hackers
Watch Dogs 2 is a much improved sequel
November 26, 2016By: Vincent Justin Mitra, Peak Associate Watch Dogs 2 is the sequel to the 2014 open world hacking game by Ubisoft Montreal. It is larger and more developed than the original, and puts players in the role of Marcus Holloway, a resident of the sunny San Francisco Bay Area. The game takes place in a world shortly after the installation of the "ctOS," an advanced surveillance and data collection system, which controls cities across North America and connects citizens to the cities in which they live. Marcus — after being profiled as a potential criminal due to his race (African…
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Uh oh! Hackers just announced they’re going to leak the names of everyone with a still-active Neopets account
September 14, 2015A team of experienced Internet activists are claiming they’ve hacked the servers of Neopets.com, and will soon be releasing confidential records of every person registered to the site. “Neopets’ child-centric agenda and the features they keep behind a paywall are…
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Life is short. Don’t lie to your spouse.
July 27, 2015Beside a painstakingly airbrushed image of a manicured finger pressed against rosy, seductive lips, Toronto-based adultery website Ashley Madison whispers its slogan to philanderers: “Life is short. Have an affair.” It seems the little devil on 37 million shoulders has…
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Solders of the new frontier: the global hacker culture
July 9, 2012By Esther Tung Photos by Mark Burnham Along the alley just off of Hastings and Abbott, I find the doorbell hidden in one of the murals on the wall. The signboard overhead reads “VHS”, and the doorbell setsoff lights flashing…
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