Now even children’s toys are being hacked by criminals. Hong Kong toymaker VTech has announced that the data of 6.4 million children has been exposed. Cyber experts are calling the instance the largest ever hack […]
Security Breach
The TSA Is An Utter Failure, Misses 95% Of Weapons In Undercover Operation
Nobody likes going through security when they go through an airport. The hassle of having to wait in a long line, take off your shoes, organize your belongings, and having a complete stranger body-scan you […]
FBI Advises That Ransomware Victims Suck It Up And Pay Out
The age old adage of giving an armed robber your wallet when he asks for it is creeping into cyberspace with the FBI advising that companies which fall victim to file encrypting ransomware infection should […]
Facebook Introduces New Alert To Notify Users About Hacking Efforts By The Government
As more reports come out that reveal that state governments are spying on their own citizens, social media websites like Facebook have been taking action in order to ensure the privacy of their users. One […]
Uber Believes Their Data Was Stolen By Representatives From Lyft
Ride-requesting service Uber is trying to convince a court to allow it to investigate an internet address which it believes could lead the company to a hacker. The news comes eight months after Uber revealed […]
Pentagon Faces Problems As Its Network Connections Expose Vulnerabilities
The Pentagon was one of the first government departments to embrace the practice of connecting sensitive networks, power weapons and expensive equipment by using the Internet. While the practice was a sign of forward thinking […]
Five Times More US Public Worker Finger Prints Stolen By Chinese Hackers
Five times more American fingerprint sets were stolen by Chinese hackers than was previously reported. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has shocked the nation by announcing that more fingerprints were in the hands […]
Clinton’s ‘Convenient’ Email Server Found To Contain Highly Classified Intelligence
After being pressured for months to turn over her private email server to members of Congress, Hillary Clinton finally agreed to hand over to federal authorities the server and a thumb drive containing several emails […]