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There's No Evidence That Hillary Clinton Was "Targeted" by Russian Hackers, She Just Got Spam
Sam Biddle · 10/01/15 01:30PMA new report from the Associated Press suggests Russian hackers deliberately attempted to infiltrate Hillary Clinton’s private email server, realizing the worst fears that critics of the server have held for months. But the story presents no evidence that any human being, Russian or otherwise, ever deliberately and knowingly attempted to hack into Clinton’s account. She just got spam, like all of us do.
Here Are the Horniest Companies in Media, According to the Ashley Madison Hack
Sam Biddle · 08/26/15 10:10AMAfter the Ashley Madison hack spooked moralizing hypocrites and millions of would-be adulterers, the Associated Press conducted an investigation into the data that turned up “workers at more than two dozen Obama administration agencies” who had been using the cheating site from their government desks. The AP tracked down the offending bureaucrats by tracing the Internet Protocol Addresses—a unique number assigned to every internet-connected device, called an IP address for short—associated with the hacked accounts to government computers.
What's Actually Inside the Nightmare Ashley Madison Leak
Sam Biddle · 08/19/15 01:50PMHacker Brings Down New York Magazine Website Because He Really Hates NYC
Gabrielle Bluestone · 07/27/15 08:01AMOn Sunday night, New York Magazine published the accounts of 35 women who say Bill Cosby raped them. It’s a powerful, first-hand narrative coupled with striking portraits of the victims but you can’t read it, because a racist hacker who apparently hates New York City took the magazine’s website offline.
Italian Spy Company "Joked" About Killing ACLU Employee
Sam Biddle · 07/10/15 11:05AMHacking Team, the recently hacked Milan-based outfit that peddled surveillance software to violent, oppressive governments around the world like Bahrain and the United States, naturally has a lot of critics. Their newly exposed emails reveal some very creepy conversations about one critic in particular.
That Government Hack Was Much, Much Bigger Than Initially Reported
Gabrielle Bluestone · 07/09/15 03:01PMHacker Who Crippled Xbox Live Convicted of 50,700 Counts, Dodges Prison
Sam Biddle · 07/07/15 03:20PMLeak: American Police Bought Spyware from Sinister Italian Hacker Firm
Sam Biddle · 07/07/15 01:05PMA Milan-based company called Hacking Team does exactly what their name implies: peddles malware and infectious spying software to oppressive governments around the world. And hackers have just leaked over 400 GB of data showing that the U.S. is among these slimy customers.
The Dish Drafts: Unpublished Missives From the Andrew Sullivan Hack
Alex Pareene · 06/15/15 04:15PMEver since ur-blogger Andrew Sullivan retired from blogging in February, his fans and admirers (“SullyHeads,” as they’re not known) have wondered, “what’s Andrew Sullivan up to, right now?” and “what does Andrew Sullivan think about what is happening in the news lately?” Proving his doubters wrong, Sullivan has remained quiet since his last post in February. But earlier today there was a sign of life at his longtime blog, The Dish: A single post — a gif of a tumbleweed rolling along a dirt path — went live.
AP: Chinese Hackers Stole Security Clearance Docs for Soldiers and Spies
Sam Biddle · 06/12/15 04:15PMJust one day after a report that a Chinese-affiliated online attack had seized sensitive information about literally every federal employee from the Office of Personnel Management, another bomb drops: these same hackers also grabbed classified security clearance applications, filled with deeply private data.
Every Single Federal Employee's Social Security Number Was Hacked: Report
Sam Biddle · 06/11/15 03:38PMCool the Government Got Hacked and Millions of People are Compromised
Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/04/15 06:30PMAdultFriendFinder.com Was Hacked, Exposing Millions of Sex-Seekers
Sam Biddle · 05/22/15 12:10PMSecurity Expert Removed From Flight and Detained By FBI Over Tweet
Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/19/15 08:30PMEighth Grader Charged With Felony for Changing Teacher's Desktop
Ashley Feinberg · 04/10/15 10:15AMAnother devious, young techno-wiz was placed safely behind bars this past Wednesday after authorities say he deftly "hacked into his school's secure computer network" by guessing the password (his teacher's last name). The crime? Changing the desktop background to two dudes kissin'. The punishment? Arrest on felony charges.
Massachusetts Cops Pay Hacker Ransom to Get Their Own Computers Back
Sam Biddle · 04/07/15 11:10AMHacked Chipotle Twitter: "Fuck the Government and the FBI"
Brendan O'Connor · 02/08/15 11:35AMNSA Hacked North Korea Long Before Sony Cyberattack: Report
Aleksander Chan · 01/19/15 09:15AMIn the continued fallout of the Sony hack, a new report by the the New York Times—citing U.S. intelligence officials and documents previously leaked by Edward Snowden—puts the NSA inside North Korea's computer system as early as 2010. This previous hack, officials say, is how the United States apparently determined North Korea was responsible for the cyberattack on Sony.