Author Archives: Uzair Amir

Headmaster caught mining cryptocurrency at school; gets fired

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By Uzair Amir
A Chinese school headmaster Lei Hua was caught mining cryptocurrency using the school’s electricity. As a result, he had to lose his job. It happened at Puman Middle School in Hunan province of China. Initially, teachers complained … Continue reading Headmaster caught mining cryptocurrency at school; gets fired→

HSBC suffers data breach after hackers access customers’ personal data

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The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has suffered a data breach in which unknown hackers have accessed personal and financial data of its customers. The data breach, according to the notification from HSBC, took between Oc… Continue reading HSBC suffers data breach after hackers access customers’ personal data→

Feds accuse Chinese firm of stealing trade secrets of US tech giant

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The US Justice Department has accused China to be involved in industrial espionage. According to a press release from the department, the Chinese government has made memory chips that store data its centralized science and technology stra… Continue reading Feds accuse Chinese firm of stealing trade secrets of US tech giant→

Employee infects US govt network with malware after visiting 9,000 porn sites

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Due to the carelessness of an employee, who apparently was a porn fan, the network of the satellite imaging facility, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) at the EROS Center, South Dakota got infected with malware. An audit carried out by th… Continue reading Employee infects US govt network with malware after visiting 9,000 porn sites→

Teacher linked to Celebgate hacking scandal facing 7 years in prison

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Former Lee Davis High School, Virginia teacher Christopher Brannan set to plead guilty to the federal charges of hacking into the computers of Celebrities including Emma Watson and non-celebrities leading to their private data in the Cele… Continue reading Teacher linked to Celebgate hacking scandal facing 7 years in prison→

Major weapon systems developed by US DoD highly vulnerable to cyber attacks

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Several Critical Vulnerabilities Identified in Major Weapon Systems Being Developed by US DoD. The advanced weapon systems developed by the US Department of Defense with a whopping estimated expenditure of $1.66 trillion are plagued with … Continue reading Major weapon systems developed by US DoD highly vulnerable to cyber attacks→

Hackers exploit Bitcoin bug to print 235 million Pigeoncoins

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It has been confirmed by the Pigeoncoin developers that a recently discovered bug in Bitcoin’s code has now been exploited to print approx. 235m Pigeoncoins ($15,458). It must be noted that Pigeoncoin is a newly launched and somewhat less… Continue reading Hackers exploit Bitcoin bug to print 235 million Pigeoncoins→

11 million personal unprotected MongoDB records leaked online

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Another day, another trove of sensitive data exposed online. This time, a MongoDB database containing a whopping 43.5GB of the dataset used in marketing campaigns has been left exposed for public access. The data was discovered by Bob Dia… Continue reading 11 million personal unprotected MongoDB records leaked online→