Matthew Rozsa writes: To what extent does the public have the right to know about the mental health of its politicians? This is what we should be asking ourselves after the revelation that Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is receiving “intensive medical treatment at a residential treatment facility for a mood disorder.” Although his doctor claims that Jackson…
Hospitals Finding Patients On Google, Facebook
Phil Galewitz When the University of Pennsylvania Health System sought new patients for its lung transplant service last year, it turned to Facebook and Google. The results of the $20,000 advertising campaign on the websites exceeded administrators’ expectations. During a few weeks in August and September, more than 4,600 people clicked on the ads and…
300+ Pakistani Sites Hacked and Defaced By Pr4th4m & Jaguar
Two hackers have released a list of sites that have been recently attacked and left defaced. The two going by the names Pr4th4m & Jaguar claim the reason for these attacks as "This Hacked for the revenge of 13 July 2011 Terrorist attack by Pakistan on INDIA". The attacked sites all appear to have a common defacing which…
Formspring Also victim to hackers leaking data after being hacked via dev site
Yet another website has come out this month and announced that they are investigating a breach which has resulted in leaked data. The company is Formspring and this come as Yahoo, Nvidia and other high profile targets have been hacked. Formspring is the place where you can share your perspective on anything. Members express their…
Nvidia shuts down forums after suspicious activity
Nvidia has recently joined a whole heap of other huge name websites that have been effected by hackers this year. On July 12th Nvidia released the following statement and a week prior to that they had disabled the forums. The below statement is claiming that Nvidia has detected suspicious activity within the forums and has noted…
216 Sites hacked & defaced by Pakistani hacker hcrack2
A Pakistani based hacker has taken sights to 216 websites that have been left defaced after being hacked. The attacks come from hcrack2 who is supporting the "Sharp-cyber group" in his message. The defacement doesn’t really have any particular message but it shows that hackers from that part of the world are continuing to attack other countries via cyber space. The attacks are not main…