The British tabloid is accused of breaking into voicemail accounts of various celebrities and dignitaries — and even crime victims and their families— in a relentless hunt for scoops. Many of the methods that phone hackers use are surprisingly low-tech. “Pretexting” is a common technique for fooling company representatives into giving up a customer’s private […]
LulzSec claiming they will disband
The notorious hacking group said in a statement last Saturday that they will be ending their vicious activity online. “For the past 50 days we’ve been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself, and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could,” LulzSec said in a post on multiple sites. They […]
Sony Network Hacked Again
The Japanese electronic giant faces more trouble. In April, an unknown group attacked Sony Corp’s computer network and stole credit card information from over 100 million PlayStation users. Apparently, Sony has not worked hard enough to secure their network. On Thursday, the group LulzSec announced they had hacked into servers that run Sony Pictures Entertainment […]