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Rap Attack: Lil Wayne Twitter Hacked

Rap fans were treated to a bizzare series of messages over the weekend after the Twitter accounts of Lil Wayne was hacked.

It started with a diss that could possibly have come from Wayne, directed at rival Soulja Boy. “I sent a donations to your Paypal, check it, I heard you got 13,000 Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 12/13/10 10:49pm

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The 25 Dumbest Gawker Passwords, In Order

The hacker group Gnosis brought down the Gawker Media empire over the weekend.

As part of their attack, they revealed sensitive data from hundreds of thousands of Gawker users. 

For the security specilialists at Duo, this was a golden opportunity to practice their craft.

“As it’s not very often that we get Read More

By admin 11/12/10 5:34pm

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Sarah Palin Hacker Gets a Year in Jail

David Kernell, the student who hacked Sarah Palin’s email account, has been sentenced to one year in jail.

Hacked is kind of a funny word to use here. To get into Palin’s email account, Kernell simply reset Palin’s password using her birthdate, ZIP code and Yahoo’s security question: Where did you meet your Read More

By admin 10/01/10 5:17pm

Is Kristina Svechinskaya, Sexy Russian Hacker, The Next Anna Chapman?

Federal and state prosecutors in New York brought charges against a ring of international cyber-criminals who used computer viruses to break into bank accounts. Among them were four New York students, including 21 year Kristina Svechinskaya, who is being groomed as the next Anna Chapman by the NY dailies. 

Back in June Read More

By admin 10/01/10 1:12pm

Foursquare Hacked by TechCrunch Editor Michael Arrington (UPDATED)

UPDATE – Foursquare’s response is now at the bottom

Becoming “mayor” of a location is the most coveted status in Foursquare. To win this honor you have to check in to a location more than anyone else, and to do that you actually have to go there, since Foursquare won’t let you check in remotely. Read More

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