Justin Michael is like many online users.
T-Mobile Hacked, Data For Sale?
A hacker group has claimed to have hacked T-Mobile this past weekend and is apparently looking to cash in. Oh this world we live in, right? (Editor’s Note: Be sure to read the update from T-Mobile at the end of the article)
The O’Reilly “Hacked”-or
Everyone knows that vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! email account was hacked into. Naturally Bill O’Reilly had something to say about that matter:
French Web Site Hacked Over Olympic Poll
Hackers hit the Web site of a French magazine in an effort to influence an opinion poll about the Beijing Olympics and change the site’s content.The Web site of business magazine Capital was first attacked in March, when it featured a poll asking if France should boycott the opening ceremony of the Games in China, according to publisher Jean-Joel Gurviez.
Obama’s Site Hacked; Change Comes From XSS
Cross site scripting exploited within the website for Illinois Senator and Presidential hopeful Barack Obama caused visitors to the blog section to be redirected to rival Hillary Clinton’s site.
Talk Show Host Gets Bank Account Hacked
Hackers turn the tables on the talk show host “Top Gear” who made an outrageous claim that no one could do anything evil if their banking information was stolen. The humor part comes in that when he checked his bank account, someone had done a 500 pound (1000 dollar) donation to diabetes UK.
Battelle Not Hacked!
Looks like “The Search” has turned up a bizarre technical problem, as the home page for BattelleMedia.com now pulls up a page titled RocknGo instead.
SpreadFirefox.com Hacked
I just got an email from admin [at] spreadfirefox.com saying the spreadfirefox web site had been hacked on June 12. Here’s the email…
USC Says Applicant Files Were Hacked
Users of the University of Southern California’s online application system over the past 8 years will be notified of the problem.
40 Million Credit Cards Hacked – YOU as Identity Theft Victim
Saturday, MasterCard blamed a vendor of ALL credit card providers called CardSystems Solutions, Inc., a third-party processor of payment card data, as the source of loss of 40 million consumers credit card information.