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The AOL CEO’s Twitter account has been hacked by an unknown individual, and posted spammy tweets at a rate of 20 a second. AOL said they’re on it after CEO Tim Armstrong’s Twitter account was hacked.

It looks like this:

At first it looked like Baidu (Chinese search engine) link but after clicking it, it will refer us to an advert for a weight loss supplement masquerading as a TMZ article.

Prior to joining AOL, Armstrong was Vice President of Advertising for Google, where he ran their north American advertising sales, operations and commerce teams after previous roles for Snowball.com and ABC/ESPN. He began his career by co-founding a newspaper, and also launched what claims to be the first consumer internet magazine, I-Way. Armstrong is married with three children and is also a founder of the United Football League.

We will update on this as soon as any information is released by the AOL.

Lalitpur Mobile Expo, organized by Lalitpur Mobile Complex and Lalitpur Mall, has finally ended. Organized from 9^th September to 19^th September, the Mobile Expo was all about offers and discounts on different smartphones – all under the same roof.

In the 11 day event, customers got to buy genuine products of smartphone brands like Samsung, Huawei, Lava, Microsoft, Lenovo and DTC. These brands gave discounts on their products ranging from 7% to a whopping 70%. Similarly, some of the customers and visitors of the Lalitpur Mobile Expo were lucky enough to win gift hampers. Also, the Mobile Complex had organized a ‘Subway Surfer’ gaming competition on the 16^th and 17^th of September where the winner won a brand new smartphone for scoring the highest points among all competitors.

According to their press release, Lalitpur Mobile Complex will be continuing the offers and discounts for the month of Ashwin. The company took this step due to the overwhelming response of their customers, and also because Dashain festival sees more people buying smartphones. So, you can still exercise the discounts offered in various products. Similarly, the Complex will be continuing its ‘Buy one get another free’ offer. This offer exists for Huawei P8 Lite, Huawei Honor 4s, Huawei G7 Plus, Lava X8, Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy S7 and Galaxy Note 5. Customers will get a DTC Touch Phone for free if they buy the products mentioned. And not only that, the mobile companies will be giving different gift hampers for their buyers.

Lalitpur Mobile Expo was a successful event. People got sweet deals while buying smartphones and other products. The Mobile Complex should be appreciated for continuing their offers. Moreover, the Mobile Complex will be donating Rs. 10 to Mahabir Pun’s led National Innovation Center from each smartphone purchased, that too for one whole year.

You can read Lalitpur Mobile Complex’s full press release below:

