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Nowadays we have a culture overloaded with technology. As much as it makes things great we don't understand most of it and with that being said it can lead to bad things. Whether it be ourselves or companies that said bad things happen to we have to look at what those things might be. With learning about what has happened to others with technology, we can use that and better prepare ourselves for the future.
Twitch leak
Twitch leak
Dotesports article.
This year in October, the streaming platform Twitch.tv had a privacy leak of a plethora of streamers. The leak mainly consisted of showing how much revenue they have made from 8/19-10/21. With CriticalRole (A D&D show) at the top with almost 10 million dollars. Thankfully no usernames or passwords were leaked aswell but Twitch should keep data like this hidden/encrypted as if it were something as big as passwords.
AARP articleThough Hacking is often seen as all malicious, there are some people who simply aren't like that. Jim browning has a YouTube channel who helps prevent scammers. He does this by baiting the scammers themselves who often use TeamViewer which lets him get remote access to their computer and vise versa. TeamViewer is also how these scammers run the ploy, with having connection remotely to someone's computer they are able to find passwords or information that is very private, also sometimes accessing bank accounts to transfer money to the people who run the scam. The best way to avoid falling for these is by watching out for false links, phonecalls where people claim to be a high business, (Amazon or Microsoft) and especially when people ask for private information IE: Username and passwords
Blizzard vs Lizard Squad
Blizzard vs Lizard Squad
Eurogamer article.
Back in early 2016 Blizzard entertainment known for their games like Warcraft and Starcraft experienced a massive DDoS (Denial of Service) attack on their servers. This attack effected not just the games but also the Battle.net launcher. Lizard squad announced on twitter that they were the ones responsible and more would be to come. This caused Players around the world not to, well play Blizzard games. With DDoS being an attack where it overloads network traffic Blizzard should of been mindful when they started to realize that there was a major increase, then they could of acted accordingly to stop or limit the attack.
Ways on helping against DDoS
The most important thing that you can learn from this is how easy it is for people to get some kind of information or do some kind of networking trick that might effect you. Always make sure that you see link url's before you click them. Keep your information hidden and safe, like in a book that's in a secure spot only YOU know about. Also don't accept help from people who say they are from a big company, there are some red flags to watch out for. I recommend Jim Brownings YouTube channel if you have a moment. It gives clarity on how people like scammers work and do their job. Thus teaching you how to prevent something happening to you or even a friend or loved one.
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