March 27th: Hundreds of ISIS social media accounts shut down

Hacking group Anonymous claimed responsibility for targeting nearly 800 Twitter accounts, 12 Facebook pages and over 50 email addresses because of their links with ISIS. Anonymous declared war against Islamic extremists last month, saying in a YouTube video that they would track down their websites and social media networks and take them down. Anonymous sent another warning to ISIS: "You will be treated like a virus, and we are the cure. We own the Internet." 

March 13th: Amazon’s Apple Watch App Will Let You Shop From Your Wrist!

Though online retailer Amazon wasn’t among one of the many applications Apple introduced this week as coming soon to its new wearable device, the Apple Watch, the company does have an Apple Watch version of its mobile shopping app in the works. The shopping app will allow consumers to search for products and even buy them from their wrist using Amazon’s 1-Click ordering system. A company spokesperson said the only statement they’re offering for now is as follows: 
“Amazon is constantly innovating on behalf of our customers. We are committed to being anywhere customers want to shop. That includes watches. We have an Amazon shopping app for Android Wear and will look to expand to other devices.”

March 6th: A SECURITY EXPERT JUST PUBLISHED 10 MILLION PASSWORDS AND USERNAMES

Security consultant Mark Burnett released 10 million passwords and corresponding usernames. He promises it's for the greater good. Burnett says he had to write a blog post explaining why he gave out this information, to prevent the FBI coming after him. In his defense, he wrote, “The sole intent is to further research with the goal of making authentication more secure and therefore protect from fraud and unauthorized access.” He says he wanted to make the information accessible for academic and research pursuits.