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DriveThruRPG confirms hacking; customer data secure

May 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A third party was able to set prices on titles that they were not authorized to modify, and they set the prices of many titles on site to free which led to some customers placing orders for free titles that were not meant to be free.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: cybersecurity, drivethrurpg, hacking

What if cybersecurity horrors were movie posters?

March 12, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

magine cybersecurity horrors as movie posters.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: alfred hitchcock, Edgar Wright, hacking, jordan peele, Ridley Scott, security

Cyberattack on Toei: Hackers hit TV schedule

March 11, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The anime production doesn’t say whether any data was lost or whether customer details are at risk but reveals that some of their internal systems have been suspended, presumably for an investigation and upgrade.

Filed Under: Anime, Geek Stuff Tagged With: hacking, Toei

Hack data reveals D&D Twitch streamer is the platform’s top moneymaker

October 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Twitch has confirmed the total security breach. It’s time to change your password.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: critical role, hacking, twitch

Amazon’s The Tomorrow War YouTube trailer targeted by clickjacking hackers

May 27, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Please note that this article discusses a live security risk. It is advised that, for now, readers do not click on links from the YouTube page on which The Tomorrow War trailer appears.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: hacking, prime video, security, the tomorrow war, youtube

Firefox Monitor and Have I Been Pwned re-report the old Roll20 data breach

July 19, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Security monitor sites update to confirm the months-old data breach at Roll20. There’s no suggestion of a new attack.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: hacking, Have I Been Pwned, roll20

Roll20 hacked, 4 million records at risk

February 15, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Virtual tabletop site Roll20 is in the list of victims, and Roll20 have now confirmed they have had a security breach.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: hacking, roll20

Short film: AFK_

January 23, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A 15 minute film from and staring Tyler Hynes all about cyber security. There’s a war going on even as we sit here. Agents, backed by national states, are busy testing defences and trying to hack into the vulnerable devices all around the world. AFK_ is rich with production value with scenes in America, China, […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: hacking, short film, tyler hynes

How to use a GameCube controller for your Nintendo 3DS

October 9, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Worried that you’ll button mash your 3DS to death trying to play Super Smash Bros? This $12 hardware hack might put you at ease. That’s right, dekuNukem’s project only cost $12 in parts and the code is all up at GitHub. No surprise to see an Arduino Nano in the project. The Arduino reads the […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: hacking, nintendo, Nintendo 3DS

Wall Street Journal reporter hacks RPG projects on Kickstarter

May 14, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A Wall Street Journal reporter or a programmer working for him/her has exploited a bug in Kickstarter’s API. The result was some 70,000 unlaunched Kickstarter projects were exposed. The good news? Only 48 of these unlaunched projects were actually accessed by the Wall Street Journal. It is highly likely that many RPG and game projects […]

Filed Under: Sites, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: hacking, kickstarters

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