HSBC was at the front of a cyber attack where its Internet banking was hacked, leaving customers highly frustrated today. You will see many tweet updates on the official @HSBC_UK_Help Twitter page with the last saying, “We continue to defend our services against todays attack. For urgent … [Read more...]
Gmail email address bug could’ve been a nightmare
After a major bug was found in Google’s Gmail found by Tel Aviv-based security researcher Oren Hafif, he was rewarded with payment for his help. The email-stealing bug had the ability to extract Gmail addresses, in a nutshell exposing all Gmail ID’s around the world, this was discovered by … [Read more...]
Twitter password reset change and users response tweets
Twitter users were somewhat worried when they received an email saying their accounts had been hacked on Monday, sent from [email protected] Twitter users were told that they would have to reset and change their passwords. The email by [email protected] was a mistake and was not supposed to … [Read more...]
Twitter account hacked after sons death
A mother’s pain has surfaced again after her son's Twitter account was hacked, the sons Twitter account has been hacked two years after Stephen Carey sadly passed away whilst playing football. Two years after the son died his Twitter account has been hacked according to the Northumberland … [Read more...]
LinkedIn responds to email hack allegations
LinkedIn is in the middle of a lawsuit set by four users claiming that their email accounts were accessed without permission, and they believe that the email hack harvested email addresses of their contacts. The four users filed the lawsuit in California about the email hack mentioned above, … [Read more...]
Suffering Sony’s PSN & SOE: Some Users Get Lock Down
Poor poor electronics giant Sony must be wondering what it has to do to gain its customers confidence back, after another reported security breach swept its PlayStation Network and SOE games service. Still reeling from the impact of the PSN attack back at the end of April, where the details of … [Read more...]
Sony PSN Down: Back Up “ASAP”
We have just found out that Sony’s PlayStation Network has suffered a technical hitch once again. Efforts for those trying to log in have been met with a message of partial service availability. Worries for many after Sony’s previous problems saw hackers infiltrating the site, which led to leaked … [Read more...]
Sega Deeply Troubled From Hack: 1.3 Million Compromised
Over the last few weeks, all we seem to be faced with are reports of various companies suffering from hacking attacks. Firstly the biggest affected was that of Sony's PlayStation Secure Network, with their other services to suffer such as Pictures and Ericsson's phone network in Canada. Then … [Read more...]
Epic Games Targeted: Password Reshuffle After Hack
Today yet another story of hacking has been bought to our attention, this time it involves the attack on Epic Games. Just earlier this morning we gave you news that the US Senate's network had been the target of hacking group Lulz Security, and although the stolen information was not sensitive it … [Read more...]
Huge Cyber Hack Possibility: US Senate Network Under Fire
Since April 20th, when Sony's PlayStation Secure Network went down due to hackers attacking the servers and delving into customers' personal information, we have seen a stream of other tech companies suffering from the same fate. We have heard of Nintendo, Microsoft, NHS, Citigroup, Codemasters and … [Read more...]
Sony Not Just Targeted: UK Gaming “Codemasters” Hacked
Are you like us wondering when the constant attacks from hackers will stop. Ok its not a new thing, but since April 20th when the Sony PSN went down, we have heard more on Sony being targeted with its Pictures service, Microsoft, Nintendo, Citigroup and so on. … [Read more...]
Sony Shamed With Pictures Hack: 37,500 Compromised
Poor Sony, not only are they just getting over the latest PSN outage with services starting to become fully resumed, but last week they were targeted yet again with their Pictures website. It seems the hackers responsible for this are that of “Lulz Security,” a group that have already hit Sony and … [Read more...]
Sony’s Plight Continues: Ericsson Hacked, Data Extracted
You have to feel sorry for Sony at this present time, in fact over the last few weeks. How much bad luck can one company put up with? First gamers had to suffer with the loss of Sony's PlayStation Secure Network which fingers crossed, has now been resumed for most people, then this week, their … [Read more...]