use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system.
Questions tagged [hacking]
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Could "only Russia’s senior-most officials have authorized" the efforts to leak sensitive emails related to the 2016 U.S. presidential election?
There was a joint statement (released October 7, 2016) from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) about recent leaked emails.
The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident…
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Did Planned Parenthood fake being hacked?
Did Planned Parenthood fake being hacked?
Example claims:
Via Twitter:
Their site is so hacked right now that someone has been rearranging CSS fonts and alignment.
Another tweet
If planned parenthood's site was hacked, why is the domain still
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Are there back doors in Lenovo-built PCs?
I've just read this article, which claims that MI5 found backdoors in Lenovo built PCs:
Machines produced by the state-backed technology company, which is the largest PC producer
in the world, are claimed to have been found in tests by MI5 and GCHQ…
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Do airliners use single physical network for both avionics and passenger wifi access?
BBC reports (emphasis mine):
Planes including the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus 350 and A380
have a single network that is used by both pilots to fly the plane and
by passengers for their wi-fi connections.
Do these airlines actually…
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Did "Max the Hacker" manipulate autocues and traffic lights?
There is a man who calls himself Max the Hacker. He appears in many Dutch videos filmed in the Netherlands, such as this one in which he shows himself purporting to manipulate news readers' autocues on live television, and to change the speed limits…
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Did Jeremy Hammond use 60,000 credit cards to give to charity only?
The Wikipedia article on Jeremy Hammond echoes a Wired article:
According to Kevin Poulsen, the credit card numbers were used by
Anonymous to make $700,000 worth of fraudulent donations to non-profit
groups.
Did Jeremy Hammond use 60,000…
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Was Apple Maps hacked to show "Ministry of Fascism" in place of the Russian Ministry of Defense?
It's a story that originated with RT, but I haven't seen it covered in Western publications. (I've linked to an Indian one--Republicworld.)
According to Russia's state-controlled television network RT, Apple Maps was hacked to rename the Russian…
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Did Russian hackers beat slot machines with an app?
Russian hackers made up to $250,000 per weekend by using an app to tell them when to pull a trigger.
[...] custom app on the operative’s phone; those markers cause the handset to vibrate roughly 0.25 seconds before the operative should press the…
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Did Hamza Tzortzis have a paid account on the Ashley Madison web-site?
The name and personal information of well-known British Muslim preacher, Hamza Tzortzis was found in leaked database of the Ashley Madison website (a dating agency for extra-marital affairs).
In August 2015, Tzortzis denied that he opened the…
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Was the investigation of the DNC Email Hack performed by anti-Russian activists?
In his The Savage Nation radio broadcast on February 16, 2017, radio talk show host Michael Savage made four claims to discredit the story that “the Russians” hacked the DNC during this past election. (I am sure, also, that part of the reason was to…
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Was NYSE outage on July 8th, 2015 a result of a cyber attack?
New York Stock Exchange claims that the downtime was due "internal technical issue" and denies claims of cyber attack.
On the other hand, allegedly few hours prior to the outage Anonymous has tweeted:
Wonder if tomorrow is going to be bad for Wall…
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Has illicit cryptocurrency mining surged 459 percent in 2018 compared to last year?
If you are unaware, a recent trend in cyber attacks involves hijacking your computer's processing power to "mine" cryptocurrency, which they sell for money. Some discovered attacks were large spread enough that experts estimate over a million…
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