May 22, 2019

Hackers for hire – the good, the bad and the just-plain-scammers

Google & UC San Diego researchers found that only 5 of 27 hacker-for-hire services actually launched attacks against their targets.

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May 01, 2019

Crooks using hacked Microsoft email accounts to steal cryptocurrency

Hacked Microsoft email accounts are being used by criminals to compromise victims' cryptocurrency exchange accounts and empty their funds.

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August 31, 2018

Jennifer Lawrence nude photo thief is going to the slammer

George Garofano has been sentenced to prison for his part in hacking into and stealing personal images from 240 iCloud accounts.

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October 04, 2017

Email fraudsters foiled by a smiley

Kiss that $90K goodbye, untalented imposters!

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February 07, 2017

David Beckham calls in police over hacked emails

Stolen 'Beckileaks' emails dating from 2013 for which hackers demanded €1m are 'doctored' and 'out of context', say Beckham's supporters

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February 02, 2017

News in brief: Czech minister’s emails attacked; Dutch fear election hacking; Facebook extends connections

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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November 07, 2016

Ukrainian hackers ‘snatch huge email cache from Kremlin’

The emails reportedly show Russia's organizing Ukrainian separatists. The hack, if legit, shows Russian leaders are as vulnerable as others.

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September 23, 2016

Michelle Obama’s passport – or a scan that looks like it – posted online

The purported copy of the First Lady's passport plus emails from a staffer's account have been posted online.

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September 02, 2016

“Hillary Clinton hacker” Guccifer sentenced to 52 months for other crimes

The star-studded hacker cracked 100 US email accounts, including those of Colin Powell and George Bush.

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