The Latest in IT Security

Posts Tagged ‘Naoki Hiroshima’

PayPal and GoDaddy may have cost one man his ‘$50,000’ Twitter account

29
Jan
2014

Naoki Hiroshima had owned a rare Twitter account for around seven years, one that someone allegedly wanted to purchase for $50,000. Despite numerous attempts by attackers to steal his @N handle over the years, Hiroshima had managed to prevent hackers from gaining access to the account. While eating lunch on January 20th, 2014, I received a […]

Category CA TechnologiesTech Written by The Verge 0 Comments

Read more ...

Hacker Extorts Owner of @N into Handing Over the Twitter Username

29
Jan
2014

Up until recently, Naoki Hiroshima was the owner of the @N Twitter username. Since one letter Twitter handles are rare, theyre worth a lot of money, which is why many people have tried to convince Hiroshima to sell it. He says he has been offered as much as $50,000 (36,000) for the username. Howev…

Category Security Written by Softpedia 0 Comments

Read more ...

Newer Entries »

Categories

TUESDAY, MAY 07, 2024
WHITE PAPERS

Mission-Critical Broadband – Why Governments Should Partner with Commercial Operators:
Many governments embrace mobile network operator (MNO) networks as ...

ARA at Scale: How to Choose a Solution That Grows With Your Needs:
Application release automation (ARA) tools enable best practices in...

The Multi-Model Database:
Part of the “new normal” where data and cloud applications are ...

Featured

Archives

Latest Comments