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Cybersecurity

Kenya’s IEBC Denies Servers Were Hacked to Steal Personal Details from 61,000 Voters

Luis Monzon -
Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has refuted claims that hackers infiltrated its servers and obtained the personal details of at least 61,000 registered voters. This comes after reports from the Directive of Criminal Investigators (DCI) were released, saying...
Cybersecurity

5 Ways to Effectively Defend Against Cyberthreats

Jenna Delport -
Garmin and Twitter recently joined the ranks of a string of global organisations that have fallen victim to crippling cyberattacks. A little closer to home, last year, the City of Johannesburg’s network was also hacked and held ransom for...
Cybersecurity

‘Anonymous’ Hacktivists Attack and Take Down United Nations Website

Luis Monzon -
After hacking and taking down the Minneapolis Police Department website, the Anonymous hacker-group continued their protest spree and hacked the United Nations website, taking down a part of the site - the United Nations Civil Society Participation website -...
Gadgets and Gaming

Nintendo Hack Leaves 160,000 Accounts Exposed

Luis Monzon -
Video game company Nintendo has confirmed in a blog post that 160,000 accounts using its services have been hacked with the personal information of users exposed. According to the company, hackers used a flaw associated with the Nintendo Network...
Cybersecurity

Hacker pulls-off one of the biggest data breaches in history

Jenna Delport -
US-based financial services provider, Capital one has fallen victim to a cybersecurity breach. The hacker gained access to over 100 million Capital One customers' accounts and credit card applications — making it one of the largest data breaches ever...
Cybersecurity

Quora network breach affects 100 million users

Danielle Kruger -
Quora.com, a question and answer website, is the latest on a long list of companies to suffer a massive data breach. The network breach affected the personal data of about 100 million users. Information that was compromised included things like...
Online & Social

Was your personal data compromised in the Facebook hack?

Staff Writer -
Two weeks ago there was a massive hack on Facebook user data where as many as 50 million users may have been impacted. Facebook's engineering team discovered a security issue where attackers exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s code regarding the...
Cybersecurity

Apple got hacked by a teenager, but customer data is safe

Staff Writer -
An Australian teenager from Melbourne pleaded guilty to hacking into Apple's computer mainframe from his home several times throughout a year. Apple confirmed on Friday that no customer data was compromised, despite the teen having downloaded internal files and accessing...
FinTech

Hackers steal $400 000 from online cryptocurrency wallets

Staff Writer -
On Saturday 13 January 2018, an unknown hacker (or hackers) managed to take over the DNS server for BlackWallet.co, a web-based wallet application used for the Stellar Lumen cryptocurrency (XLM), and stole $400,000 from users' accounts. The hackers managed...
Cybersecurity

Why hire people to breach your network?

Staff Writer -
As data breaches become more commonplace, littering the headlines on a daily basis, businesses of all types and across all industries need to work on the assumption that they are a target. Because of this, organisations, especially those who...
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12 New AI-Powered Tools, Features & Advancements Announced at Google I/O 2025

Google I/O is Google's flagship event featuring the latest announcements and updates in technology. The event showcases ambitious research prototypes, showcasing...
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