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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 21st, 2016
Teen Avoids Jail Time After DDoSing Australia's Biggest Bank & E-Crime Portal

Teen Avoids Jail Time After DDoSing Australia's Biggest Bank & E-Crime Portal

Teenager sentenced to a "family conference"

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 21st, 2016
OurMine Hacks Twitter Account of Wikipedia Co-Founder Jimmy Wales

OurMine Hacks Twitter Account of Wikipedia Co-Founder Jimmy Wales

OurMine hacking crew continues CEO hacking wave

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 20th, 2016
Anonymous Created Special DDoS Tool Just for the #OpOlympicHacking Attacks

Anonymous Created Special DDoS Tool Just for the #OpOlympicHacking Attacks

Tool used to automate attacks against five major targets

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 18th, 2016
Iranian Hacker Defaces IWF Website Following Controversial Rio Olympics Decision

Iranian Hacker Defaces IWF Website Following Controversial Rio Olympics Decision

Fans and hackers react to controversial Rio weightlifting decision that required the intervention of local riot police

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 14th, 2016
Hacker, Son of Russian MP, to Face Trial over $170 Million Hacking Scheme

Hacker, Son of Russian MP, to Face Trial over $170 Million Hacking Scheme

Roman Seleznev faces up to 65 years in prison

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 13th, 2016
Russian Doping Whistleblower Forced to Relocate After Email Hack

Russian Doping Whistleblower Forced to Relocate After Email Hack

Hackers breach whistleblower's email and WADA ADAMS account

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 12th, 2016
Anonymous Hacks World Anti-Doping Agency & International Sports Court

Anonymous Hacks World Anti-Doping Agency & International Sports Court

Group leaks data from TAS, promises WADA data as well

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 8th, 2016
Pakistani Hacker Breaches Indian Bank

Pakistani Hacker Breaches Indian Bank

Indian authorities looking for Afzal Faizal

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 7th, 2016
Hacker IcyEagle Arrested for Selling Compromised Bank Accounts on AlphaBay

Hacker IcyEagle Arrested for Selling Compromised Bank Accounts on AlphaBay

IcyEagle sold SunTrust bank accounts on AlphaBay

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 7th, 2016
Anonymous Promises and Delivers Attacks on Brazil Because of Rio Olympics

Anonymous Promises and Delivers Attacks on Brazil Because of Rio Olympics

Group dumps six databases from Brazilian government

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 4th, 2016
Security Firm Says It Uncovered New Terrorist Attacks After Hacking ISIS Forum

Security Firm Says It Uncovered New Terrorist Attacks After Hacking ISIS Forum

Israeli firm discovers plans to attack US military bases

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 3rd, 2016
Hacker Compromises Fosshub to Distribute MBR-Hijacking Malware

Hacker Compromises Fosshub to Distribute MBR-Hijacking Malware

Audacity and Classic Shell software downloads affected

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 3rd, 2016
Pokemon GO DDoS Attacks Postponed As PoodleCorp Botnet Suffers Security Breach <em>EXCLUSIVE</em>

Pokemon GO DDoS Attacks Postponed As PoodleCorp Botnet Suffers Security Breach EXCLUSIVE

Data indexed on breach index site LeakedSource

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • August 1st, 2016
CEO of Company Behind Pokemon GO Gets Hacked by OurMine

CEO of Company Behind Pokemon GO Gets Hacked by OurMine

OurMine defaces John Hanke's Quora and Twitter accounts

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 30th, 2016
Chinese Hacktivists Attack Vietnamese Airports

Chinese Hacktivists Attack Vietnamese Airports

Around 21 airports had serious problems with their systems

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 28th, 2016
Hong Kong Student Gets Probation Time for DDoS Attack During Occupy Campaign

Hong Kong Student Gets Probation Time for DDoS Attack During Occupy Campaign

Teenager wanted to help out Anonymous Asia

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • July 24th, 2016
UK Security Firm Execs Admit to Hacking Rival Company

UK Security Firm Execs Admit to Hacking Rival Company

Quadsys employees accused of hacking rival's database

 
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