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‘Sesame Street’ YouTube Account Hacked, X-rated Content Added To Channel
It seems that not even beloved children's TV series “Sesame Street” is safe from hackers. The show's YouTube account fell victim to a nasty attack, where X-rated content was uploaded to the channel. The show's channel was taken down by YouTube on Sunday afternoon, with visitors to the channel being greeted by a message that said it had been taken offline due... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: How Hackers Have Targeted Twitter Over The Years
Earlier Monday, we reported that the USA Today Twitter account succumbed to an attack by Script Kiddies, a hacker group that was able to take control of the newspaper's account and post a series of tweets. However, this was far from an isolated incident. In July, FOX News was hit by hackers who posted tweets about the false assassination of President Barack Obama,... Read more » USA Today Falls Victim To Hackers On Twitter
In July, FOX News fell victim to hackers who hijacked their Twitter account and posted tweets about the false assassination of President Obama. The hacker group called the Script Kiddies has targeted another news outlet on the microblogging service. USA Today was the latest victim on the Script Kiddies agenda. The group previously defaced Pfizer’s Facebook Page... Read more »
Hacker Group Anonymous Plans November 5 Attack On Facebook
Hacker group Anonymous has cornered Facebook as their next target. The group plans to "kill" the service on Nov. 5, as in shut it down! Facebook is a massive social network with over 750 million users, so a threat like this is sure to garner attention for the hacker group, but Anonymous believes their mission will benefit users worldwide. According to the... Read more »
AnonPlus, Website For Anonymous’ Social Network, Gets Hacked
The hackers have been hacked. Hacking group Anonymous recently announced that it is setting up its own social network after being kicked off Google+. The group launched a holding page on the AnonPlus website, but the website has been defaced by fellow hackers. A team of hackers, which seems to be based in Turkey, attacked the anonplus.com website (which points... Read more »
Actor Simon Pegg’s Twitter Account Hacked, Warns Followers Of Malware
Twitter has grown increasingly popular among celebrities who want to connect with their fans. With immense popularity, there's always a price. Some celebs, who have hundreds of thousands or even millions of followers on the social network, find that their accounts have been hacked. The latest celebrity to have their Twitter account hacked is actor Simon Pegg, star... Read more »
Hackers Breach FOX.com Website, Twitter Account, Steal Hundreds Of Employees’ Passwords
A group of hackers has hacked in to the database of the FOX.com website, as well as the Twitter account of a FOX television affiliate. The group, which calls itself Lulz Security, stole the passwords of hundreds of FOX employees and posted them online. It changed details on 14 LinkedIn accounts that belonged to FOX employees (though LinkedIn has since deleted... Read more »
Man Who Live-tweeted Osama Bin Laden Raid Gets His Blog Hacked
How do you know when you finally made it as an Internet celebrity? When someone hacks into one of your social networking or blog accounts, duh! And it didn't take long for Sohaib Athar, the man who unknowingly live-tweeted the raid on Osama bin Laden, to feel the bitter sweet taste of Internet fame when his blog was hacked on Monday. Athar's blog was hit with a... Read more »
