Nothing on the internet is safe, not even your Twitter handle. Naoki Hiroshima found this out when his websites and social media accounts were held for ransom by a hacker. All the hacker wanted in return was Hiroshima’s Twitter handle, @N, worth $50,000.
“I’d like to order a toy.” Would you like fries with your heroine? That’s right, a McDonald’s employee in Pittsburgh was selling heroine over the counter when you asked to order a toy. After ordering, users simply went to the first drive-through window to collect their hard drugs.
The Waterkloof Four have been slated for parole in February, according to the Correctional Services Department. Reinach Tiedt, Gert van Schalkwyk, Christoff Becker and Frikkie du Preez will be released together on 11 Febuary. The group was initially sentenced to 12 years each after murdering a homeless man in Eastern Pretoria in 2001.
Well this certainly isn’t going to do much good for global cyclist/motorist relations. Commuting by bicycle is becoming increasingly common in London (and Cape Town, for that matter), and the city has responded over the course of the last decade by installing dedicating bicycle lanes parallel to traffic. And that’s the place where confrontation between motorists […]
Yes, that is correct. Owing to the intense public interest in the murder trial of track star turned murder-accused, Oscar Pistorius, DSTV will run a 24-hour looping channel on their bouquet, dedicated to coverage of the subject. And yissie, are people are catching feelings over it. No! Just NO RT@officialtvsa: A dedicated Oscar Pistorius trial […]
As the revolution in Kiev gets uglier and uglier, a video has emerged of riot police making a detained protestor strip and stand naked in the snow while they photograph him.
The Justin Bieber edition of the child-star-goes-crazy syndrome is officially underway, as the Canadian singer was arrested in Miami on Thursday morning.
The well-worn path of child-star-to-trainwreck has claimed another victim. Pop sensation Justin Bieber has emerged on the business end of puberty with a possible drug addiction, and an arrest for driving under the influence, and – wait for it – drag racing.
With each passing day, what started as a simple protest in Kiev is swiftly morphing into a full-blown revolution. Anti-government protestors, initially protesting against widespread corruption, are now angered by a trade deal that tilted Ukraine back toward Russia and away from further integration with the European Union
The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, otherwise known as the FLDS, is one of the most secretive and mysterious cults in America.
That’s right! We have a new world leader in the dumbest-ever-password category. And it’s… Well, its pretty daft.
This one is not for the squeamish. A team of world-renowned forensic experts have found what they’re calling “direct evidence of systematic torture and killing” by Bashar al-Assad’s gruesome regime.
When the authorities raided Justin Bieber’s home, they came back with quite the haul. Among all the cocaine, codeine, sizzurp and marijuana, they also found some nude photos. Apparently, the Biebs is properly addicted to a prescription drug called Actavis prometh, which he mixes with codeine and cough syrup in order to get a fix.
The apparently secure credit card details of almost half the Korean population have been swiftly stolen and sold to marketing firms
In South Africa, muggers will sometimes give you back your SIM card if you ask nicely. In England, muggers will sometimes throw a ceramic plate at your arm, before kicking you multiple times in the face. The 51-year-old was walking along Bordesley Green Road in Birmingham at around 1:10am after a birthday party on December […]
Committing indecent acts with dairy products in Northeast Philadelphia is a crime. At least, that’s what we’ve learned today.
Bernie Ecclestone, the age-old, talismanic director of Formula One’s holding company is to step down from his role until the court proceedings against him have ended.
Remember Batkid? Sure you do – it’s basically the best thing that we’ve ever pulled off as a human race. But what you missed was the behind-the-scenes story of how 5-year-old Miles Scott became Batkid.
North Korea, a country that can barely keep its citizens fed, has just opened a lavish new ski resort.
The man behind the Sandy Hook shootings, Adam Lanza, has spoken from beyond the grave.
What, you think a couple of bankers don’t like to kick back and smoke a doob every now and then? ‘Course they do. They do that, and a whole lot of other stuff.
The Snowden leaks of 2013 revealed the frightening and possibly abusive global capabilities of the USA’s National Security Agency (NSA). But you have nothing to worry about as a a good guy, right? Wrong. A fairly disturbing new paper in the Yale Law Journal illustrates how cheap it is for the NSA to track an […]
A Johannesburg teacher who sent a nude picture of himself (holding his penis while lying in the bath, nogal) to a 17-year-old student has been fined R3,000 after pleading guilty to contravening the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act. What a guy. Ostrowick, who has since been dismissed by the Gautend Department of […]
The CAR has been ravaged by war for some time now, but the latest reports of cannibilism in the area are totally unprecedented.
We often read about whether countries are increasing or decreasing their nuclear activity, but statistics on nuclear weapons security will leave you surprised. Since 2012, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a non-profit initiative launched by CNN founder Ted Turner and former US Senator Sam Nunn, have been issuing snapshots in time of each countries nuclear capabilities, intentions and safety.
Who are the women that stand behind the world’s most atrocious men?
Yes, really. A 26 year-old pimp from Portland, Oregon, has just filed a R1 billion lawsuit against Nike – because he believes they are partially responsible for the brutal beating that landed him a 100-year prison sentence.
Reddit is many people’s platform of choice for funny pictures, interesting facts, and apparently buying assault rifles. An investigation has revealed that at least 159 sales have been made on the little known GunsForSale subreddit since June last year. Nearly 100 of these guns are AR-15 assault rifles, but since many of the gun orders could’ve taken place over private messages, the exact number of guns sold could be much higher.
Back in September 1988, Martin Tankleff woke up one morning to get ready for his first day of senior high. But when he walked into to his dad’s office, he found him bleeding heavily on the floor.
Over the past week, a few very frenzied e-toll users have been complaining about SANRAL sending them SMSs which claim that they owe them money.