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HBO hacking woes continue: this time on social media
HBO just can’t catch a break. The cable network got hacked again, though this time, the perpetrators targeted its social media accounts. A hacker group called OurMine took over the company’s Facebook and Twitter accounts not to ask for millions or to steal more GoT episodes, but to “test [their] security.” OurMine is known for […]
An early investor in Facebook and Google has slammed them for ‘aggressive brain hacking’ (GOOG, GOOGL, FB)
Facebook *Roger McNamee, a famous early investor in Google and Facebook, says he regrets helping to create today’s internet giants because they are hacking our brains to sell more ads. *He’s not the only one condemning brain hacking. *McNamee warns that “there are no watchdogs” and consumers must start organizing now to pressure the internet […]
Trump doubts Russia would have left evidence of hacking, but US spies say Moscow left it on purpose
President Trump reportedly thinks Russia wasn’t behind 2016 election hacking because if they did, he thinks they wouldn’t have gotten caught. US intelligence officials believe Russia left behind evidence of hacking to sow chaos. Intelligence officials think Russia views 2016 election hacking campaign as successful and will try again in the future. President Donald Trump’s new communications […]
South Carolina voter rolls hit with 150k hacking attempts on Election Day 2016 – report
On Election Day 2016, South Carolina’s voter registration system was the target of nearly 150,000 hacking attempts, according to a recently released state study. The South Carolina State Election Commission (SEC) found that 149,832 hacking attempts occurred on November 8, 2016, according to an April document the SEC submitted to the state’s House Legislative Oversight […]
Hacking Team is back
When you call yourself “Hacking Team,” you’re borrowing a legacy of persecution and suffering at the hands of legal authorities. The same kind that drove Aaron Swartz to become the most famous hacker suicide of our era. You’re effectively wrapping yourself in a mantle bled into by the skins of coders and crackers who are […]
‘I just don’t think we’ve announced it’: Giuliani may have let something slip about Trump’s response to Russian hacking
Screenshot/Atlantic Council WARSAW, Poland — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani hinted Thursday that the Trump administration has “taken action” against those responsible for cyber espionage and hacking campaigns, but hasn’t publicly announced it yet. Giuliani, a top surrogate for President Donald Trump’s campaign who has been spotted at the White House in recent months, defended […]
Oliver Stone’s unhealthy treatment of hacking in Hollywood
What’s so compelling about Oliver Stone’s recent four-part interview series with Vladimir Putin is probably not what the multi-Oscar-winning director intended. It’s the same thing that makes his Snowden biopic its own sort of cipher after the fact. Both have inadvertently, and strangely by their own design, upset the already shaky foundations of toxic hero […]
Obama Failed to Punish Russian Hacking, and Other Security News This Week
Every Saturday we round up the biggest cybersecurity news of the week. https://media.wired.com/photos/594da910fee4fc25b0e2ccc4/master/pass/ObamaRussianHackHP-688507498.jpg Wired
Facing limits of remote hacking, Army cybers up the battlefield
Enlarge / FORT IRWIN, California – Spc. Nathaniel Ortiz, Expeditionary CEMA (Cyber Electromagnetic Activities) Team (ECT), 781st Military Intelligence Battalion, “conducts cyberspace operations” at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., May 9, 2017. (credit: Bill Roche, U.S. Army Cyber Command) The US military and intelligence communities have spent much of the last two […]
