hacking
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Hacking In ’80s Movies Was Super-Cheesy
11Movies have never been that good at accurately representing interfacing with computers, especially in the early days. But it’s still a riot to watch what people thought it looked like.
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Watch Dogs Will Be Blamed For Traffic Sign Hacking
The MS-ISAC, a group established to “improve the overall cyber security posture of state, local, tribal and territorial governments”, isn’t even waiting for people to hack traffic signs to blame it on video games. It’s getting out ahead of the trend.
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EA Server Hacked To Run A Scam (That’s Now Been Shut Down)
According to a report from internet security firm Netcraft, an Electronic Arts server was recently hacked, and until it was shut down was being used to run a phishing scam that targeted Apple customers.
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How EA, League Of Legends And Battle.net Were Brought Down
Last week, a group calling itself DERP launched DDoS attacks on the servers of a number of the world’s biggest games (and games companies). It seemed like an awfully big list of victims for such a simple and ancient form of attack, but as Ars Technica explain, there was a bit more to it than…