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# Hacked off

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Under Armour says 150 million MyFitnessPal user accounts hacked in data breach
Usernames, email addresses and “hashed” passwords were obtained from the hack.
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Mar 29th 2018, 10:46 PM
RTÉ investigating how 'deal with it' tweet was sent in response to Al Porter controversy
The broadcaster has also issued an apology.
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Nov 20th 2017, 7:17 PM
US charges two Russian spies with hacking 500 million Yahoo accounts
Two “criminal hackers” were also indicted in relation to the Yahoo hack.
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Mar 15th 2017, 5:02 PM
The NTMA website is still down after an attempted hack this morning
The National Treasury Management Agency detected a hack earlier this morning.
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Feb 6th 2017, 1:37 PM
The man who hacked nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence gets 9 months in jail
Edward Majercyzk hacked more than 300 email and other online accounts.
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Jan 25th 2017, 6:54 AM
US claims Russia tried to hack one of its domestic electricity grids
The attack, on the electrical network of northeastern state Vermont, is not believed to have upset supply.
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Dec 31st 2016, 10:26 AM
US news network claims Putin directly involved in Hillary Clinton hack
Intelligence officials are said to have a “high level of confidence”, according to NBC.
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Dec 15th 2016, 8:43 AM
One billion Yahoo users could have had their data stolen
This is separate from its previously disclosed breach affecting 500 million.
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Dec 14th 2016, 10:38 PM
Trump says CIA finding Russia helped him win election is 'just another excuse'
Trump dismissed the reports as an attempt by Democrats to excuse their election loss.
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Dec 11th 2016, 5:18 PM
Police investigating alleged hack of Pippa Middleton's iCloud account
In a statement from her lawyers, Middleton confirmed her account had been accessed.
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Sep 24th 2016, 11:44 AM
Katie Hopkins' Twitter account has been hacked
The hacker claims to have a sex tape belonging to Hopkins. Err…
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Jun 21st 2015, 12:12 PM
Major League team under FBI investigation for hacking rival's scouting database
The St Louis Cardinals have been issued with subpoenas.
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Jun 17th 2015, 9:00 PM
There were some odd things happening over at TodayFM this morning
Their account was hacked.
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Mar 25th 2015, 9:51 AM
"There's going to be an incident so massive, it'll make everyone rethink their security online"
With more smart devices trying to become mainstream, the only way we’ll learn how to protect them is when a major incident occurs.
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Mar 5th 2015, 4:10 PM
'We didn't do it': North Korea denies hacking Sony, but praises it as a 'righteous deed'
The hack on Sony Pictures Entertainment is one of the most debilitating ever targeted at US corporate servers.
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Dec 7th 2014, 9:27 AM
Tory MP claims entrapment over Sunday Mirror sexting sting
Mark Pritchard claims he was contacted by the paper for the story which took down a UK Minister.
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Sep 29th 2014, 10:04 AM
Minister says his Twitter was ‘compromised’ after porn tweet
Alex White appeared to ‘favourite’ a tweet which included an image of a naked woman.
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Feb 18th 2014, 10:30 PM
Fianna Fáil TD 'definitely did not like MILF page' on Facebook
Michael McGrath said his Facebook page was hacked, and has now been taken offline.
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Nov 18th 2013, 4:46 PM
Hugh Grant names new publication in phone hacking inquiry
Meanwhile, Twitter commentary on today’s hearings were distracted for a time by a #womanontheleft…
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Nov 21st 2011, 6:14 PM
Fox News's hacked Twitter feed kills Obama
A serious of tweets posted from the account of Fox News Politics claimed that the US president had been assassinated in Iowa.
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Jul 4th 2011, 9:53 AM