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One Of The Wildest Console Hacks Ever
10.8.2021
When Microsoft released the Xbox 360, it was designed to be unhackable. Security-wise, the machine was a step up from the original Xbox with custom hardware and encryption keys to keep hackers and modders at bay. Of course, they figured out an in, but what makes this exploit for the Xbox 360 Slim...
Apex Legends Hackers Exposed For Plotting Wild Scheme
6.8.2021
Early last month, Apex Legends was effectively shut down by hackers who claimed to be attacking the game in an effort to “save” Titanfall. A website, SaveTitanfall.com, was believed to be connected to the shutdown; however, the site pushed back, saying it had no connection to the hackers. Now...
Thorchain Trolled by Hacker After Two Successful Seven-Figure Exploits
27.7.2021
Thorchain, a popular defi protocol, has been compromised twice in the last two weeks, resulting in losses of over $10,000,000. The hacker responsible for the latest exploit left behind a message detailing the measures that should be undertaken to protect users. Hacker Returns to the Scene...
Possible ‘white hat hacker’ exploits THORchain for $8M, proposes 10% bounty
23.7.2021
The white-hat hacker claims to have mercifully minimized the damage of their $8 million exploit in a bid to teach THORChain a lesson
ThorChain loses $7.6M in ‘Chaosnet’ exploit, offers hacker a bounty to return funds
16.7.2021
The ThorChain network remains halted after the protocol suffered a hack in which the perpetrator is estimated to have made off with $7.6 million in crypto assets
Hackers Ask Vice To Blackmail EA Games For Them
15.7.2021
Last month, hackers stole sensitive information from FIFA and Battlefield 2042 publisher Electronic Arts, including source code for the company’s proprietary Frostbite game development engine. Now, the hackers appear to be dumping pieces online to pressure EA into paying them off, according to...
Respawn Dev: Apex Legends Hackers Failed At Anything But Forced Overtime
7.7.2021
It was a weird weekend in the world of Apex Legends. On Sunday, players discovered that in-game playlists and notifications had been hacked by hackers who disliked different hackers—specifically, Apex hackers up in arms about the hacker-powered plight of Titanfall, one of developer Respawn’s...
Popular Pokémon Site Nearly Destroyed By Hackers Who Wanted Rare Cards
2.7.2021
In what is becoming a miserably familiar refrain, professional hackers have targeted a popular website in an attempt to ransom the owners. This time it’s PokeBeach, an 18-year-old site dedicated to the Pokémon trading card game, who as a result of the hackers’ botched attempts have lost huge chunks...
[článek] Co není online, to hacker nenajde. Goldilock na zabezpečení pomocí fyzického air gapu vybral další milion dolarů
15.6.2021
[6 minut čtení] Český startup Goldilock uzavřel druhé investiční kolo. Jeho řešení air gapu je prý tak jednoduché, že byl problém jej patentovat. Před hackery je v bezpečí jen to, co není připojené k internetu, tvrdí Čechokanaďan Tony Hasek, který před třemi lety založil startup Goldilock. Jeho...
CD Projekt Red Confess Hack Severity While Everyone's Distracted With E3
10.6.2021
It’s corporate PR 101: If you want people to miss your announcement, drop it at 5 p.m. on a Friday. Or, at the very least, wait until everyone’s looking at something else.Read more
Super Mario Kart Hacker Restores Long-Lost Level Editor
7.6.2021
Last year’s massive Nintendo data breach, dubbed the “Gigaleak,” revealed a trove of Nintendo secrets including human characters in Animal Crossing, alternate versions of the fourth-gen Pokémon games, and an F-Zero character model that bore shocking resemblance to Beavis and Butthead’s Beavis....
Griff Green: Doge-loving hippy hacker steals crypto before bad guys can
12.5.2021
Defi Project Rari Capital Hacked for $10M in Ether, Project’s Pool Drained for 2,600 ETH
9.5.2021
Reports from the decentralized finance project Rari Capital detail that the protocol’s ethereum pool has experienced a recent exploit. Rari Capital says they are assessing the situation and the team removed funds from the recent Alpha Finance Lab integration. At first, the project’s...
K-pop Stars Feature in Newly Released Crypto-themed Movie ‘Twenty Hacker’
7.5.2021
A trailer screenshot. A galaxy of K-pop stars-turned-actors is likely to draw music and cinema fans to a new South Korean crypto-themed movie that will begin streaming on major international platforms in the coming days.
As reported last year, the pop star Kwon Hyun-bin, aka Viini, of the K-pop...
Hacker hacknul hackery. Autor Signalu prolomil nástroj využívaný policií
22.4.2021
Zakladatel Signalu Moxie Marlinspike názorně předvedl, jak „kovářova kobyla chodí bosa“. Náhodou* se mu do rukou dostal kufřík s nástroji společnosti Cellebrite, které mají za úkol prolomit zabezpečení smartphonů. Jenže ony samotné prý vlastní zabezpečení ignorují a je možné jimi manipulovat či je
Growth hacker uses crypto to help the unhoused
29.3.2021
Giacomo Arcaro distributed more than $20,000 worth of Ether to some of New York City's homeless population last weekend
US Court Sentences Bitcoin Scammer to 3 Years in Prison After Massive Twitter Hack to Promote BTC Scam
18.3.2021
The mastermind behind a large-scale Twitter hack to promote a bitcoin giveaway scam has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to three years in prison. During the hack, a number of high-profile companies, politicians, and celebrities saw their accounts taken over to promote the cryptocurrency scam....
Hacker makes off with $5.7m after ransacking social token platform
16.3.2021
“The attacker has sold all the tokens,” announced social token platform Roll after a hacker accessed private keys to its hot wallet
Craig Wright Plans to Take Legal Action Against BTC Developers, Hopes to Recover Over $3B in ‘Stolen Bitcoin’
25.2.2021
Craig Wright, the individual that claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, seems to be planning to initiate legal action against a number of open-source blockchain developers. Wright’s legal team, Ontier LLP, has allegedly sent letters to programmers who work on blockchains like Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash...
Hacker Rewrites Crappy SNES Racer To Improve Its Framerate Sevenfold
22.2.2021
Brazilian software engineer Vitor Vilela has, for almost a decade, sung the praises of Nintendo’s SA-1 enhancement chip, but never before have the benefits of the souped-up Super Nintendo processor been more obvious than when applied to Race Drivin’, the lackluster 1992 SNES port of Atari’s...