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Lusty Yahoo Engineer Hacked 6000 Accounts To Find ‘Sexual Content’

Many people resort to pornography websites to satisfy their bodily needs. On the contrary, an ex-Yahoo engineer went miles ahead and hacked into real people’s accounts instead. Reyes Daniel Ruiz compromised 6,000 accounts of Yahoo users in order to find sexual videos and images. Yesterday, he pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose for […]

Telecom NZ ‘s 80,000 Yahoo Xtra Email accounts Hacked

Yahoo Inc, keeping up with its poor security has now compromised more then 80,000 users from Telecom NZ. Telecom NZ a New Zealand based communications service provider (CSP), providing fixed line telephone services, a mobile network, an internet service provider (through its subsidiary Xtra), and a major ICT provider to NZ businesses (through its Gen-i division). It […]

Yahoo Mail Got Hacked via XSS Vulnerability

Yahoo users 2 nights’ back were hacked by probably the same spammy links route. A number of Yahoo users complained about their accounts being hacked and wrong messages were forwarded. After an investigation, Yahoo officials confirmed that the hacking took place through a spammy link which was mailed by the account holder’s friends who were […]

Chip-maker Nvidia hacked & 400,000 user accounts leaked

One of the famous American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia has been hacked and details of its 400,000 users from official forum have been leaked online by the hackers. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processing units (GPUs). According to Nvidia, the breach took place at the beginning of July. After the […]

435,000 Yahoo Accounts hacked and leaked online by D33D Company

Yahoo Inc. has announced that around 435,000 emails and passwords have been hacked and leaked online by a hacking group known as D33D Company. According to the security firm TrustedSec, the hacked emails and passwords have been to be stored without encryption and in a plain text. That means anyone can change the passwords and use the information. TrustedSec […]