21-Year-Old Woman Charged With Hacking Selena Gomez’s Email Account

A 21-year-old New Jersey woman has been charged with hacking into the email accounts of pop star and actress Selena Gomez, stealing her personal photos, and then leaked them to the Internet.

Susan Atrach of Ridgefield Park was charged Thursday with 11… Continue reading 21-Year-Old Woman Charged With Hacking Selena Gomez’s Email Account

British Schoolboy Who Hacked CIA Director Gets 2-Year Prison Term

The British teenager who managed to hack into the online accounts of several high-profile US government employees sentenced to two years in prison on Friday.

Kane Gamble, now 18, hacked into email accounts of former CIA director John Brennan, former D… Continue reading British Schoolboy Who Hacked CIA Director Gets 2-Year Prison Term

Deloitte Hacked — Cyber Attack Exposes Clients’ Emails

Another day, another data breach. This time one of the world’s “big four” accountancy firms has fallen victim to a sophisticated cyber attack.

Global tax and auditing firm Deloitte has confirmed the company had suffered a cyber attack that resulted in… Continue reading Deloitte Hacked — Cyber Attack Exposes Clients’ Emails

Game of Thrones (Season 7) Episode 5 Script Leaked — Hacker Demands Millions in Ransom

The hacking group that recently hacked HBO has just dropped its second trove of documents, including a month emails of one of the company’s executives, and a detailed script of the upcoming fifth episode of “Game of Thrones” Season 7, set to be aired o… Continue reading Game of Thrones (Season 7) Episode 5 Script Leaked — Hacker Demands Millions in Ransom

UK Parliament Hit by Cyberattack, Up to 90 MPs’ E-mail Accounts Hacked

A cyber attack has hit the email system of UK Houses of Parliament on Friday morning that breached at least 90 emails accounts protected by weak passwords belonging to MPs, lawmakers, and other parliamentary staff.

Meanwhile, as a precaution, the Secu… Continue reading UK Parliament Hit by Cyberattack, Up to 90 MPs’ E-mail Accounts Hacked

Three Chinese Hackers Fined $9 Million for Stealing Trade Secrets

Hackers won’t be spared.

Three Chinese hackers have been ordered to pay $8.8 million (£6.8 million) after hacking email servers of two major New York-based law firms to steal corporate merger plans in December 2016 and used them to trade stocks.

The U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan sued 26-year-old Iat Hong, 30-year-old Bo Zheng, and 50-year-old Hung Chin, over a multi-million

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