Hacks & Breaches · April 2013Gaffe level: Blunder
A Hacked AP Tweet Sent the Dow Plunging in Minutes
A fake tweet from the hacked AP account about White House explosions sent the Dow plunging about 130 points in minutes, with automated news-reading trading systems blamed for the speed.
Source: WAMC
The Diabetes Patients Hacking Together Their Own Bionic Pancreas.
Frustrated by waiting, diabetes patients built their own DIY artificial pancreas systems, tuning them to their bodies. Patient ingenuity at its best: people refusing to sit still while the perfect product was still in a lab.
Source: Wired