here’s some bad news for Android users. Security researchers have discovered 100+ more apps that fail to encrypt your login data properly, making it frightfully easy for hackers to steal your password. What’s worse: the vast majority of the app makers aren’t doing anything about it. The specific issue, an HTTPS vulnerability, is hardly a…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jun 19

How Do You Keep Your Stuff Safe Online?

Hacks are writ large in the headlines, most recently the news that millions of U.S. government files with personal employee info were stolen, and LastPass’s embarrassing breach. So how do you secure yourself in the wilds of the internet? https://gizmodo.com/am-i-an-idiot-for-still-using-a-password-manager-1711673486 It seems like every week a world government or big company suffers a potentially disastrous…

Privacy & Security Kaila Hale-Stern Jun 16

Foxconn Played an Unwitting Role in the Hack on the Iran Nuclear Talks

The story of Israel using a sophisticated cyberweapon to spy on the United States and others attending nuclear talks is getting weirder. According to Kaspersky, the attackers not only used a Stuxnet-like weapon—they also used a stolen security certificate from Foxconn to sign the malware. This is both crazy and curious. The new attack also…

Tech News Adam Clark Estes Jun 15

State Dept. Stops Issuing New Overseas Passports, Possibly Due to Hack

The State Department is having some technical difficulties with its overseas passports and visa systems, and while it’s working to figure out the problem, it stopped giving out most new travel documents. People who applied for overseas passports after May 26 and people who applied for visas to the U.S. after June 9 will have…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Jun 12

AP: Hackers Stole Documents About Spies Taking Drugs and Going Bankrupt

This is a bad week to be a federal employee, and it just got worse. The AP is reporting on a second brutal cyberattack on the federal government revealed this week, carried out by the same hackers who reported accessed the records of every single federal employee. This second hack focused on grabbing extremely personal…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs Jun 12

Report: Hackers Stole Social Security Numbers of Every Federal Employee

The largest government hack in history is even larger than officials have admitted, with some sources saying every single federal employee had personal information stolen, including social security numbers. In a letterobtained by the AP, American Federal of Government Employees president J. David Cox alleged that the data breach of the government’s civil service human…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs Jun 11

Hackers Could Cause Fatal Overdoses By Hijacking Hospital Drug Pumps

Not that anyone needed another reason to fear hospitals, but here’s a good one: Security researcher Billy Rios has discovered vulnerabilitiesin popular hospital drug pumps that allow hackers to remotely change drug dosages. Rios found a way to remotely change drug pump firmware that would give hackers control over the devices by accessing the hospital’s…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs Jun 8

Chinese Hackers Accused of Two More Huge Security Breaches

Remember when hackersaccessed files from US health insurance firms Anthem and Premera last year? According to the New York Times, it wasthe same Chinese hackers suspected of breaching the US Office of Personnel Management’s files. These data breaches yielded an enormous amount of personal information. For the OPM, at least 4 million former and current…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs Jun 5

You Can Hack a Children’s Toy to Open Random Garage Doors

Do you value what’s in your garage? Then you’d better make sure your garage door opener uses a secure wireless system, because it is frightfully easy to hack the more basic ones. Security researcher Samy Kamkarjust proved as much when he turned an old Mattel toy into a scary universal garage door opener. The toy…

Privacy & Security Adam Clark Estes Jun 4

Looks Like Russian Hackers Stole 100,000 Americans’ Tax Returns Online

The Internal Revenue Service suspect that Russian hackers are the culprits who stole the tax records of at least 100,000 people this year, and—yep, you read that right. Russian hackers! If you’re getting déjà vu, that’s because this marks the third time in very recent history that US government websites have been preyed upon for…

Privacy & Security Kate Knibbs May 29

Planned Parenthood Hacked, Emails and Passwords Stolen

How a Lotto Worker Tried To Rig a Jackpot with Self-Destructing Software

Hackers Have the Power to Remotely Hijack Half a Million Chrysler Cars

“Hornet’s Nest of Criminal Hackers” Destroyed by Feds

OPM Director Steps Down After Admitting 22 Million Hacked on Her Watch

Hack Exposes What an Utter Piece of Shit This Spyware Company Is

Mr. Robot Recap: Are You a One or a Zero?

No One Can Do Background Checks Until The Feds Fix Their Hack Mess

Hacker Drama Mr. Robot Is Scary, Paranoia-Inducing, and Awesome

Planes Grounded After Hackers Hijack an Airline’s Flight Plan System

Hey Android Users: Avoid These Insecure Apps

How Do You Keep Your Stuff Safe Online?

Foxconn Played an Unwitting Role in the Hack on the Iran Nuclear Talks

State Dept. Stops Issuing New Overseas Passports, Possibly Due to Hack

AP: Hackers Stole Documents About Spies Taking Drugs and Going Bankrupt

Report: Hackers Stole Social Security Numbers of Every Federal Employee

Hackers Could Cause Fatal Overdoses By Hijacking Hospital Drug Pumps

Chinese Hackers Accused of Two More Huge Security Breaches

You Can Hack a Children’s Toy to Open Random Garage Doors

Looks Like Russian Hackers Stole 100,000 Americans’ Tax Returns Online

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The Nazis’ Most Notoriously Complex Cryptographic Machine Is Now Available Online

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