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COMPUTERS 
April 26, 2017 Newark City Hall computers hacked with ransomware
Some computers in the City of Newark have been infected with ransomware, rendering them unusable, and the hacker is demanding payment of 24 Bitcoin, or about $30,000 in ransom, according to a document obtained by TAPInto Newark and a city official with knowledge of the hack. The document reveals that that city computers were infected with RSA-2048 encryption, which […]
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ALL DEALS 
August 24, 2016 Pokemon Go Maker Niantic CEO’s Twitter Account Hacked
HIGHLIGHTS OurMine had earlier breached the login servers of Pokemon Go in July The hackers posted the #OurMine hashtag within tweets on Hanke’s account Hackers have demanded Pokemon Go representatives to contact them After hacking Pokemon Go servers last month, hacking group OurMine on Tuesday broke into the Twitter account of John Hanke, the CEO […]
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COMPUTERS 
March 14, 2016 Code.org Hacked: Emails and Locations Data of Volunteers Compromised
Code.org suffered a security breach on its website this week, the non-profit has confirmed. A firm based in Singapore managed to access some personal data on Code.org website leveraging a client-side vulnerability. As a result, Code.org says, more than 12,000 volunteer email addresses, and some locations data were compromised. On Saturday, Code.org began to inform […]
