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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 12:32 UTC

Tag: hack

  • Monday, October 24th 2022 - 18:47 UTC

    Argentine Health Ministry's computers hacked

    Minister Taiana was pleased with the way cyber defense experts handled the intrusion at the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

    Argentina's Health Ministry had its computer system hacked. Sensitive data such as names of people infected with the HIV virus were reportedly leaked while false information was added to the databases, it was reported.

  • Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 06:43 UTC

    Major hack and “take and run” scam with Twitter high-profile accounts

    The list of accounts commandeered simultaneously grew rapidly to include Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Uber, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates

    The official Twitter accounts of Apple, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and others were hijacked on Wednesday by scammers trying to dupe people into sending crypto-currency bitcoin, in a massive hack of the social media platform. The list of accounts commandeered simultaneously grew rapidly to include Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Uber, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, reality television show star Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West, among many others.