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A Florida teen identified as the mastermind of a scheme that gained control of Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to multiple counts of fraud. read more more…Florida teen charged as “mastermind” in Twitter hack hitting Biden, Bezos, and others
Florida teen charged as “mastermind” in Twitter hack hitting Biden, Bezos, and others l33tdawg Sun, 08/02/2020 – 23:01 more…Florida Teen Charged in Massive Twitter Hack, Bitcoin Theft
A Florida teen hacked the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin, authorities said Friday. read more more…Crime agency turns to Google ads to deter teen DDoS hackers
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Much of the hyperbole around the Internet of Things isn’t really hyperbole anymore – the instrumentation of everything from cars to combine harvesters to factories is just a fact of life these days. IoT’s here to stay. Yet despite the explosive growth – one widely cited prediction from Gartner says that the number of enterprise […] more…Chapter Preview: Ages 11 to 17 – From Tweens to Teens
For anyone who asks what happens during the tween through teen years, the best answer is probably, “What doesn’t happen?!” Just so you know, I’ve been there, done that, and got the T-shirt. And I survived. My kids were the first generation to grow up on social media. Like most teens in the mid-2000s, they […] more…Teenage gamer jailed over lethal swatting
Casey Viner got into a spat over a $1.50 wager in a Call of Duty World War II game that led to the fatal shooting of an innocent man. more…Teen music hacker arrested in UK for stealing bands’ unreleased music
If he’s guilty, he’ll face the music. Heh. more…UK Teen Arrested in US-Led Music Hacking Probe
British police said Friday they had arrested a 19-year-old man for stealing unreleased songs from musicians’ websites and cloud-based accounts, as part of a US-led investigation. read more more…5 Digital Risks to Help Your Teen Navigate this Summer
S’mores. Sparklers. Snow cones. Sunburns. Fireflies. Remember when summer was simple? Before smartphones and social networks, there was less uploading and more unwinding; less commenting and more savoring. There’s a new summer now. It’s the social summer, and tweens and teens know it well. It’s those few months away from school where the pressure (and […] more…What a teen grade hacker’s confession can teach us
“We had access to the grade book. Now we could change the grades.” more…Teen sues Apple for $1 billion over Apple stores’ facial recognition
He claims that Apple allegedly uses the technology to spot shoplifters and that it falsely linked him to a series of Apple store thefts. more…Two teens charged with jamming school Wi-Fi to get out of exams
They’re facing charges of computer criminal activity after allegedly disrupting the network at the request of their friends. more…Beto O’Rourke ‘Mortified’ Over Articles Written as Teen Member of Cult of the Dead Cow Hacker Group
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke expressed regret Friday over writings he contributed as a teenage member of the Cult of the Dead Cow hacker group. read more more…More information
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