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Hacker Challenging Court Order to Surrender Computer Gear to Sony — Hacker George Hotz must surrender his computer gear to Sony next week — The lawyer representing a hacker who published the first major PlayStation 3 jailbreak on the internet said Sunday he would challenge …
Roberts, who first reported the security breach, noted that cyberattacks against credit … for hackers because they’re portable and used by many people on multiple computer servers. “The kids might play on it and that could compromise it, or it might not …
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The Houston Independent School District will spend millions to upgrade its computer security system after a hacker got access to sensitive data. HISD officials found the first sign of a breach on October and launched an investigation that involved help …
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In my last question, someone brought up the issues of a hacker and I thought this would be an excellent transition. How and why (or why not) would a hacker be a good resource for computer safety?