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Sep 04 2024
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Hackers break into Tiffany and Lara Trump's social media accounts to promote crypto scam
Lara and Tiffany Trump's social media accounts were hacked to promote a cryptocurrency scam. Hackers posted links on their accounts that directed users to fraudulent websites for the World Liberty Financial venture, which is backed by former Presidnet Trump but hasn't officially launched. “Lara’s and Tiffany Trump’s X accounts have been hacked,” read a post on the World Liberty Financial
Just The NewsAug 20 2024
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Officials confirm: Iranian hackers breached Trump’s 2024 campaign
It was 10 days ago when Donald Trump’s campaign said that it had been hacked by an Iranian group in June. As it turns out, the close claims were apparently true. NBC News reported: “We have observed increasingly aggressive Iranian activity during this election cycle, specifically involving influence operations targeting the American public and cyber operations targeting Presidential campaigns
MSNBCAug 19 2024
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Boing BoingAug 24 2024
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Meta: Iranian hackers target Biden, Trump officials in WhatsApp attack
United Press InternationalAug 24 2024
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Meta Blocks Iranian Hackers Targeting Trump, Biden Staffers on WhatsApp
The hackers were identified as the same Iranian group identified by the U.S. intelligence community for targeting the Trump, Biden-Harris campaigns. A person stands in front of a Meta sign outside of the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., March 7, 2023. A person stands in front of a Meta sign outside of the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., March 7, 2023. Jeff Chiu /AP
The Epoch TimesSep 05 2024
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Russian military officers accused of pre-invasion cyber attack on Ukraine
Federal prosecutors have charged five members of the Russian military with orchestrating a destabilizing cyberattack on critical Ukrainian computer systems just a month before Russia invaded the country in 2022. The attack, known as “WhisperGate,” targeted dozens of computers maintained by Ukraine’s government as part of a conspiracy that U.S. officials have said was intended to sow distrust
Washington PostAug 10 2024
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The Hacker Who Hunts Video Game Speedrunning Cheaters
Speedrunning video games, the competitive field of playing through digital games as quickly as possible, has in recent years been elevated into something between a virtuosic form of fingers-and-thumbs athletics and a highly technical science. The best speedruns reduce epic games meant to take dozens of hours to single-digit minutes through a combination of exploiting glitch-enabled shortcuts
WiredAug 09 2024
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Hackers rally behind Kamala Harris' presidential campaign
LAS VEGAS — At the largest hacker conference in the world this week, some turned out for a rare overtly partisan event: a fundraiser for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Organizers said the “Hackers for Harris” event, held late Thursday afternoon in a convention center bar at DEF CON, brought in more than $150,000 in pledged donations — a small amount compared to
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