How hackers turned online gaming into a real-life fiasco

Friday, January 10, 2014 - 08:06 in Mathematics & Economics

A spate of internet hacking during the New Year period – including an attack on Skype by hacker group the Syrian Electronic Army, and another on social media photo sharing app Snapchat by website SnapchatDB – demonstrates the emergence of a new phase in hacking wars: corporate greed and hubris as the target, with a dose of social disruption.

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