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Posts Tagged ‘hacker’

Leaked emails with both embarrassing and painful consequences

It seems like every month there is some kind of news story about leaked emails. When emails never intended for the public eye are leaked, the consequences can be huge. People have lost their jobs, whole companies have been embarrassed, and in some cases the information revealed can even be dangerous.

Considering how easily emails can be leaked, it’s almost surprising we don’t hear about leaks more often. Here are a few famous examples of leaked emails and what their consequences were.

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Versions of Google Search you never knew existed

Google Search has been localized to a lot of languages. And with a lot, we mean A LOT. Aside from languages like Swahili, Tamil, Twi, Scots Gaelic, Gujarati, Sesotho, Uighur and many more, Google Search has taken localization one step further by even including fictional languages:
Leetspeak

Google Search in Leetspeak.
Klingon

Google Search in Klingon.
Bork, bork, bork! (Swedish [...]

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First ever hacker attack to cause physical harm

The first hacker attack ever to cause physical harm to its victims may have taken place this year. It happened over the Easter weekend, but barely got mentioned around the web, which is surprising. Maybe it happened too close to April Fool’s Day for journalists to believe it was for real.
Here’s what happened:
Hackers planted flashing [...]

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Don’t let Google find your secrets

Google is one of the best hacking tools out there. It may sound incredible, but relatively simple searches in Google and other search engines can dig out sensitive or even dangerous information about your site, your servers and your company.
You want Google to index your site and make you visible and searchable. That part is [...]

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