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Tuesday 27 October 2020
The records of those who had signed up for the Luas newsletter had been compromised, Transdev said this afternoon.
Russia scathingly accused the West of “spy mania”, with the Russian foreign office describing the accusations as “propaganda”.
A full garda investigation is now underway.
The Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities could allow hackers to access sensitive data on most computers.
Patches have been issued to help protect against the flaws.
Researchers said any fix for the bug could slow computers down by 30% or more.
The documents published today claim over 150 players failed drugs tests in 2015.
They’ve threatened to upload entire series and sensitive proprietary files.
The NHS in the UK was attacked by hackers yesterday leading to fears the Irish system could be targeted.
The hackers were supporters of the Turkish president in an ongoing row with the Netherlands and Germany.
Police had previously used fake teens to trap potential paedophiles.
The site has been taken down by hackers identifying themselves as the Hackback movement and Anonymous.
The debate around how to strike back against hackers is ongoing around the world.
Two different groups are claiming responsibility for the game’s servers going down over the weekend.
Thousands of cameras and internet-connected devices were used to overwhelm banking sites and government institutions with fake traffic.
Any connected device “can be a pivot point into your network,” one expert warned.
‘This is not about the ideas of members of the Ku Klux Klan. This is about the behaviours of members of KKK splinter cells that bear the hallmarks of terrorism.’
Anonymous has been in a cyber war with the group since protests in Ferguson, Missouri last year.
No Irish customers have been affected.
Hackers may be harvesting your sensitive personal information.
It could have software called Superfish, and it contains some major security flaws (but you can remove it).
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
The flaw allowed anyone to bypass Apple’s security system and repeatedly guess a user’s iCloud password without getting locked out.
“The targets might not stop with the borders of Syria.”
The hack on Sony Pictures Entertainment is one of the most debilitating ever targeted at US corporate servers.
It is reportedly the first to use “a highly destructive class of malicious software that is designed to make computer networks unable to operate” into a company’s computer system in the United States.
There are currently 53 Irish cameras on the website.
Even completely deleting the contents of a USB stick wouldn’t get rid of the dangerous code.
An attack by Russian hackers has seen 1.2 billion passwords stolen.
I’ll have pepperoni, mushrooms, and a side of hackers please.
Jay Radcliffe showed that the pump he uses can be hacked to make diabetics overdose.
Always feel like, somebody’s watching meeee.
Thieves cut holes to expose an ATM’s USB ports, allowing them to install malware and access its funds later.
An attack by hackers had been initially estimated to affect three million customers but it is now believe 38 million accounts have been compromised.
The 46-year-old, was has struggled with alcoholism for years, said the thieves took money from him 23 times.
Just days after the new iPhone 5S was released it may already have a problem…
Ever walked across the Ha’penny Bridge and wondered where all those graffitied locks keep coming from – or who keeps taking them down?
“You cared nothing for the privacy of others but did everything you could through your computer activities to hide your own identities while seeking publicity,” a judge told the four men.
A hacker broke into 420,000 computers to create this stunning GIF.
LIKE ALMOST EVERYTHING this year, Halloween in 2020 will be a bit different from usual.
Large scale fancy-dress parties shouldn’t be happening under Level 5.
One thing we can still do, however, is watch some horror films.
There’s plenty to choose from ranging between the child-friendly to the very scary ones available on streaming platforms and set to be shown on TV in the coming days.
So, this morning we’re asking you: Do you plan to watch some horror films this Halloween?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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