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An Imprisoned Hacker Invented An ATM Attachment That Stops Skimmers
Valentin Boanta has a lot of free time on his hands — five years worth, to be exact. That’s because Boanta is currently serving a prison sentence for, according to Reuters, “supplying gadgets to an organised crime gang used to conceal ATM skimmers.” So with all that time to think about what he’s done, the apparently penitent prisoner spent six months developing an ATM add-on to prevent the exact crime that put him there in the first place.
US Finally Blames China’s Government And Military Of Cyberespionage
While fingers have long been pointed from US shores towards China when it comes to online attacks, the Pentagon has now directly accused the Chinese government and military of cyberespionage. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Pentagon issued a report just yesterday outlining for the first time how it believes digital attacks have been directly performed by the Chinese government and its military.
What A DDoS Attack Looks Like
When hackers do cyber-battle, there isn’t much to see. Maybe you’ll wind up on a crashed website, but the real carnage is happening behind the scenes, perpetrated by a diffuse army of computers a world away. This is what it looks like.
Anonymous Takes Down NAMBLA’s Page To Protest Paedophilia Pride Day
As you may be hopefully unaware, today is Alice Day, a day inspired by Lewis Carroll’s debated sexual attraction to Alice Liddell, Alice In Wonderland’s very underage and very real counterpart, where proud paedophiles come together in celebration of their disorder. So it’s a beautiful day for a NAMBLA takedown. And Anonymous was happy to answer the call.
Watch The Alleged LulzSec Leader Sing Along To Grease. Yes, Really.
The AFR came out and named the guy the Australian Federal Police arrested as the “self-proclaimed” leader of LulzSec. Do a little looking around, though, and you find the most bonkers video ever. I don’t even know where to start.
‘Self-Proclaimed’ Leader Of LulzSec Arrested In Sydney
The Australian Federal Police have confirmed that they have arrested the alleged leader of notorious hacking group Lulzsec in Sydney.
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