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Crypto heist hacker returns most of the stolen funds
2021-08-12 23:52:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
In notes sent to the blockchain, the hacker claimed to be offered a reward for returning the assets.
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Cryptocurrency heist hacker returns $260m in funds
2021-08-12 01:49:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The hacker behind the $600m Poly Network cryptocurrency heist has posted a Q&A on the blockchain.
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Researchers Find Smart Devices Ripe for Hacker Attacks
2021-07-07 13:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Thousands of hacker attacks were launched on a network of smart home devices designed by researchers to assess the risk the gadgets pose to consumers. During the initial week the "honeypot" network was online, 1,017 unique scans or hacking attempts were directed at the devices on the net, which included smart TVs, printers, wireless security cameras and Wi-Fi kettles.
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DNS Flaws Expose Millions of IoT Devices to Hacker Threats
2021-04-14 13:00:00| TechNewsWorld
A set of flaws in a widely used network communication protocol that could affect millions of devices has been revealed by Forescout Research Labs and JSOF Research. The nine vulnerabilities discovered by security researchers dramatically increase the attack surface of at least 100 million Internet of Things devices, exposing them to potential attacks that could take the devices offline or to be hijacked by threat actors.
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Hacker Recycles Data on Half a Billion Facebook Users
2021-04-06 13:00:00| TechNewsWorld
A rich cache of data on some 533 million Facebook users was posted to a hacker forum over the weekend and is available to download for practically free. In a statement provided to TechNewsWorld by Facebook, the company said it is confident the posted information is old data that originated from a weakness in its contact importer feature that was discovered and fixed in August 2019.