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She is known for working independently with dominant software corporations such as Google and Microsoft to find and exploit security weaknesses in their products; being the first female participant in Pwn2Own, the world's premiere professional hacking competition with significant cash prizes; and being accused by the government of the United ...
On November 5, 2013, Anonymous protesters gathered around the world for the Million Mask March. Demonstrations were held in 400 cities around the world to coincide with Guy Fawkes Night. [154] Operation Safe Winter was an effort to raise awareness about homelessness through the collection, collation, and redistribution of resources.
[171] [29] One prominent feminist critic of the representation of women in gaming is Anita Sarkeesian, [78] [79] whose Tropes vs. Women in Video Games project is devoted to female stereotypes in games. Her fundraising campaign and videos were met with hostility and harassment by some gamers.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has struggled to stop a hyper-aggressive cybercrime gang that's been tormenting corporate America over the last two years, according to nine ...
A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver employed by individuals or whole organizations that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, and/or personal computer devices by various means of malicious acts usually originating from an anonymous source that either steals, alters, or destroys a specified target by hacking into a susceptible system.
The movie WarGames introduces the wider public to the phenomenon of hacking and creates a degree of mass paranoia about hackers and their supposed abilities to bring the world to a screeching halt by launching nuclear ICBMs. [19] The U.S. House of Representatives begins hearings on computer security hacking. [20]
A massive leak of Mexican military intelligence has exposed for the first time in two decades U.S. gun shops and smugglers tied to 78,000 firearms recovered south of the border – and which types ...
The World Economic Forum’s 2023 Global Risks Report ranked cybercrime as one of the top 10 risks facing the world today and for the next 10 years. [6] If viewed as a nation state, cybercrime would count as the third largest economy in the world. [7] In numbers, cybercrime is predicted to cause over 9 trillion US dollars in damages worldwide ...