Netflix sign-ups jump as password sharing crackdown kicks off
- 09-Jun-2023
Daily US sign-ups for Netflix have jumped in the first few days after the streaming giant’s password-sharing crackdown came into effect on May 23, data from research firm Antenna showed. The news sent shares of the company up 2.3% to $418.92 in early trading. Looking for new ways to make money in a saturating market […]
Police seize $60 million of bitcoin!
- 06-Feb-2021
The man was sentenced to jail and has since served his term, maintaining his silence throughout while police made repeated failed efforts to crack the code to access more than 1,700 bitcoin
Man offers ‘memorable’ password for free WiFi
- 01-Sep-2020
Its username is called 'Good Luck.' Funnily enough, it is perfect for the password that is about to follow. It consists of random characters in it and it goes on and on, until the end of the building wall.
Man kills father, son over WiFi password in Karachi
- 03-Nov-2019
In a heinous turn of events, a resident of Quaidabad area of Karachi shot at a father and son over alleged theft of his WiFi password.
Kanye West reveals his iPhone password, gets mocked online
- 12-Oct-2018
Kanye West and Donald Trump had an epic televised meeting at the Oval Office in White House on Thursday, which sparked a lot of chatter and criticism online. Seated across from the president at his office, the musician delivered a rambling monologue and a burst of profanity that touched on social issues, hydrogen planes, mental […]
Twitter urges all users to change passwords after glitch
- 04-May-2018
Twitter Inc urged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch caused some to be stored in readable text on its internal computer system rather than disguised by a process known as “hashing”. The social network disclosed the issue in a blog post and series of Tweets on Thursday afternoon, […]
Just one password? Swiss groups plan single online identity
- 22-Nov-2017
ZURICH: Swiss consumers will be able to use a single digital identity to buy online products and services under a project unveiled on Tuesday by nine big companies. The aim is to let people use just one login profile to order in shops, buy train tickets or do banking transactions, according to the consortium. It […]
Did White House press secretary accidentally tweet his own ‘password’?
- 27-Jan-2017
WASHINGTON: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is apparently going through ‘hate-hate’ relationship with the media for calling work of reporters ‘shameful’ in his recent remarks. And since then Spicer is under the radar of mediamen. Earlier on Thursday (Jan 26), Sean Spicer posted on his Twitter ‘n9y25ah7’ – which looks an awful lot like […]
Mastercard starts biometric payments – with a selfie!
- 04-Oct-2016
PARIS: Shoppers in a dozen European countries can make online payments using a selfie from Tuesday, under a rollout by Mastercard of new payment technology. Removing the need to memorise a password, Mastercard said biometrics like fingerprints or facial recognition could now be used to verify a customer’s identity. The technology, unveiled at the Mobile World […]
LinkedIn warns of data leak from 2012 hack
- 19-May-2016
WASHINGTON: The professional social network LinkedIn told members Wednesday that data from some 100 million users stolen in a 2012 hack had been leaked online, and recommended a change in passwords.