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Elite hacker who was due to demonstrate how heart implants could be hacked found dead

A high profile elite security researcher and a hacker Barnaby Jack unexpectedly passed away in San Francisco just days before he was due to demonstrate how heart implants can be hacked in order to kill a someone. The hacker was due to expose critical vulnerabilities present in medical device at the Black Hat security conference Las Vegas taking place next week. BBC […]

Website of Phone and texting app ‘Viber’ Hacked & Defaced by Syrian Electronic Army

Deface page left by the hacker on Viber website The hardcore pro- Bashar Ul Asad hackers from Syrian Electronic Army have hacked and defaced the official support sub-domain of famous phone and texting App Viber. The hack was announced by the hackers on their official website according to which they have downloaded some of the app databases after gaining […]

Syrian Electronic Army hacks Online Newspaper The Daily Dot, removes article

An inside screenshot from The Daily Dot’s admin panel The Syrian Electronic Army has hacked into the official website of an Online Newspaper The Daily Dot and removed an article related to their latest Mobile Messaging Service Tango.me hack. Background:  On 22nd July 2013, Curt Hopkins of The Daily Dot had posted an article along with […]

Website of Tameer Microfinance Bank Pakistan Hacked and Defaced by PakBugs

Two Pakistani hackers going with the handle of Xploiter and Dr.Freak from PakBugs hacking group have hacked and defaced the official website of Tameer Microfinance Bank (TMFB) which is Pakistan’s Largest and the first private commercial Microfinance bank. Hackers left their deface page along with a message on the hacked website which shows the reason for attacking bank site […]

Mobile Messaging Service Tango Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

The Syrian Electronic Army has breached into the official website of Tango (Tango.me) a popular mobile messaging service based in Mountain View, California. Hack was announced by the hackers on their official website, according to which the hackers have allegedly downloading 1.5 TB of daily backups including usernames, emails, addresses along with other contact details of site’s users […]

220 websites hacked and defaced by Turk Hack Team

Famous Turkish hackers from Turk Hack Team is back with another hack, this time one of their hacker going with the handle of Black-Spy has hacked and defaced 220 websites today. The hack is random with sites from different countries, left with deface page along with a simple message, yet the reason for attacking these sites […]

Website of National Transport Authority UAE hacked & defaced by Saudi hackers

Three Saudi hackers going with the handles of SNipEr AL BaHa, CrAzY HaCkEr and SNIPER MAKKA have collectively hacked and defaced the official website of United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) National Transport Authority (NTA) (http://www.nta.gov.ae). The site that was hacked today is left with a deface page along with a deface message against the government of UAE and […]

Website of Pakistani Entertainment Channel HUM TV Hacked by MadcodE Haxor

A Pakistani hacker going with the handle of MadcodE Haxor has hacked and defaced the official website of Pakistan based famous entertainment TV channel known as HUMTV (www.hum.tv). The site was hacked few moments ago and left with a deface page along with a message, explaining why the site was hacked. The message shows that site […]

6 Pakistani Ministry Websites Hacked by Afghan Cyber Army

A group of hackers claiming to have roots in Afghanistan going with the handle of Afghan Cyber Army has hacked and defaced six high profile ministries of government of Pakistan. Hackers left their deface page along with a message against Pakistan against alleged involvement of Pakistani authorities in recent suicide bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan. The message […]

Anonymous Group Targets Hawthorne Police Department For Brutally Shooting Dog

The online hackavist from Anonymous group has targeted the Hawthorne Police department in response to police shooting a man’s rottweiler dog. As reported by authorities, the Hawthorne Police department has taken this threat very seriously and are on high alert when the video of dog’s shooting  went viral just two days ago with more than 4 million hits […]

33 Chinese Gov sites Hacked by Turkish Hackers against Uyghurs Muslims Massacre

Three Turkish hackers going with the handle of Bozkurt97, De4THBLoW & Bozkurt71 collectively have hacked 33 Chinese government websites from Huojia county (huojia.gov.cn) in Xinxiang, Henan province, China. Hackers left a deface page along with a message on the main website of Huojia county and 32 of its sub-domains, protesting against the killings of innocent women and children from […]

Quaid-e-Azam University Pakistan Hacked, Login Info leaked by Indian Hacker

An Indian hacker going with the handle of Assassin has hacked into the email system of Pakistan’s Quaid-e-Azam University ), as a result login information of 99 users have been leaked on Pastebin. Assassin hacker left the data for public with a message asking Pakistani hackers not to attack Indian sites. The message on Pastebin was […]

S.Korean Presidential Website Hacked, Personal info of 100,000 People Leaked

The officials at South Korean Presidential office have said that official website of S.Korean President (english.president.go.kr) was hacked on Monday last week, as a result personal information of 100,000 subscribers was leaked online. In this recent attack the personal information such as names, identification numbers, birth dates, addresses and IP addresses was made public, yet the info did not […]

#OpIsrael Reloaded:102 Israeli Websites Hacked by Indonesian Hacker SultanHaikal

A well known Indonesian hacker going with the handle of SultanHaikal has hacked and defaced 102 Israeli websites for #OpIsrael yesterday. Hacker left his team’s deface page along with a message on all hacked websites, expressing his anti-Israeli views, the deface message was expressed in following words: Hacked by SultanHaikal, Hello Israel I am come back […]

Official NASA Domains Hacked by Ecuadorian h4x0r Team

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) which is gaining popularity for its poor cyber security rather then it’s actual work is again under attack, this time by hackers from Ecuadorian h4x0r Team who successfully hacked and defaced two official sub-domains of the agency yesterday. The hacked sub-domains belong NASA’s Virtual Wave Observatory (VWO), providing uniform and robust access […]

EMI Music India Website Hacked & Defaced by Turk Hack Army

On 14th June 2013, the xXM3HM3TXx hacker from Turk Hack Army had hacked and defaced the official website EMI Music India (www.emimusic.in), known as a giant of music industry in India and all over the world. The hacker left a deface page along with a message on the hacked EMI website and greetings to the whole crew, […]