I challenged hackers to investigate me and what they found out is chilling

Posted by tuxchick on Feb 12, 2014 5:28 PM EDT
Pando Daily; By Adam L. Penenberg
Mail this story
Print this story

It’s my first class of the semester at New York University. I’m discussing the evils of plagiarism and falsifying sources with 11 graduate journalism students when, without warning, my computer freezes. I fruitlessly tap on the keyboard as my laptop takes on a life of its own and reboots. Seconds later the screen flashes a message. To receive the four-digit code I need to unlock it I’ll have to dial a number with a 312 area code. Then my iPhone, set on vibrate and sitting idly on the table, beeps madly.

I’m being hacked — and only have myself to blame.

It's a few months old, but still pertinent. -ed.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: News Story, Security

« Return to the newswire homepage

This topic does not have any threads posted yet!

You cannot post until you login.