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200 million Chinese resumes leak in huge database breach

Jan11
by on January 11, 2019 at 1:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Last night, HackenProof published a report stating that a database containing resumes of over 200 million job seekers in China was exposed last month. The leaked info included not just the name and working experience of people, but also their mobile phone number, email, marriage status, children, politics, height, weight, driver license, and literacy level as well. Bob Diachenko, Director of Cyber Risk Research at Hacken.io and bug bounty platform HackenProof, found an unprotected instance of MongoDB containing these resumes on December 28. Diachenko found the resumes in the open database search engines Shodan and BinaryEdge. The 854GB database didn’t have…

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200 million Chinese resumes leak in huge database breach

Jan11
by on January 11, 2019 at 1:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


Last night, HackenProof published a report stating that a database containing resumes of over 200 million job seekers in China was exposed last month. The leaked info included not just the name and working experience of people, but also their mobile phone number, email, marriage status, children, politics, height, weight, driver license, and literacy level as well. Bob Diachenko, Director of Cyber Risk Research at Hacken.io and bug bounty platform HackenProof, found an unprotected instance of MongoDB containing these resumes on December 28. Diachenko found the resumes in the open database search engines Shodan and BinaryEdge. The 854GB database didn’t have…

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These Chrome tab shortcuts will help you handle your tab addiction

Jan11
by on January 11, 2019 at 12:21 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Basics, Insider


Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and connected services. Google’s Chrome is arguably the world’s most popular desktop browser. If you’re anything like me, you might have a huge number of tabs open all the time. So, it’s not unusual to get lost in the tab jungle. But we’ll get you out of there with some useful nifty shortcuts. All the shortcuts listed below work on Mac. To use them on Windows simply replace “Cmd” with “Ctrl.” Open and Close tabs New tab:…

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VLC hits 3 billion downloads, and will soon add AirPlay support

Jan11
by on January 11, 2019 at 12:12 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web


You’ve used a computer before, right? And you’ve watched a video on that machine? Well, that means you probably know VLC. Not only is it the best video player ever, it’s also ad-free, open-source, and is run by the non-profit organization, VideoLAN. In other words, it’s a prime example of what the internet should be about. And you know what? VLC has achieved one hell of a milestone at this year’s CES and hit 3 billion downloads across desktop and mobile platforms. Congrats! This achievement was confirmed by a tweet from the co-founder and CTO of VideoLabs, Ludovic Fauvet: In front…

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Pablo Escobar’s estate launches cryptocurrency to impeach Trump

Jan11
by on January 11, 2019 at 12:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


The elder brother of late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar is launching a new cryptocurrency in a bid to boot US President Donald Trump from office. Less than a day after having a $50 million crowdfunding campaign for its Impeach Trump Fund pulled by GoFundMe, Escobar Inc. is running an initial coin offering (ICO) for a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar, aptly named ESCOBAR. The move is primarily to ensure that no centralized platforms are able to further censor the fundraising efforts of the Escobar estate, which is pledged to be focused almost entirely on dethroning Trump. The estate also aims to compete…

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