Independence Day Mayhem: YouTube and iTunes Hacked
While everyone else was enjoying their Fourth of July weekend, barbecuing, going to the beach, and watching the fireworks, a few dubious hooligans were causing trouble. Reports came in that both YouTube and the iTunes app store were victims of holiday hacking. YouTube fell prey to enterprising members of 4chan, the group best known for [...]
Read MoreLand Rush Group founder Ejovi Nuwere interviewed on PBS TV’s Biz Kid
I can’t say enough about my boy Ejovi Nuwere, formally the CEO of startup SecurityLab Technologies. Ejovi Nuwere grew up impoverished in the Bed-Sty section of Brooklyn where he saw a close friend gunned down as a teenager and his mother succumb to drugs. Despite those obstacles, Ejovi went on to become a computer security professional at age 15 and went own to work for @stake (later acquired by Symantec), and ended up on the Businesweeks top 25 under 25 in 2005. Check out his PBS TV ‘Biz Kid’ video feature below:
Read MoreBlackplanet.com Hacked
You may remember from earlier in the year our report on a group of hackers known worldwide as “Anonymous” hacking into popular hip-hop websites SOHH.com and AllHipHop.com. It’s rumored that the group may be behind a similar attack which took place earlier today on BlackPlanet.com. Comments on a press release from NewsOne raises concern if [...]
Read MoreCyber Hate: Hip-Hop Sites Under Attack
It’s seems as if haters have taken their tactics online. According to LvLselect, a group of hackers calling themselves “Anonymous” have started cyber attacks on Hip Hop sites including SOHH and All Hip Hop. It seems as if it all started with some racially charged statements on SOHHs Forums and has escalated to brute force [...]
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