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4chan hackers tried changing voting results of NASA student challenge

Apparently, 4chan hackers conducted the cyber attack to stop a group of three African American school girls from winning the NASA’s competition. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has announced that the voting system for its Optimus Prime Spinoff Promotion and Research Challenge or OPSPARC was hit by a cyber attack that aimed at changing […]

Google Image Recognition Software Tags Black Couple as Gorillas

Google Apologizes after its Image Recognition Software Mistakenly Tags Black couple as Gorillas. A computer programmer Jacky Alcine saw his and a friend’s images labeled as “gorillas” in an album on Google Photos.  The search engine giant explains that the mislabeling occurred due to a fault in its image recognition software. Google reportedly, is “appalled” […]

Anonymous hacks Ku Klux Klan twitter over Ferguson threats

Summary: On Nov 14, 2014, the online hacktivist Anonymous released a YouTube video announcing a cyber attack on Ku Klux Klan, (a White supremacist Christian group) due to its threats to use lethal force at the Ferguson protest. As a result, Anonymous has hacked the official Twitter account of KKK USA (@KuKluxKlanUSA). After taking over […]