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  2. 'Roblox' worker sold user data access to a hacker - Engadget

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    An anonymous attacker talking to Motherboard has revealed that they bribed a Roblox customer support representative to get access to the customer support panel for the online game platform. The ...

  3. List of security hacking incidents - Wikipedia

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    After a prolonged sting investigation, Secret Service agents swoop down on organizers and prominent members of BBSs in 14 U.S. cities including the Legion of Doom, conducting early-morning raids and arrests. The arrests involve and are aimed at cracking down on credit-card theft and telephone and wire fraud.

  4. Password cracking - Wikipedia

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    In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of guessing passwords [ 1] protecting a computer system. A common approach ( brute-force attack) is to repeatedly try guesses for the password and to check them against an available cryptographic hash of the password. [ 2] Another type of approach is password spraying ...

  5. Making a living scamming the scammers - Engadget

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    In a bizarre, somewhat ironic twist, he now makes a living scamming scammers. These days, Kitboga's viewers tend to send in scams they come across. He receives a handful of submissions every day ...

  6. Password strength - Wikipedia

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    Systems that use passwords for authentication must have some way to check any password entered to gain access. If the valid passwords are simply stored in a system file or database, an attacker who gains sufficient access to the system will obtain all user passwords, giving the attacker access to all accounts on the attacked system and possibly other systems where users employ the same or ...

  7. You Might Have Gotten An Email From Twitter About Your ...

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    Some Twitter users are criticising the company for including a link to change the password in the email — a technique that is often employed by phishing scams to harvest passwords. But heads up ...

  8. Consensual phishing: How to crack your half-forgotten crypto ...

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    If he's successful, the client pays him. In Ethereum, of course. Sometimes, however, Dougherty cuts a project off after a few months, before finding the proper password, and he and the client go ...

  9. 23andMe resets user passwords after genetic data posted online

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    Genetic testing company 23andMe is asking users to reset their passwords and ... “I wasn’t able to login so I clicked ‘Forgot your password’ to update and re-login to my account,” said ...