Trump hacker and friends on a mission to fix the internet
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This volunteer army of unpaid tech geeks have quietly prevented hundreds of cyberattacks since 2019
PARIS (AFP) - When a massive cyberattack took out everything from Swedish supermarkets to New Zealand kindergartens this month, a group of Dutch ethical hackers breathed a collective sigh of frustration. They had been so close to stopping it.
If the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure (DIVD) sounds obscure, that’s in keeping with its discreet presence on the internet.
This volunteer army of unpaid tech geeks have quietly prevented hundreds of cyberattacks since 2019 by finding holes in websites and software that could be exploited by hackers.