Albert Gonzalez, currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for hacking into the payment card networks of retail chains to steal 130 million credit and debit card numbers, now says he was acting on behalf of the government and was authorized to conduc…
Sony buries hatchet with GeoHot in PS3 modding case
Jailbreaker promises no more console hacks
Sony has agreed to drop a lawsuit against a hacker who published the secret key used to jailbreak the PlayStation 3, in exchange for promises he will drop all future attempts to unlock the game console.…Free…
Controlling weapons with Kinect
It was only a matter of time before someone would figure out how to weaponize their Kinect. Hacker [Jonas Wagner] was fiddling with his Kinect one day and thought that it would be cool to launch missiles simply by gesturing. Not having any real missiles on hand, he settled for controlling a USB-powered foam missile …
Retrode gets an upgrade
We’ve been following the Retrode since it was an obscure video on YouTube that we swore was an elaborate hoax. Now, [Matthias] tell us it’s getting its third major upgrade, and it is really starting to resemble a commercial project. The video features the new prototype case for the Retrode II, which has been 3d printed. The …
Anonymous attacks on Sony annoying, not much more
The total amount of firepower used to flood Sony websites this week? It’s only “medium strength,” says a source at Sony’s hosting provider who is not authorized by his employer to speak on the record.
The hacker collective Anonymous has been hammering…
‘Anonymous’ Plans Sony Boycott on April 16
Sony PlayStation 3 Say you’re a hacker trying to cripple a major electronics company for suing its own users: how do you launch a cyberattack without harming the people you’re trying to protect?
In the case of hactivist group ‘Anonymous,’ which has sp…
Mayor is a hacker and wants to use DIY parking meters
The Mayor of Silverton, Oregon is a hacker and wants to use roll-your-own hardware in the town’s parking meters. It’s not that he thinks he can do a better job than companies selling modern meters (although there have been notable problems with those), but he wants to retain the sentiment of the 1940′s era parking …
T.J.Maxx hacker says feds gave him the OK
Albert Gonzalez, the hacker who pleaded guilty to leading one of the largest cases of credit card theft in the U.S., is asking a judge to toss out the pleas, arguing that they were part of his assignments as a paid government informant.
“I still belie…
Anonymous Halts PSN Attacks To Avoid Inconveniencing Gamers
Hacker collective Anonymous says it has suspended its attacks on the PlayStation Network in an effort to avoid inconveniencing users, though it intends to continue its assault on Sony through other methods.
The group proclaimed its intentions earlier …
