hackers
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Everything You Need To Know About The Facebook Breach (And How To Secure Your Account)
4Another day, another Facebook hack. This time around, the accounts of some 50 million users were left vulnerable for over a year, with Facebook only identifying and fixing the problem on September 25. Find out exactly what happened, if you’re affected, and what you can do to protect yourself in the future.
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Cryptocurrency Scam Site Disappears, Leaving Only The Word ‘Penis’ Behind
A short-lived and relatively unknown cryptocurrency project built on Ethereum called Prodeum disappeared this weekend – along with the money a small number of hapless investors sunk into it. All that remained of its website was a white page with the word “penis” written on it.
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Twitter User Exploits Loophole To Post 35,000-Character Tweet
Do you remember when Twitter stopped limiting the number of usernames you could tag in a post and suddenly for a few days people started tagging dozens of users at once just to be annoying? Well, if people start duplicating this hack, it will make your timeline a hell of a lot worse than that.
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Good Hackers Can Do Bad Things, Too
Famed white hat hacker Marcus Hutchins — better known as “MalwareTech” — was arrested by the FBI yesterday while trying to fly home to the United Kingdom from Las Vegas. The 22-year-old security researcher gained mainstream fame earlier this year as the guy who stopped the destructive WannaCry ransomware from spreading, and had been partying…