Robin Hood hackers donate ill-gotten gains to charities | Tuesday, 20th October 2020

Hackers have announced on the Dark Web that they have donated money, which was taken as part of a ransomware attack, to charities. Although, at least one of the charites has said that it will not accept any money from illegal activity. Playstation have released a new theme for the Playstation 4 that honours the Black Lives Matter movement. Scientists have determined the scariest film of all time. US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has invited people to play Among Us on Twitch. Amazon has announced the winner of the 2020 Amazon Kindle Storyteller Award in the UK. And Japan has announced countermeasures following a cyber attack by the Russian intelligence.



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