hackers
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6 Hacker Pioneers Who Turned the Early Internet on Its Head
In 2021, cybercrime is a normal part of everyday life. But back in the early days of the internet — that is, the 1980s and ‘90s — the hacker was a bizarre new phenomenon that the American public had never encountered before. Many of the trailblazers of this trend weren’t cynical criminals but rather bespectacled…
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Experts Have Cracked The Combo for Maximum Password Security And It’s 3 Random Words
The UK’s NCSC is again reminding people that a combination of three random words is one of the safest and most secure passwords.
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Parliament House And Nine Were The Target Of Suspected Cyber Attacks
It was an awful weekend to be an IT manager. Both Parliament House and the Nine Network were the subjects of potential cyber attacks that are currently under investigation. On Sunday, Assistant Defence Minister Andrew Hastie released a statement saying the Australian Cyber Security Centre is assisting the Department of Parliament Services with an investigation…
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Report: Chinese Hack of Federal Employment Database, Disclosed in 2015, Was a Disaster for the CIA
China’s efforts to purge its government of CIA moles has been aided significantly by a massive database of personnel information stolen from the U.S. government nearly a decade ago, as well as other hacked or leaked data sets, Foreign Policy reported on Monday.