Hackers

A computer hacker is any skilled computer expert that uses their technical knowledge to overcome a problem. While "hacker" can refer to any skilled computer programmer, the term has become associated in popular culture with a "security hacker", someone who, with their technical knowledge, uses bugs or exploits to break into computer systems.

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VF Corporation Says Cyberattack Impacts Ability to Fulfill Orders

VF Corporation Says Cyberattack Impacts Ability to Fulfill Orders
VF Corporation Says Cyberattack Impacts Ability to Fulfill Orders
December 18, 2023  |  Cybersecurity

VF Corporation, the owner of Vans, The North Face, Timberland and Dickies, is having trouble fulfilling orders after a Wednesday (Dec. 13) cyberattack. Consumers can...

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MongoDB Reports Security Breach of Its Database Management Company
MongoDB Reports Security Breach of Its Database Management Company
December 18, 2023  |  Cybersecurity

Database management firm MongoDB is investigating a security breach that exposed customer information. In an alert published on its website Saturday (Dec. 16), the company...

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Crypto Wallet Firm Ledger Reports Security Breach 
Crypto Wallet Firm Ledger Reports Security Breach 
December 14, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto wallet firm Ledger experienced a security breach on Thursday (Dec. 14) in which hackers managed to steal $484,000.  The hackers did so by inserting malicious code...

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Norton Healthcare Reports Data Breach Affecting 2.5 Million People
Norton Healthcare Reports Data Breach Affecting 2.5 Million People
December 11, 2023  |  Cybersecurity

Norton Healthcare, a non-profit healthcare system based in Kentucky, has confirmed that it experienced a data breach earlier this year.  Hackers gained unauthorized access to...

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Crypto Platform HTX Loses $258 Million in Withdrawals After Hack
Crypto Platform HTX Loses $258 Million in Withdrawals After Hack
December 11, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital asset platform HTX has reportedly seen a $258 million net outflow after being hacked. The money left the cryptocurrency exchange between the time it reopened on Nov. 25...

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Banks Harness AI as Weapon Against Rising Tide of Tech-Fueled Fraud
Banks Harness AI as Weapon Against Rising Tide of Tech-Fueled Fraud
November 28, 2023  |  Artificial Intelligence

For banks, artificial intelligence is both foe and friend in the eternal battle against fraud. Foe because the bad actors are harnessing advanced technologies to...

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Fidelity National Financial ‘All Locked Up’ After Cyberattack
Fidelity National Financial ‘All Locked Up’ After Cyberattack
November 22, 2023  |  Cybersecurity

Fidelity National Financial (FNF) says a recent cyberattack has disrupted its operations. The company, which provides title insurance settlement services to the real estate and mortgage...

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Report: Samsung Discloses Year-Long Data Breach in UK Store
Report: Samsung Discloses Year-Long Data Breach in UK Store
November 16, 2023  |  Cybersecurity

Samsung has reportedly disclosed a year-long breach of its systems, which resulted in unauthorized access to the personal data of customers who made purchases at...

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