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Was Apple Maps hacked to show "Ministry of Fascism" in place of the Russian Ministry of Defense?
It's a story that originated with RT, but I haven't seen it covered in Western publications. (I've linked to an Indian one--Republicworld.)
According to Russia's state-controlled television network ...
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Did the New York Post publish authentic email correspondence of Hunter Biden?
The New York Post recently published a story (October 2020) alleging it had found a cache of emails on a laptop apparently belonging to Hunter Biden that demonstrate widespread allegations of nepotism ...
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Did two brothers steal credit card information worth millions and walked away scot-free because banks were embarrassed?
In this DEFCON talk at around 24:52 minute mark, the speaker (a Cambridge professor) tells a story of two brothers stealing millions of dollars using a weakness in credit card terminal technology, and ...
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Do the "Presidential Alerts" give the government full access to all phone functionality?
John McAfee, libertarian politician and former computer programmer, tweeted this:
The "Presidential alerts": they are capable of accessing the E911 chip
in your phones - giving them full access to ...
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Has illicit cryptocurrency mining surged 459 percent in 2018 compared to last year?
If you are unaware, a recent trend in cyber attacks involves hijacking your computer's processing power to "mine" cryptocurrency, which they sell for money. Some discovered attacks were large spread ...
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Did the maps for services such as Snapchat, CitiBike and StreetEasy label New York City as “Jewtropolis” for a brief amount of time?
While checking my Twitter feed this morning (August 30, 2018) I came across this tweet that claimed that services like Snapchat, CitiBike and StreetEasy renamed New York City as “Jewtropolis.” ...
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Were the BOSS Linux update servers hacked in 2015?
The Hackology Blog claims that update servers for BOSS Linux were hacked in 2015, eventually allowing access to Indian military and government servers.
This website claims that:
Hackers infected the ...
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Can Doom run on a car's infotainment system?
In this youtube video a hacker claims it is easily possible to mod the infotainment system in his Porsche to run the game Doom using the controls of his car to control the game.
This Gizmodo/Sploid ...
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Was the investigation of the DNC Email Hack performed by anti-Russian activists?
In his The Savage Nation radio broadcast on February 16, 2017, radio talk show host Michael Savage made four claims to discredit the story that “the Russians” hacked the DNC during this past election. ...
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Did Russian hackers beat slot machines with an app?
Russian hackers made up to $250,000 per weekend by using an app to tell them when to pull a trigger.
[...] custom app on the operative’s phone; those markers cause the handset to vibrate roughly 0.25 ...
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Did 17 U.S. intelligence agencies claim that Russia was behind the DNC hack?
It has been reported repeatedly that 17 U.S intelligence agencies have come out publicly to say that the Russian government was behind the 2016 Democratic National Committee Email Leak
For example, ...
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Was John Podesta's email password "password"?
Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, said in a recent interview with Sean Hannity that John Podesta’s password was 'password'.
The Daily Mail reports:
In an interview, Assange revealed the ...
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Could "only Russia’s senior-most officials have authorized" the efforts to leak sensitive emails related to the 2016 U.S. presidential election? [duplicate]
There was a joint statement (released October 7, 2016) from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) about recent leaked emails.
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Did Hamza Tzortzis have a paid account on the Ashley Madison web-site?
The name and personal information of well-known British Muslim preacher, Hamza Tzortzis was found in leaked database of the Ashley Madison website (a dating agency for extra-marital affairs).
In ...
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Can aircraft be hacked and "commandeered remotely"?
This sensationalist article by John McAfee on Business Insider makes a number of unsupported claims about cybersecurity.
In the article, he claims that (emphasis mine):
For the purpose of our ...
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