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According to ethical hacking specialists, over the past weekend multiple Wikipedia sites for some regions of Europe and the Middle East experienced failures due to a denial of service (DDoS) attack; the organization claims that the incident is already being investigated through the Wikimedia Foundation, which is responsible for overseeing various aspects of the online […]
Wikipedia Hacked: cybercriminals have launched a massive DDOS attack on Wikipedia and take down the website in several countries in Europe and parts of the Middle East. Wikipedia is a global encyclopedia and worlds biggest knowledge repository accessed by more than a billion users every month. DDoS Attack is one of most dangerous threat for any […]
According to personal data protection specialists, Dr. Larry Sanger, one of Wikipedia’s founders, is inviting the people to stop using any social media platform for up to 48 hours in an attempt to pressure companies to grant control of personal data to users. Sanger has mentioned that his movement would “reaffirm mass demand, the need […]
Cryptojacking Malware called “Minr“ infected website has been linked with Wikipedia Page that leads to mine the cryptocurrency Monero (XMR). Wikipedia visitors who visiting the concern page and once a user clicks the link that pointed to the Malware infected website, the malicious script will be executed and visitor infected with “Minr” crypto-jacking malware. Researchers found that many […]
Short Bytes: Wikipedia is the world’s seventh most popular website. This free online encyclopedia has been providing us information from the past 16 years. Well, do you know Wikipedia’s official song? In this article, we are going to tell you about such lesser-known facts about the website. Take a look. Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, […]
Short Bytes: The US District Court has dismissed a lawsuit by Wikimedia against the NSA surveillance. The District Court ruled that the lawsuit merely rested on “the subjective fear of surveillance” and it was “unpersuasive,” “incomplete,” and “riddled with assumptions.” It’s a widely accepted fact that USA government is busy spending billions on its NSA surveillance programs – thanks to […]
Awesome News for Wikipedia Readers- Encrypted Connections Coming Your Way Pretty Soon. Currently, data between users and Wikipedia.com is unencrypted, and this increases the chances of being spied upon. However, now this scenario will be changed pretty soon. The Wikipedia Foundation announced on Friday that it is going to move its websites towards HTTPS by default […]