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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Hackers Swipe Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs After Crashing Discord and Instagram Accounts

Hackers Swipe Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs After Crashing Discord and Instagram Accounts
Hackers Swipe Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs After Crashing Discord and Instagram Accounts
April 25, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Hackers took over Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Instagram account and Discord server Monday (April 25), sending an unofficial link to followers to “mint” non-fungible tokens...

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Intuit Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Trezor Phishing Hack
Intuit Faces Class-Action Lawsuit Over Trezor Phishing Hack
April 24, 2022  |  Legal

Intuit is facing a class-action lawsuit for reportedly not securing its email marketing service, Bloomberg reported Friday (April 22). Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Beanstalk’s Dollar Peg Collapses After $180M Hack, Highlighting Regulators’ Fears
Beanstalk’s Dollar Peg Collapses After $180M Hack, Highlighting Regulators’ Fears
April 18, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

At 8:19 a.m. on Sunday (April 17) the BEAN stablecoin was $1.01, well within the norm for its dollar peg. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Today in Crypto: Wallet Linked to North Korea Continues Laundering Ronin Theft; Crypto Companies Optimistic About Regulation; Taxpayers Surprised by Crypto Reporting Requirements
Today in Crypto: Wallet Linked to North Korea Continues Laundering Ronin Theft; Crypto Companies Optimistic...
April 17, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

XRP and dogecoin have added more than 6% each in the last day, with catalysts driving both despite a weakening market, CoinDesk wrote. Get the...

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Microsoft Seizes Internet Domains Linked to Russian Cyberattacks on Ukraine
Microsoft Seizes Internet Domains Linked to Russian Cyberattacks on Ukraine
April 08, 2022  |  Cybersecurity

Microsoft Corp. has disrupted a Russian cyber attacker that targeted Ukraine, according to Tom Burt, the company’s corporate vice president of customer security and trust....

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Betting Big, Hacker Risks $3M to Con DeFi Lending Protocol out of $15.6M
Betting Big, Hacker Risks $3M to Con DeFi Lending Protocol out of $15.6M
April 04, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

A hacker who gambled $3 million that a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol was exploitable hit the jackpot over the weekend, coming away with a tidy...

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Lending Protocol Inverse Finance Loses $15.6M in Crypto Following Hack
Lending Protocol Inverse Finance Loses $15.6M in Crypto Following Hack
April 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Inverse Finance, an ethereum-based lending protocol, has lost $15.6 million in cryptocurrency following a hack, CoinDesk reported Saturday (April 2). Get the Full Story Complete...

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Hackers Attempt to Trick Bored Ape Fans Into Minting Fake NFTs
Hackers Attempt to Trick Bored Ape Fans Into Minting Fake NFTs
April 01, 2022  |  NFTs

Hackers “briefly compromised” Bored Ape Yacht Club’s non-fungible token (NFT) collection through chat servers on messaging platform Discord and attempted to trick users into minting...

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Today in Data: Fake It ’Til You Hack It
Today in Data: Fake It ’Til You Hack It
March 31, 2022  |  Today In Data

Today in Data, the Axie Infinity game was hacked for $540 million in cryptocurrency. Plus, healthcare data breaches fall for the third consecutive month and...

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