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Forget the Kate effect – Markle's sparkle sees coat website CRASH due to demand
Meghan Markle, 36, and Prince Harry, 33, entertained photographers this afternoon after news they will be tying the knot came this morning. The couple dressed up for the occasion – Harry in a dark blue suit with a white shirt and navy tie and Meghan in a dark green P.A.R.O.S.H dress and nude suede pumps […]
China created a website for vigilante citizens to report leaks and fake news
Cancan Chu/Getty Images China has created a website for vigilante citizens to report distorted headlines and harmful information about its military. The website also invites the public to report military leaks. China previously created software that automatically reports if a soldier leaks secret information or uses “sensitive words” online. Strict cyber-security laws are growing in China, where […]
Debenhams website DOWN: Black Friday sale causes site to CRASH for some users
Debenhams has left some users frustrated as the website keeps going down tonight. Shoppers trying to spend money in the Black Friday sale at the high street giant have been thwarted by a bad connection. Many users are getting the message: “We’re very popular right now! “Sorry, we’re getting a high amount of visitors to […]
Crunchyroll website hack tried to infect visitors with malware
Hacks that target major websites are nothing new, but Crunchyroll just suffered a particularly vicious attack. The anime streaming service was compromised for hours on November 4th after intruders planted a fake home page that pushed a malicious “CrunchyViewer” program to visitors. If Windows users were trusting enough to launch the file, it installed a […]
A conservative website funded the anti-Trump research from the firm that produced the infamous dossier
Thomson Reuters The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website founded by a high-profile Republican donor, was the original funder for an anti-Trump opposition research project by the firm Fusion GPS. The Free Beacon informed the House Intelligence Committee of its funding Friday. The original project was not related to Russia or Christopher Steele, who eventually produced […]
Stephen Hawking's PhD thesis posted online, crashes Cambridge website
Published time: 23 Oct, 2017 20:56 Pioneering theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking’s PhD thesis has for the first time been made available freely online, though high demand saw tens of thousands of Hawking fans crash the Cambridge website from which the 1966 work could be downloaded. Hawking is famed for his groundbreaking work on relativity and […]
Equifax website hacked again, this time to redirect to fake Flash update
Enlarge (credit: Randy Abrams) In May credit reporting service Equifax’s website was breached by attackers who eventually made off with social security numbers, names, and a dizzying amount of other details for some 145.5 million US consumers. For several hours on Wednesday the site was compromised again, this time to deliver fraudulent Adobe Flash updates, […]
T-Mobile website bug apparently exploited to mine sensitive account data
Enlarge / Fastest to hack, maybe? (credit: T-Mobile USA) A bug disclosed and patched last week by T-Mobile in a Web application interface allowed anyone to query account information by simply providing a phone number. That includes customer e-mail addresses, device identification data, and even the answers to account security questions. The bug, which was […]
Court significantly reins in what data anti-Trump website must give to feds
Enlarge / Protesters set a Trump t-shirt on fire in the street as they make themselves heard following the inauguration of President Donald Trump on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) A local judge in Washington, DC has ruled largely in favor of DreamHost, saying that the Department of Justice overstepped […]
