Celebrity photos iCloud hack? Steve Jobs wouldn’t have let this happen September 5, 2014 So, it would appear that if I did take loads of photos of myself naked, shot a mucky video or a whole manner of other salacious digital tomfoolery, there’s a good chance it would get backed up to iCloud and I’d be hunted down by hackers who would expose me to the world. Thank goodness [...]
Apple ups iCloud security after “iBrute” hacking of celebrity photos September 5, 2014 Apple is ramping up iCloud security after the accounts of dozens of celebrities were hacked and naked photos leaked online. The tech giant will introduce additional security features for iCloud following the high-profile hack, which it said was not the result of a brute force attack on its servers but due to a “targeted attack [...]
Apple share price soars after refuting iBrute celebrity photo hack, then plummets in biggest fall since January September 4, 2014 Apple is having a rollercoaster week. It experienced its biggest fall in share price since January yesterday, after hitting a record high the day before. Shares opened nearly one per cent higher hitting $103.74 when markets opened on Tuesday after the company said there was no "ibrute" security breach when celebrity's iCloud accounts were hacked and [...]
iBrute force: Is this how Apple iPhone hackers leaked nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton? September 4, 2014 Yesterday a thread appeared on notoriously NSFW forum site 4chan, promising to post nude photos of actresses Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and Ariana Grande in return for Bitcoin donations. Publicists for Lawrence and Upton confirmed the pictures were real (although Grande’s insisted they were “completely fake”). But how did the hacker get access to their [...]
$100,000 in Bitcoin lost in Cannabis Road hack August 25, 2014 Hackers have made off with $100,000 worth of Bitcoin from Cannabis Road, an online marketplace dedicated to Cannabis products, reports cryptocurrency news site Coindesk. Cannabis Road is now offline, and those trying to get onto the website will be greeted with a message informing visitors about the hack and how the developers intend to proceed. [...]
Greggs scum hack prompts Twitter team to “bribe” Google with doughnuts August 19, 2014 Greggs bakery’s cheeks were left burning as hot as the middle of its sausage rolls yesterday, when someone who Googled the firm found that its logo had been hacked to read “providing shit to scum for 70 years”. Naturally, the news went viral and Greggs was trending on Twitter. “We are aware of the [...]
Greggs share price dips after ‘scum’ logo hack August 19, 2014 Pasty purveyor Greggs came in for a social media battering today after it emerged that someone had messed with the baker's logo. People Googling to look for the business – which now claims to have more UK outlets than McDonalds – found its strapline suddenly claimed it had been “providing shit to scum for [...]
“I resign”: Russian prime minister Medvedev’s Twitter account hacked August 14, 2014 “I resign. I am ashamed for the actions of the government. I’m sorry,” Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev tweeted earlier today. Or so hackers would have us believe. The Russian leader's Twitter account appeared to have been successfully targeted, publishing a series of tweets this morning criticising president Vladimir Putin, retweeting opposition journalists and [...]
Hacker claims planes could be hit by cyber attack through in-flight Wi-Fi and entertainment systems August 4, 2014 Passenger planes' navigation and safety equipment could be "wide open" to hackers and be attacked through in-flight Wi-Fi and entertainment systems, according to a cyber security researcher. Ruben Santamarta, a consultant at the cyber security firm IOActive, claims to have identified weak spots in these systems which could give hackers access to satellite communication equipment, [...]
Update: Blackmailer hacks ECB website, steals email addresses and contact details July 24, 2014 The European Central Bank (ECB) has had its website hacked, with sensitive personal information including email addresses and contact data stolen. The ECB received an anonymous call on Monday night requesting money in return for the stolen data. The bank didn't say how much the blackmailer asked for, but did say that it refused to [...]