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v. t. e. A security hacker is someone who explores methods for breaching defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network. [1] Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, protest, information gathering, [2] challenge, recreation, [3] or evaluation of a system weaknesses to assist in formulating defenses ...
The 2016 Democratic National Committee email leak is a collection of Democratic National Committee (DNC) emails stolen by one or more hackers operating under the pseudonym "Guccifer 2.0" who are alleged to be Russian intelligence agency hackers, according to indictments carried out by the Mueller investigation. [1]
The Equifax data breach occurred between May and July 2017 at the American credit bureau Equifax. Private records of 147.9 million Americans along with 15.2 million British citizens and about 19,000 Canadian citizens were compromised in the breach, making it one of the largest cybercrimes related to identity theft.
REvil ( Ransomware Evil; also known as Sodinokibi) was a Russia-based [1] or Russian-speaking [2] private ransomware -as-a-service (RaaS) operation. [3] After an attack, REvil would threaten to publish the information on their page Happy Blog unless the ransom was received.
Law professor Jack Goldsmith wrote that the hack was a damaging act of cyber-espionage but "does not violate international law or norms" and wrote that "because of its own practices, the U.S. government has traditionally accepted the legitimacy of foreign governmental electronic spying in U.S. government networks."
Target. National Rifle Association of America. On October 27, 2021, a Russian hacker group known as Grief published 13 documents attributed to the National Rifle Association of America (NRA) in a ransomware scam, claimed to have hacked the organization, and threatened to release more NRA documents if the undisclosed ransom was not paid.
September 16: Anonymous declared they hacked the private email account of Sarah Palin. An individual was convicted and sentenced to a year in federal prison. (See also Sarah Palin email hack.) 2009. January: Anonymous targeted California teen McKay Hatch who runs the No Cussing Club, a website against profanity. Hatch's home address, phone ...
The name "Have I Been Pwned?" is based on the script kiddie jargon term "pwn", which means "to compromise or take control, specifically of another computer or application". HIBP's logo includes the text ';--, which is a common SQL injection attack string.