Published on June 25, 2010 by Technology Slice
The settlement announced by the FTC on Thursday stems from a series of attacks last year on Twitter, the three-year old phenomenon that lets people send short text messages to groups of followers. Under the terms of the agreement, Twitter is creating an independently audited security program, among other measures.
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Published on March 25, 2010 by Technology Slice
Obama’s Twitter Hacker Released – French police have released a hacker who gained access to US President Barack Obama’s account in one of his attacks on the wildly popular micro-blogging site Twitter, police said Wednesday. The unemployed 25-year-old, who lived with his parents and used the pseudonym “Hacker Croll”, was arrested Tuesday after an operation [...]
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Published on January 26, 2010 by Technology Slice
THE hacker who made headlines when he unlocked Apple’s iPhone in 2007 says he has now hacked Sony’s PlayStation 3. American George Hotz, 20, said he was working on his latest hack effort but intended to post full details online soon, the BBC reports. “It’s supposed to be unhackable – but nothing is unhackable,” said [...]
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