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A hacker broke into Bulgaria's tax system and stole the details of every working adult in the country

Boykov's initial charge, which could have seen him face a maximum of eight years in jail, was downg…

Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock   


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This ex-con hacker just made over $100,000 in a single day helping companies plug up their cybersecurity

DeVoss made $101,000 on Friday "doing the same thing the government put me in prison for" - finding…

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Real hackers found ways to break into the website of hacker show 'Mr. Robot'

Inspired by articles about the security oversight, a hacker named corenumb did some poking around f…

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7 things you can hire a hacker to do and how much it will (generally) cost

Other hacking sites openly advertise services of questionable legality, offering illicit access to …

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Some vote-counting computers came with a critical flaw that could have let hackers access them

As its name implies, remote-access software allows people to log in and use computers from afar via…

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Hackers reportedly tried to steal self-driving car secrets from Baidu

Details on the hacking attempt are scarce, but Baidu has beefed up its cybersecurity team following…

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Hackers found a way to resurrect suspended and inactive Twitter accounts

What's the appeal of these accounts? Short, interesting, or "cool" handles for Twitter (and other s…

Rob Price   


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Hackers can take over an entire network with this tiny $35 box

A group of white hat hackers from Minnesota called RedTeam Security helps companies prevent cyber…

Chris Snyder,Paul Szoldra   


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Post demonetisation, payment apps are turning to ethical hackers. Here’s why

White hat hackers, or ethical hackers, who scope out and report bugs in software are in high demand…

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HBO reportedly offered $250,000 in 'bounty payment' to the hackers who stole its episodes and emails

In HBO's new message, leaked by the hacker and dated July 27, a network executive offers a $250,000…

John Lynch   


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Your car will increasingly be at risk of getting taken over by hackers

"Cars are vulnerable because they were never built with defenses in mind. If you take something tha…

Cadie Thompson   


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Hackers can break into just about any office with electronics bought on Amazon

In order to get close to an employee, RedTeam came up with a number of possible methods, such as ha…

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I hung around with hackers for a week, and now I'm completely paranoid

Chances are, my small error didn't inspire any mischief among the "black hat" hackers who blend in …

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A hacker explains why US nukes controlled by ancient computers is actually a good thing

Thomas said that the IBM Series/1 computer the Pentagon is using to control nukes is most likely ai…

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Something called 'Google Dorking' helps hackers find out stuff no one wants them to know

There are entire projects dedicated to that effort, too, like The Diggity Project and the Google Ha…

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Snapchat Knew It Was Vulnerable To Hackers In August But Denied There Was A Problem

We don't display the phone numbers to other users and we don't support the ability to look up phone…

Jim Edwards   


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This Guy Convinced Google, Dropcam, Pinterest To Let 10,000 Hackers Attack

In the two years since Australian cofounders Casey Ellis (CEO) and Chris Raethke (CTO) launched Bug…

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There's A $50,000+ Bounty For The First Person To Outwit The iPhone Touch ID

They aren't looking for a software hack. They want to see someone reliably and repeatably outsmart …