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Short Bytes: The White House has open sourced its Facebook Messenger bot that was launched in August. The chatbot, which receives messages on behalf of President Obama, is developed using Drupal. It is available for download on the GitHub repository of the White House. President Barack Obama’s Facebook Messenger bot went live in August. The bot […]
Short Bytes: Alex Gibney is known for his investigative documentaries that garner a unanimous applause from the critics. During the reporting for his latest cyber warfare-focused film Zero Days, the US government’s secret plan called Nitro Zeus was uncovered. This plan deals with a massive cyberattack on Iran’s infrastructure if the nuclear negotiations with Iran would have fail. […]
Short Bytes: The maker of McAfee antivirus and privacy advocate John McAfee is again in the headlines. In his latest op-ed, he stresses upon the need of encryption, calling it a necessity. Bashing the governments who demand restrictions on encryption measures, he says that Obama administration lacks the real understanding of privacy. John McAfee, the most […]
(Credit: Reuters/Bobby Yip) Short Bytes : The White House has rejected a petition with more than 167,000 signatures to pardon whistleblower Edward Snowden. In an official statement, it was said that Snowden should come back to the U.S. to face consequences of his actions. Rejecting the pardon request, the U.S. government has called actions “dangerous.” […]
American President Barack Obama’s emails were accessed by Russian hackers last October in a White House security breach, according to the NYT report. The emails that were read during this computer system breach were of unclassified nature. Earlier this month, officials admitted that White House security system was hacked by Russian hackers. According to the […]
A class of people are happy, a few are neutral and some of them are angry with the way it has been going on in the country. In this latest video message, hacktivist group Anonymous has targeted US President Barack Obama for his imperial style of Presidency. Anonymous said in the video: Until they become […]
The Sony Pictures Hack was probably the biggest tech news of this month. It hasn’t just remained an ordinary hack, but instead it has grown to become a safety concern for all the established websites and startups. This teaches a safety lesson to all different types companies, whether web-based or alien to online services. Companies and budding […]