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
The Swiss state owned Banque Cantonale de Geneve has confirmed that hackers have released confidential customer correspondences after the bank refused to pay the ransom demanded by the attackers, reports Tech Week Europe. The hack, which was revealed on the Twitter account of the hacking person(s) involved involved the theft of over 30,000 emails between the … More Swiss bank data released by hackers
Guess who hasn’t been using two factor authentication to protect its social media accounts? Twitter and YouTube accounts belonging to Central Command – the group responsible for United States’ military operations in the Middle East – were hijacked yesterday by hackers claiming to back Islamic State. In a series of messages posted on the @CENTCOM … More US military’s Twitter account hacked
According to reports that started to appear on Reddit and other forums on September 9, some five million account credentials were published that have a Gmail address as the user name. For example, if you subscribed to a newsletter on the finegardenz.com site using gthumb99@gmail.com as your user name and the password thumbsup then it is … More Five million Gmail credentials posted online
For computer hackers, making the classic first-person shooter Doom play on odd devices is a neverending quest – but an Australian team topped them all so far by running Doom on an ATM, Mashable reports. A YouTube video shows the hellish landscapes of the legendary shooter – and the team say they plan to work … More Hackers play classic shooter Doom on ATM
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