Hacking Archive

  • Humza Zaman, a former Barclays Bank programmer was sentenced to four years in jail for helping the ‘TJX’ hacker Albert Gonzalez launder funds he gained through cyber crimes.

    Barclays Bank programmer jailed over TJX hack

    Posted on April 18, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Humza Zaman, a former Barclays Bank programmer was sentenced to four years in jail for helping the ‘TJX’ hacker Albert Gonzalez launder funds he gained through cyber crimes.

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  • The social site ‘RockYou’ suffered a data breached that resulted in the exposure of more than 32 Million user accounts. To further compound the security breach severity, it was found that RockYou were storing all the user account data in their database in plain text. This made it easier for hackers to obtain and expose the information.

    32 Million passwords published

    Posted on April 18, 2010 | No Comments
    The social site ‘RockYou’ suffered a data breached that resulted in the exposure of more than 32 Million user accounts. To further compound the security breach severity, it was found that RockYou were storing all the user account data in their database in plain text. This made it easier for hackers to obtain and expose the information.

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