Ryan De Souza
156 posts
Ryan is a London-based member of the HackRead's Editorial team. A graduate of Maths and physics with a passion for geopolitics and human rights. Ryan places integrity at the pinnacle of successful journalism and believes this is somewhat lacking in traditional media. Ryan is an educator who balances his time between family, social activism and humanitarian causes and his vice is Football and cars.
Hackers deface thousands of website by exploiting WordPress vulnerability
WordPress vulnerabilities which were discovered recently have been negatively and sometimes fatally affecting countless websites thus far. Initially,…
February 8, 2017
Cocker Hill’s PD held to ransom by hackers; crucial digital evidence lost
Cocker Hill’s Police Department has revealed that its server was infected with ransomware and therefore, the department had…
January 31, 2017
Researchers condemn unsubstantiated WhatsApp “Backdoor” story by Guardian
The Guardian, a well known UK-based newspaper, is being heavily criticized by security researchers for publishing an unverified…
January 21, 2017
Israeli Phone Hacking Firm Cellebrite Hacked; 900 GB data stolen
Cellebrite, the Israeli spy firm who were reportedly used by the FBI to unlock the iPhone of San…
January 12, 2017
Twitter suspends ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli’ account for harassment
Twitter account of the former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals Martin Shkreli aka pharma bro has been suspended by…
January 9, 2017
KickassTorrents is back as katcr.co domain under its original team
As you may know in July KickassTorrents (KAT) websites was shut down by US authorities and its owner…
December 17, 2016
U.K. Police don’t pay to unlock iPhones, they mug you while phone is unlocked
If this had happened in the United States, the FBI would have spent millions of dollars from taxpayers…
December 5, 2016
Hacker Who Hacked SF Rail System for Ransom Hacked by Another Hacker
On Friday 25th, the San Francisco Municipal Railway (MUNI) had their computer systems hacked and locked by a…
November 29, 2016
AT&T Spies on Customer; Sells Data to the Government: Report
Looks like AT&T is impressed with NSA-like surveillance tactics — That’s why the company is spying on users without…
October 26, 2016
Hacked Brazzers, Epic Games, ClixSense Data Goes on Dark Web for Sale
It’s just another day and just another vendor selling databases of Brazzers, Epic Games, ClixSense on the Dark Web…
October 18, 2016