Chris Andrikanich is an iPhone 6-wielding guy who found his fairly average Twitter account completely overrun with seemingly random messages of congratulations and suggestions that he was about to come into big money. Why, you ask? Mr. Andrikanich is known as @alphabet on Twitter, and after Google’s big restructuring announcement…
Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime briefly appears online, could be announced on August 13
As Xiaomi’s birthday nears, more and more rumors claim that it might release a new phone alongside the 7th generation of its MIUI skin, which is slated for an August 13 announcement. The rumored device could either be the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2, or the Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime, which…
Basecamp Briefly Knocked Offline in DDoS Extortion Scheme
“Basecamp sustains 10 GB DDoS extortion Knockout” Basecamp, the developer of Basecamp tool, came under a powerful DDoS attack earlier this morning. According to CTO Basecamp; David Heinemeire Hasson, the Basecamp had been under a massive DDoS attack for almost three hour when it suddenly stopped. He told that the ultimate…
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Charity founder ordered to prison MEDFORD — The founder of an Islamic charity in Oregon must go to prison while awaiting the outcome of his appeal on federal tax fraud and conspiracy charges. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling denying a stay of…
Hacker group briefly knocks CIA website offline
The website of the Central Intelligence Agency was briefly inaccessible after the hacker group Anonymous claimed to have knocked it offline. View full post on anonymous hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Hacker Group ‘Anonymous’ Gun For Brazil Banks; Itau Internet Banking Briefly Shut Down
The Brazilian offshoot of worldwide hacktivist group Anonymous is setting its sights on Brazilian banks. According to a report in Folha de São Paulo, the country’s leading daily, Anonymous is calling the operation Operation Weeks Payment, or #OpWeeksPayment in the Twitterverse. The act is against political corruption and is supposed…