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Twitter Says Hackers Accessed Dutch Politician's Inbox
2020-07-24 15:04

Twitter says an elected Dutch official was among 36 account holders whose direct message inboxes were accessed in a recent high-profile hack. The politician, anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, said Thursday that he was informed by Twitter that his account was compromised by a hacker, who posted tweets on his account and sent false direct messages, or DMs, in his name.

Twitter hack latest: Up to 36 compromised accounts had their private messages read – including a Dutch politician's
2020-07-23 13:42

Twitter has admitted that the naughty folk who hijacked verified accounts last week read a portion of hacked users' direct messages. Among the 36 Twitter users whose direct messages, email addresses and phone numbers were definitely accessed by account hijackers last week was one Dutch politician, the microblogging platform said overnight.

Dutch spies helped Britain's GCHQ break Argentine crypto during Falklands War
2020-05-18 06:05

Dutch spies operating as a part of a European equivalent of the Five Eyes espionage alliance helped GCHQ break Argentinian codes during the Falklands War, it has been revealed. Flowing from revelations made in German-language news reports earlier this year that Swiss cipher machine company Crypto AG was owned by the CIA and German counterpart the BND during most of the Cold War, an academic paper has described the Maximator alliance which grew from the Crypto AG compromise.

Dutch spies helped Britain's GCHQ break Argentine crypto during Falklands War
2020-05-18 06:05

Dutch spies operating as a part of a European equivalent of the Five Eyes espionage alliance helped GCHQ break Argentinian codes during the Falklands War, it has been revealed. Flowing from revelations made in German-language news reports earlier this year that Swiss cipher machine company Crypto AG was owned by the CIA and German counterpart the BND during most of the Cold War, an academic paper has described the Maximator alliance which grew from the Crypto AG compromise.

Dutch Police Arrest Man Over DDoS Attack on Government Website
2020-04-13 11:29

Dutch police on Friday arrested a 19-year-old man from Breda suspected of launching a distributed denial of service attack on a government website. Given the current coronavirus crisis, when emergency ordinances and regulations are made accessible through this site, the Dutch police notes, keeping it accessible is vital.

Dutch Politician Could Get Three Years in Prison for Hacking iCloud Accounts
2019-12-04 13:52

Prosecution asks for imprisonment of the hacker who stole nude photos and other personal data from women’s iCloud accounts and then distributed some of the material online.

vBulletin Flaw Exploited in Dutch Sex-Work Forum Breach
2019-10-10 20:37

A hacker is selling the email addresses of 250,000 users of a Dutch sex-work forum -- data that researchers say could be used for blackmail.

Some fokken arse has bared the privates of 250,000 users' from Dutch brothel forum
2019-10-10 15:00

'Hookers.nl is committed to privacy and we deeply regret the situation' Ja, hoor! A Dutch vBulletin forum for sex workers and their clients has reportedly been hacked using that infamous RCE vuln,...

Huygens if true: Dutch police break up bulletproof hosting outfit and kill Mirai botnet
2019-10-03 06:00

Cops also Cruyff cloggy couple Dutch police said in a translated news release that they have busted a local 'bulletproof' server hosting operation in a major takedown that also nabbed a pair of...

Microsoft may still be violating privacy rules, says Dutch regulator
2019-08-29 10:52

EU data watchdogs are yet again sniffing at Windows 10.