hackers

Apple's Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed

Ryan Tate · 06/09/10 03:50PM

Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. They—and every other buyer of the cellular-enabled tablet—could be vulnerable to spam marketing and malicious hacking.

Even Racists Can Hack Into Road Signs

Ryan Tate · 05/25/10 10:41AM

It's so easy to "hack" into road signs than even racists can just walk up and make the road safety displays say whatever idiotic thing pops into their head, as with these newly-hijacked signs in South Florida.

Michele Bachmann's Virus Spreads to Supporters

Jeff Neumann · 05/14/10 06:09AM

Liberal deviants hacked the Minnesota congresswoman's campaign website in a "malicious attack" that spread all sorts of nastiness to Bachmann's "unsuspecting supporters," according to a statement on her site. [Politico]

How to Rip Off Facebook for Little Money Down

Jeff Neumann · 05/03/10 06:23AM

Looking to start an online criminal enterprise? Look no further than an Eastern European hacker website that offers stolen Facebook accounts for between $25 and $45. Just ask for "kirllos" and he should be able to set you up.

The 'Lindsay Lohan Has HIV' Twitter Scam That Fooled Everyone

Maureen O'Connor · 04/30/10 03:55PM

Three days ago, a widely-reported story emerged that Michael Lohan had posted to Twitter that Lindsay was HIV-positive. Michael said it was a hacker. Lindsay said it was her dad. Nobody realized that the hack itself was a fake.

Ex-Government Informant Hacker Gets 20 Years in Jail

Jeff Neumann · 03/26/10 07:31AM

The man behind the largest series of identity thefts in US history, Albert Gonzalez, has been sent to prison for ripping off 40 million credit card numbers, mostly from TJ Maxx. His Asperger's syndrome excuse didn't work in court. [FT]

Journalists in China Totally Switching Back to Yahoo

Hamilton Nolan · 01/18/10 09:24AM

At least two foreign reporters in China, including an AP television reporter, discovered that their GMail accounts have been hacked (by the government??). Oh, ChinaGuy69@aol.com was just not "professional" enough, right? You had to switch to Gmail. Fools. [NYT]