SYDNEY: Former Australian cricket star Shane Watson’s Twitter account was hacked on Friday. In addition to a series of objectionable tweets, the account’s profile picture and name were also changed. Watson’s account was active for nearly half-an-hour during which there were a series of tweets, which included fat-shaming statements and ...
Read More »Scotland Yard Twitter and emails hacked
LONDON’s Metropolitan Police apologised Saturday after its Twitter, emails and news pages were targeted by hackers and began pumping out a series of bizarre messages. After a series of messages late Friday that read simply “test” or seemingly random letters, the police sites began using foul language with anti-police sentiment ...
Read More »Raveena Tandon apologises to Zaira, deletes previous ‘harsh’ tweet
Bollywood’s actress Raveena Tandon has apologised to Zaira Wasim, who quit Indian film industry for religion, and deleted her previous tweets calling her an ‘ungrateful two-film-old’. In her latest tweet, Raveena regretted her previous harsh comments and wrote: “I wish her luck and strength after seeing this, I now regret ...
Read More »My social media accounts not hacked: Zaira Wasim
BOLLYWOOD actress Zaira Wasim shot down rumours that her social media accounts were hacked when she announced her decision to quit the world of showbiz. “This to clarify that none of my social media accounts were or are hacked and are being handled by me personally. Kindly refrain from believing ...
Read More »Adnan Sami’s Twitter account gets hacked
MUMBAI: After Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account was hacked on Monday night by Turkish hackers, singer Adnan Sami’s account has also been hacked by same group. Ayyildiz Tim claims to be a Turkish hacker group. The group replaced Sami’s profile picture with a photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran ...
Read More »Twitter account of Amitabh Bachchan hacked
BOLLYWOOD veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account was hacked by a group, Ayyildiz Tim. After hacking the account, Ayyildiz Tim posted several messages, including an anti-India post. The first post read, “This is an important call to the whole world! We do condemn the irrespective behaviors of Iceland republic towards ...
Read More »Saudi media claims Iran hacked Netanyahu family’s phones, Tel Aviv denies
TEL AVIV: Telephones belonging to the Israeli prime minister’s wife and son, Sara and Yair Netanyahu, were allegedly breached by Iranian intelligence services in order to wiretap the Israeli head of government, Independent Arabia reported, citing anonymous sources. According to the news outlet, the hack occurred several months ago, but was eventually discovered and the breach closed. It ...
Read More »Australia says ‘sophisticated state actor’ hacked political parties, parliament
CANBERRA: Australia on Monday said a “sophisticated state actor” had hacked the country’s main political parties and parliament, just weeks before a closely fought election. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told lawmakers security agencies looking at a hack of lawmakers “also became aware that the networks of some political parties; Liberal, ...
Read More »Aryan Khan’s Facebook account gets hacked
BOLLYWOOD: Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan informed his followers that his Facebook account has been hacked. In a story posted on the platform, Aryan wrote, “Facebook hacked please ignore anything from it.” This is not the first time when a celebrity’s social media account has been hacked. In the past, celebrities ...
Read More »Trump aides caught in web of deception over Russia contacts
WASHINGTON-AP: One lied about his knowledge of Russian-hacked emails, another about a Russian real estate deal, a third about dialogue over sanctions with a Russian ambassador. A pattern of deception by advisers to President Donald Trump, aimed at covering up Russia-related contacts during the 2016 campaign and transition period, has ...
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