Carolina
361 posts
Carolina works for HackRead as a technical writer. She is a Brazilian traveller who has been to almost every country around the world. She has a keen interest in technology, gadgets and social media.
You are not alone; Instagram is down for many
The photo and video-sharing social networking service Instagram has been hit by a massive outage and currently down for…
July 13, 2018
Hackers steal millions of customers’ data from Adidas US website
Another day, another data breach – Adidas believes hackers did not steal customers’ credit card or health and…
July 1, 2018
Firefox Monitor tool informs users if they have been hacked
The Firefox Monitor will be launched next week – The tool aims at alerting users if their email has…
June 28, 2018
Tesla sues ex-employee for hacking & sharing GBs of data with 3rd parties
The electric car manufacturing giant, Tesla, has filed a lawsuit against a former employee Martin Tripp (“Tripp”) accusing him…
June 20, 2018
Authorities shut down Dark Web marketplace “Black Hand”
In a joint operation, French police, the National Directorate of Intelligence and Customs Investigations (DNRED) have shut down one of…
June 17, 2018
Facebook bug exposed private posts of 14 million users to public
The social media giant Facebook said on Thursday that a critical bug exposed private posts of 14 million users to the public…
June 8, 2018
Scammers hacked webcams to secretly record videos & post on YouTube
Malicious hackers and scammers have always come up with complex yet innovative techniques to take control of users’ devices and…
June 5, 2018
Microsoft to buy GitHub for $7.5 billion
Following rumors that surfaced late last week, Microsoft has confirmed the acquisition of GitHub code repository in $7.5 billion on…
June 5, 2018
Ticketfly website hacked & offline after hacker leaks customer data
Eventbrite-owned San Francisco, California based ticket distribution service Ticketfly’s website has been hacked and defaced – The company…
June 1, 2018
Yahoo hacker involved in 500 million accounts breach jailed for 5 years
The same hacker was once known as “international hacker-for-hire.” Karim Baratov, 23, a Canadian hacker who in November 2017 pleaded…
May 31, 2018