North Korean hackers hired to attack South Korea game network

August 4, 2011

More than 30 North Korean hackers were hired to work in China by a South Korean crime ring to steal the personal data of South Korean gamers, and channeled $5 million to their impoverished country in compensation, South Korea’s police said on Thursday.

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Facebook starting to pay hackers for security vulnerabilities

July 31, 2011

Facebook has started a new program to pay hackers for security vulnerabilities found in Facebook web pages and applications. In order to accomplish that, hackers will have to register to a new portal that will be created by Facebook. The basic amount for payment for each bug will be 500$ and in more interesting cases more can be paid.

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