Adam Levin

JULY 8, 2020

Far from being jealously guarded assets with Fort Knox-level security, a new study of Forbes Global 2000 Companies suggests many domain names are imminently hackable. Hackers posing as Coincheck.com employees contacted the company’s customers and requested their account credentials.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

It is sensitive because years of testing shows whoever wields it would have access to an unending stream of passwords, email and other proprietary data belonging to hundreds of thousands of systems at major companies around the globe. Now, facing 70 and seeking to simplify his estate, O’Connor is finally selling corp.com.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1962 — Allan Scherr — MIT sets up the first computer passwords, for student privacy and time limits. Student Allan Scherr makes a punch card to trick the computer into printing off all passwords and uses them to log in as other people after his time runs out. She connects him to any phone number he requests for free.

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