Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested.
Uber said it's investigating a cybersecurity incident. David Swanson/Reuters Uber said it is investigating a cybersecurity incident and is in touch with law enforcement. Uber employees received a Slack message from an unknown person saying "I am a hacker," per Bloomberg. Uber has taken Slack offline, according to Bloomberg and The New York Times. Uber […]
An anonymous hacker has claimed credit for the prank, which is part of an ongoing YouTube subscriber feud. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c01b98be38e7c06c5331775/master/pass/PewdiePropaganda_07.png
When the worlds of retro gaming and customized hacks collide, chances are, you’ll find Benjamin Heckendorn (better known as Ben Heck) standing by with a soldering iron. Ben Heck Longtime Ars readers are no strangers to Heck’s history of making incredible—and often portable—versions of classic computer and gaming hardware from scratch. He most recently popped […]
The Microsoft cofounder, who left the company in 1983, died Monday at age 65 of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bc51e519d86a52d3f1d0366/master/pass/PaulAllen-JoePug.jpg
The Department of Justice has taken its first legal action against North Korea’s cybercrimes, in a massive complaint made public Thursday. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b914dd531da9d2dd4095014/master/pass/nkhackers_191781385926.jpg
Defendants in US federal court cases now have another option for staying out on bail: emptying their virtual wallets. A district court in San Francisco has ordered alleged hacker Martin Marsich to pay the equivalent of $ 750,000 in cryptocurrency if he wants to live in a halfway house while facing trial. It’s not clear […]
Enlarge (credit: Adrian Lamo) Forensic pathologists in Kansas who examined the body of the late Adrian Lamo, the hacker who famously turned in Chelsea Manning to military authorities back in 2010, have been unable to figure out what led to his death. In 2004, Lamo pleaded guilty to hacking The New York Times, among other […]
Marcus Hutchins, the hacker who stopped the WannaCry ransomware and was arrested by the FBI soon after, accused of creating and distributing malware himself, has asked for donations to cover legal costs as he faces more charges. The updated indictment was filed with the Wisconsin Eastern District Court earlier this week. It complements the original […]
Enlarge / Yahoo! Inc. signage is displayed at the company’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, California in 2016. (credit: Noah Berger/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The Canadian man who pled guilty last year to a massive spear-phishing operation of Yahoo employees—which ultimately resulted in 500 million accounts being compromised—has been sentenced to five years in prison. Karim Baratov, […]
Michael Mann hasn’t helmed a feature since the 2015 Film Twitter fave Blackhat, but he might be about to get back in the game. Mann has purchased the acquired rights to a book about organized crime figure Paul Le Roux. The deal includes film and television rights to the book, which indicates a film or TV adaptation could […]
