Hackers Archives - Granite Grok

CARDELLO: You Lock Your House and Car, Add Your Laptop and iPad to the List

July 10, 2026 Ray Cardello

Only when I lived on a dead-end dirt road in rural New Hampshire did I ever leave the house without checking the lock on the door, and that was probably foolish of me, too. You rarely leave your car, even for a quick stop at the corner store, without hearing the beep as you hit … Read more

NE Take: Red Sift Cyber Security Expert on Cyber Intrusion, AI Hackers, and Iran

March 14, 2026 The New England Take

This week, on The New England Take, A. J. is joined by Red Sift’s Brian Westnedge on why insurance companies, individuals, and small businesses are most vulnerable to hacking, the complexity of artificial intelligence in this space, and the impact of foreign actors, like Iran. Reach out to the show at aj@newenglandtake.com Join the Substack and … Read more

Democrats Put Your ‘Data’ and ‘Privacy’ At Risk – Not Trump or Musk

February 10, 2025 Niko Roswell

Democrats fear Elon having access to sensitive information. Too many people combine the terms hack, breach, and leak as synonyms. A data “hack” is intentionally done by an outside source breaking into computer systems with malice intent. Breach is the term being used to make people fear Elon. A data “leak” is the accidental release of information, often due … Read more

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Did Maggie Hassan Consult? – Peterborough, NH Cyber-Scammed: Town Loses 2.3 Million Dollars.

August 28, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Peterborough, New Hampshire is out 2.3 million dollars after hackers successfully used forged credentials to bilk the town not once but three separate times.

Twitter Trolls, Hackers, and Snowflakes, Oh My!

May 3, 2021June 15, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Last week was exciting. Someone created a Twitter account to point out how pathetic ‘Grok’s Twitter engagement was. We were in jail for a year so it’s not great. Theirs was worse, which I pointed out, but they insisted on claiming that GraniteGrok had no reach so I shared this and ruined their day.

Democrats Spent as Much as Russians on Fake “Russian Bots” to ‘Influence’ US Elections

December 23, 2018 Steve MacDonald

How fun is this. Democrats, you remember them? Russia used Facebook to “buy” the Election for Trump, yadda-yadda. It looks like they take lessons from their ideological brethren. While ranting about the Ruskies spending rubels on Facebook ads, the American Left was creating fake Russian accounts to influence the Alabama Senate Race.

Anonymous Hackers Arrested

September 26, 2018March 8, 2012 Steve MacDonald

One week after Anonymous announced a call for armed rebellion against the US, six members believed to be part of the group have been arrested and charged with hacking into corporate and government systems. (Must not be Obama Campaign donors.) The report points out that an insider who was arrested in 2011 has been helping … Read more