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The event was the subject of the Rolling Stone article "The Geeks on the Front Lines." written by journalist David Kushner, which discussed the topic of government recruitment of hackers for digital warfare. [2] The Winter Hacker Festival presented by HackMiami took place December 7, 2013 in Miami Beach, FL.
Jonathan Joseph James (December 12, 1983 – May 18, 2008) was an American hacker (a gray hat ethical hacker) who was the first juvenile incarcerated for cybercrime in the United States. [1] The South Florida native was 15 years old at the time of the first offense and 16 years old on the date of his sentencing.
A security hacker or security researcher is someone who explores methods for breaching defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network. [1] Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, protest, information gathering, [2] challenge, recreation, [3] or evaluation of a system weaknesses to assist in formulating defenses against potential hackers.
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire. Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks , typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
The FBI and the Secret Service have been called to investigate a computer hacker who broke into a Florida city's water supply and tried to poison it.
A hacker remotely snuck into the system of a Florida town’s water treatment plant and raised the sodium hydroxide in the water to a “dangerous” level, officials said Monday.
Individual hackers and hacking groups should be categorized into related categories. See also the categories Cybercriminals , Hacker culture , People associated with computer security , and Phreaking
Hacker News (HN) is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. It is run by the investment fund and startup incubator Y Combinator . In general, content that can be submitted is defined as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."