Tag Archives: hacker

Spammers have wasted no time in exploiting the recent drama surrounding WikiLeaks. The site, whose owner has been arrested on sex crime charges and the site itself, has been dropped from Amazon, which was hosting its servers, and Mastercard, Visa, …

The recent case of a man who broke into the email account of 170 women and used explicit pictures that he found to embarrass and blackmail them best illustrates the new ways that hackers and scammers are using known and …

A hacker has stepped forward to take credit for the “Here you have” worm that crippled thousands of corporate networks last week.  The hacker, who has so far refused to reveal his or her identity, said the worm was meant …

The hacker responsible for the largest data breach in U.S. history was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his crimes. Albert Gonzalez hacked into Heartland Payment Systems computer network and stole tens of millions of credit card and debit …

Donors to Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman’s campaign reacted angrily to the news that his campaign website hosted a completely unprotected datebase that contained their names, addresses, credit card numbers, and 3 digit security codes. The breach was revealed by the …

It never ceases to amaze me how arrogant some hackers and spammers are. Reading about the case of Josh Holly, the person who hacked into Miley Cyrus’ MySpace account, the hacker clearly shows his youth when he argues that he …

A California man has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for hacking into his former employer’s computer system and giving spammers access to the mail server. Steven Barnes was also ordered to pay a fine of over $54,000. …