News | DataProtectionCenter.com

Chicago Man Admits Hacking over 300 People, Celebrities Included

05

Jul

2016

Edward Majerczyk, a 28-year-old from Chicago, pleaded guilty to hacking the Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts of over 300 people, including celebrities from the entertainment industry, the Department of Justice, Central District of California, said Friday. The man violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by launching phishing schemes between November 2013 and August 2014 […]

Category Hacker Phishing Written by Hotforsecurity 0 Comments

Brexit: What Does it Mean for Cybersecurity and Privacy?

29

Jun

2016

The British decision to leave the European Union seems to have surprised everyone and caused knee-jerk reactions around the world. The immediate response has sent the pound tumbling and raised suggestions that Britain is now a sitting target for cyber criminals. Let’s start with the facts. Firstly, Britain is not yet leaving the EU. The […]

Category Privacy protection Written by Feedproxy 0 Comments

Faster, harder, Twitter: millions of passwords leaked

10

Jun

2016

Everyone likes Twitter. Well, okay, maybe not everyone, but at least 310 million users visit the microblogging platform monthly. And now these 310 million have to consider changing their Twitter password. This is not because they are as insecure as 123456 or something like that, but because a database of 379 million Twitter accounts with […]

Category Identity theft Privacy protection Written by Blog 0 Comments

The Latest in IT Security

Posts Tagged ‘News’

Chicago Man Admits Hacking over 300 People, Celebrities Included

Brexit: What Does it Mean for Cybersecurity and Privacy?

Faster, harder, Twitter: millions of passwords leaked

Categories

Featured

Archives

Latest Comments

About Us

Contact Us