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Some high school students are claiming to have hacked the email account of CIA’s director John Brennan. After hacking into the account, they published the personal information of more than 20 CIA agents. The leaked information included email addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers and clearance level of the CIA employees. All this information was […]
Microsoft announced the launch of a new transparency website in order to provide free access to the transparency reports published by the firm. Microsoft’s latest Transparency Hub entails a report comprising of information about the requests received by the tech giant from various parties regarding the elimination of online content. This new website also lets users […]
Facebook accounts are notorious for being hacked, either through poor passwords or phishing scams. So to help keep its users safe, the social network has announced that it will soon start sending banner notifications to anyone whose account may have been compromised by the government or if Facebook suspects someone is trying to hack into […]
Dow Jones Hacked by Russians for Obtaining Trading Tips — No one knows how much money the made. A group of Russian hackers infiltrated the servers of Dow Jones & Co., owner of the Wall Street Journal and several other news publications, and stole information to trade on before it became public, according to four […]
The Internet will soon be quite different, as downloaders of illegal software, movies and songs will be seen as criminals and will be cracked down as criminals under the TPP. You might be wondering how come this will happen? Well, the WikiLeaks documents dump from Trans-Pacific Partnership trade (PDF) calls for internet service providers to provide […]
A group of Brazilian hackers took over a couple of government-owned domains on Sunday posing the question, if these websites are so easy to hack imagine how easy it is for the American National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on Brazilians? The targeted authority is the Brazilian Institute of research and development in Astronomy, Geophysics and Metrology […]
Saudi Arabia’s Government’s decision to crucify Mohammed al-Nimr has prompted a strong response from the Hacktivist group Anonymous when various significant Saudi government websites were hacked to show protest over this decision. Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested on the charges of involvement in alleged anti-government activities when he was 17-years old. Critics and campaigners allege that the government is unnecessarily targeting al-Nimr just […]
Some recent data dump released by WikiLeaks on their website contains documents infected with malicious software that can easily infect anyone accessing them, according to the discovery made by an autonomous data researcher Josh Wieder. Wieder, apart from a researcher, is a system administrator who goes out of his way to inspect files and documents […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has been sued by the Associated Press (AP) for the suppression of documents about FBI agent who impersonated an AP journalist and created a fake news story. Last year, AP filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the FBI in search of the documents related to the […]
Starbucks coffee may be delicious for many but delicious enough to waste thousands of dollars in taxpayer money? The Inspector generals office of the Department of Homeland security said in its audit report that someone either hacked or stole the department’s credit cards and used them to purchase coffee from Starbucks. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/starbucks-mobile-app-hacked-data-stolen/”]Researcher claims Starbucks mobile […]
China has been a usual suspect behind the cyber attacks carried out worldwide — From U.S. to India, everyone blames the red army for its cyber campaigns. A group of hackers that seems to be based in China have been running a cyber attack campaign to spy on India and the neighboring countries in an […]
On Tuesday, a former United States embassy employee and a resident of Atlanta, Michael C. Ford has been accused of sextortion attempts including hacking and cyber stalking which involves approximately 250 women. According to the Justice Department, the ex-state department employee apparently stole sexually-explicit videos, pictures, passwords and other personal information of the victims as […]
After momentary calmness, the Pentagon has planned to double the number of U.S. drone flights by 2019. This increment would help military chiefs with an increased access to the intelligence while improving their firepower. This bold step has raised concerns about the forthcoming military drone strikes. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/surveillance-drones-now-being-deployed-on-german-railway-stations/”]This Aerial Assault Drone Can Hack Computers Inside […]
A group of ISIS Affiliated Hackers has claimed to have hacked U.S. government servers stealing the personal data of hundreds of Government and Military personnel In March 2015, hackers supporting the so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) posted names, pictures and addresses of 100 US military personnel urging its “brothers residing in America” to slay them. Now another pro-ISIS hacking […]
The United States is now blaming the Russian hackers for hacking computers at the Pentagon. The United States military officials believe Russian hackers are behind the recent security snooping of the Pentagon’s unclassified emailing server that was being used by the Joint Chief personnel. The cyber-attack affected the emailing accounts of about 4,000 military officials, […]
The online hacktivist Anonymous has shut down Taiwan government websites and has termed the act as “just the beginning” of a series of attacks. Anonymous’ Asian branch has issued a warning that the recent crippling of Taiwanese government websites is only the “beginning.” Boasting about its numerous conquests on Anonymous Asia’s Facebook page the hacktivists […]
From cars to trains from computers to planes, anything connected with the Internet is vulnerable to cyber attacks. It is believed that a Chinese team is responsible for breaking into the system of the United Airlines. The breach occurred by the end of May or the early part of June. The hackers compromised the IT system […]
Today, the common public is aware, more than ever, regarding rights and privacy. Recent revelations made by whistleblowers like Edward Snowden and Julian Assange have made it clearer that your government is looking at your personal data. In the wake of some new leaks by Edward Snowden, I’d like to tell you that government can “effortlessly” read […]
The suspected Chinese hackers have once again managed to break into the United State government’s personnel management agency, leaving more than 22 million government employee personal records compromised, U.S. officials disclosed on Thursday. Twenty-two million is a huge figure! Last month, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that the data of more than 4 […]
Hackers have a passion for hacking, but the way they choose their targets is something hard to understand. Just like this unpredictable hack we are about to report. A Palestinian friendly hacker going with the handle of AlfabetoVirtual was able to bypass all the security restrictions and hack into the official website of New York City’s Comptroller Mr. Scott […]
The global Anonymous network is relatively much bigger than your actual anticipation, a recent visual analysis by a University of Copenhagen graduate suggests. This network is comprehensively linked to each other on the Web. The authentic magnitude and influence ratio of Anonymous has been the concern of many researchers. The passionate supporters show that the community is […]