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Hacks in the Wild

A collection of public news stories of software being abused for malicious reasons

Rosie Sherry

- 30 items

Kids Say They're Using Photos of Trump and Markiplier to Bypass 'Gorilla Tag' Age Verification image

Kids Say They're Using Photos of Trump and Markiplier to Bypass 'Gorilla Tag' Age Verification

Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company image

Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company

Universities are struggling with document security— and hackers are taking advantage image

Universities are struggling with document security— and hackers are taking advantage

FBI warns dangerous BADBOX 2.0 malware has hit over a million devices - here's how to stay safe image

FBI warns dangerous BADBOX 2.0 malware has hit over a million devices - here's how to stay safe

The inside story of a council held to ransom in cyber-attack image

The inside story of a council held to ransom in cyber-attack

Co-op boss confirms all 6.5m members had data stolen image

Co-op boss confirms all 6.5m members had data stolen

Destructive malware available in NPM repo went unnoticed for 2 years image

Destructive malware available in NPM repo went unnoticed for 2 years

M&S cyber-attack disruption to last until July image

M&S cyber-attack disruption to last until July

Hackers exploit a blind spot by hiding malware inside DNS records image

Hackers exploit a blind spot by hiding malware inside DNS records

Hackers Can Remotely Trigger the Brakes on American Trains and the Problem Has Been Ignored for Years image

Hackers Can Remotely Trigger the Brakes on American Trains and the Problem Has Been Ignored for Years

Coinbase says customers’ personal information stolen in data breach image

Coinbase says customers’ personal information stolen in data breach

TeleMessage, a Signal clone the Trump administration uses, has been hacked image

TeleMessage, a Signal clone the Trump administration uses, has been hacked

Man Who Hacked Disney With Malicious AI Tool Pleads Guilty image

Man Who Hacked Disney With Malicious AI Tool Pleads Guilty

M&S hackers sent abuse and ransom demand directly to CEO image

M&S hackers sent abuse and ransom demand directly to CEO

Google discovered a new scam—and also fell victim to it image

Google discovered a new scam—and also fell victim to it

McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Who Tried the Password ‘123456’ image

McDonald’s AI Hiring Bot Exposed Millions of Applicants’ Data to Hackers Who Tried the Password ‘123456’

Children's names, pictures and addresses stolen in nursery chain hack image

Children's names, pictures and addresses stolen in nursery chain hack

Two UK teens charged in connection to Scattered Spider ransomware attacks image

Two UK teens charged in connection to Scattered Spider ransomware attacks

After $380M hack, Clorox sues its “service desk” vendor for simply giving out passwords image

After $380M hack, Clorox sues its “service desk” vendor for simply giving out passwords

M&S hackers claim to be behind Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack image

M&S hackers claim to be behind Jaguar Land Rover cyber attack

When will Jaguar Land Rover restart production? “No one actually knows.” image

When will Jaguar Land Rover restart production? “No one actually knows.”

Security lapses as a way to inject fear image

Security lapses as a way to inject fear

JLR hack is costliest cyber attack in UK history, say analysts image

JLR hack is costliest cyber attack in UK history, say analysts

Major Discord hack exposes the real risks of digital ID image

Major Discord hack exposes the real risks of digital ID

EU agency confirms ransomware attack behind airport disruptions image

EU agency confirms ransomware attack behind airport disruptions

Japan is running out of its favorite beer after ransomware attack image

Japan is running out of its favorite beer after ransomware attack

Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones image

Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones

Self-spreading GlassWorm malware hits OpenVSX, VS Code registries image

Self-spreading GlassWorm malware hits OpenVSX, VS Code registries

Hacking Accessible Pedestrian Signals is Not a Joke: It’s a Civil Rights Violation image

Hacking Accessible Pedestrian Signals is Not a Joke: It’s a Civil Rights Violation

In the news: Domestic abuse victim data stolen in Legal Aid hack image

In the news: Domestic abuse victim data stolen in Legal Aid hack

Rosie Sherry

CEO & Founder at Ministry of Testing

She/Her

I've been working in the software testing and quality engineering space since the year 2000 whilst also combining it with my love for education and community. It turns out quality, community and education go nicely hand in hand.

🎓 MoT-STEC qualified

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