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The notorious hacker behind the Canva database theft bragged about it

Simon Thomsen - May 28, 2019 2 MIN READ

The theft of account details from design platform Canva’s customer database last Friday appears to be the work of a notorious hacker responsible for stealing the account details of one billion customers from 45 companies, then offering them for sale on the dark web. The hacker, who uses the alias Gnosticplayers, contacted technology news site… Read more »

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Social ticketing startup Qnect blackmailed following customer data breach

James Ward - June 1, 2017 2 MIN READ

Qnect Technologies has had its customer data stolen, with the hackers threatening to publish the information online unless the business paid out bitcoins.

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Secure Code Warrior is a gamified platform helping programmers train their cybersecurity skills

James Ward - January 23, 2017 4 MIN READ

Sydney startup Secure Code Warrior has developed an online platform to help train programmers in cybersecurity through a gamified testing process.

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BodyTea founder on Instagram hacking incident and public criticism

Tasnuva Bindi - March 12, 2014 4 MIN READ

As of last Tuesday, BodyTea’s Instagram account with an 80,000-strong follower base has been hacked. According to Taylor Dow, Founder of BodyTea Australia, the perpetrator has been featuring false special offers via Instagram such as ‘Follow us, and you’ll get a year’s supply of BodyTea’.

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