Tag: hack

7 out of 10 Irish youths shared photos that would embarrass them if made public

February 9, 2015

February 10th is Safer Internet Day, promoting online safety, particularly to young people. ESET Ireland has just completed its latest Irish online security survey which showed worrying results among Irish youth. Last year news headlines were full of stories of celebrities online accounts hacked and various private pictures including those of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Rihanna, Arianna Grande … More 7 out of 10 Irish youths shared photos that would embarrass them if made public

HipChat hacked, passwords reset

February 3, 2015

Australian enterprise software firm Atlassian has told customers that it recently suffered a security breach that saw hackers access names, usernames, email addresses and encrypted passwords for users of its HipChat group messaging application. According to Craig Davies, who heads up Atlassian’s security team, “a very small percentage” (less than 2%) of the firm’s customers … More HipChat hacked, passwords reset

Bitstamp hacked for $5 million in Bitcoin

January 7, 2015

19,000 Bitcoin – valued at around $275 each, so $5 million together – have been stolen from a majour European Bitcoin exchange, reports RT. Bitstamp, a four year old company based in the UK and Slovenia is described by the Financial Times as “the world’s third busiest Bitcoin exchange”. It immediately took action, halting withdrawals … More Bitstamp hacked for $5 million in Bitcoin

Kickstarter hacked – users told to change passwords

February 17, 2014

This weekend, crowdfunding website Kickstarter issued what it called “an important security notice”, but what most of the rest of us would more easily recognise as an announcement that it had been hacked. Part of the notice read: On Wednesday night, law enforcement officials contacted Kickstarter and alerted us that hackers had sought and gained … More Kickstarter hacked – users told to change passwords

Is FBI spying on Irish iPhone and iPad users?

September 7, 2012

Identification info on millions of iPhone and iPad users has been leaked to the internet, allegedly from FBI’s computers. Among them are also hundreds of Irish names. The hacker group Anti-sec, a branch of the Anonymous movement, recently claimed it holds 12 million Apple device IDs (UDID), push notification IDs and names of iPhone and … More Is FBI spying on Irish iPhone and iPad users?