मिति २०७३ असोज ०३ गते।
मोबाइल मेला २०७३ भव्यरुपमा सम्पन्न, दशैंसम्म मोबाइल खरिद गर्दा भारी छुट
काठमाडौं । ललितपुरको लगनखेलस्थित ललितपुर मल तथा ललितपुर मोबाइल कम्प्लेक्सले आफ्नो प्रथम वार्षिकोत्सवको अवसर पारेर भदौ २४ गतेदेखि असोज ३ गतेसम्म आयोजना गरेको मोबाइल एक्स्पो २०७३ सोमबारदेखि सम्पन्न भएको छ। यस एक्स्पोमा ग्राहकहरुले उल्लेखरुपमा विभिन्न ब्राण्डका मोबाइल फोनहरु खरिद गरेका थिए भने उपहारहरु पनि प्राप्त गर्न सफल भएका थिए।
मोबाइल कम्प्लेक्सले मोबाइल एक्स्पोको अवसर पारेर सार्वजनिक गरेका विभिन्न् अफरहरु ग्राहकहरुको मागलाई ध्यानमा राखेर असोज महिनाभरी लागू गर्ने भएको छ। उत्कृष्ट मोबाइल हबको रुपमा संचालनमा रहेको कम्प्लेक्सले नेपालीहरुको महान चाडको अवसरमा सबै किसिमका अफरहरु निरन्तरता दिने जनाएको छ।
कम्प्लेक्सका अध्यक्ष पुरुषोत्तम बस्नेतले ग्राहकहरुको अत्यधिक मागका कारण मोबाइल एक्स्पोमा दिईएको विभिन्न अफरहरु असोज महिनाभरी लागू गरिएको बताउनुभयो। उहाँले भन्नुभयो, नेपालीहरुले दशैंको अवसर पारेर नयाँ मोबाइल फोन किन्ने गरेको हुँदा उनीहरुलाई अधिक सुविधा दिन असोज ३० गतेसम्म न्यूनतम ७ प्रतिशतदेखि ४० प्रतिशतसम्म छुट दिनेछौं।
कम्प्लेक्सले एउटा स्मार्टफोन किन्दा अर्को मोबाइल सित्तैमा अफर पनि निरन्तर जारी राख्ने भएको छ। एउटा स्मार्टफोन किन्दा अर्को फोन सित्तैमा अफरअन्तर्गत ह्वावेको पी ८ लाइट, ह्वावे अनर फोर एक्स, ह्वावे जी सेभेन प्लस, लाभा एक्स एट, सामसंग ग्यालेक्सी एस सिक्स, ग्यालेक्सी एस सेभेन तथा ग्यालेक्सी नोट फाइभ स्मार्टफोन खरिद गरेमा रु. ५,००० मूल्य बराबरको डिटिसी टच फोन निशुल्क दिईने छ।
त्यसैगरी विभिन्न मोबाइल फोन कम्पनीहरुले सार्वजनिक गरेका अफरहरु पनि मोबाइलको खरिदमा लागू हुनेछ। मोबाइल कम्पनीलहरुले मोबाइल खरिदमा दिने नगद छुटदेखि बम्पर अफरसम्मका योजना पनि साथै लागू हुनेछ।
कम्प्लेक्सले विभिन्न अफरहरुका साथै हरेक मोबाइलको बिक्रीबाट आएको रु.१० महाविर पुनको अभियान अन्तर्गत स्थापना हुने राष्ट्रिय आविष्कार केन्द्रलाई दिनेछ। महाविर पुनको राष्ट्रिय आविष्कार केन्द्रलाई ललितपुर मोबाइल कम्प्लेक्सले १ वर्षसम्म प्रत्येक मोबाइलको बिक्रीबाट आएको रकम प्रदान गरिनेछ। महाविर पुनको अभियानलाई कम्प्लेक्सले निरन्तर १ वर्षसम्म सहयोग गर्ने हुँदा हरेक ग्राहकहरुले सामाजिक सेवाको यो अभियानमा सहयोग गर्ने कम्प्लेक्सको अपेक्षा रहेको छ।
ललितपुरको लगनखेलस्थित ललितपुर मलमा स्थापना भएको ललितपुर मोबाइल कम्प्लेक्स नेपालको पहिलो मल्टिब्राण्ड मोबाइल शोरुम हो, जहाँ एकै पटक ४ हजारदेखि ५ हजार ग्राहकले सुविधा प्राप्त गर्न सक्दछन्। ललितपुर मलको दोस्रो तल्लामा ४० भन्दा बढि मोबाइल शोरुम तथा आधिकारीक सर्भिस सेन्टर संचालनमा छन्। मोबाइल कम्प्लेक्समा न्यूनतम रु.९ सयदेखि रु.१ लाखसम्मको ब्राण्डेड मोबाइल फोनहरु उपलब्ध हुनेछ।
कम्प्लेक्समा सामसुंग, हुवावे, जियोनी, कलर्स, लाभा, आईफोन, नोकिया, माइक्रोसफ्ट फोनहरु, डिटिसी, ओवीआई, सोनी, जेडटिई, लेनोभो, शिओमी एमआई लगायत ब्राण्डका फोनहरु खरिद गर्न सकिन्छ।
धन्यवाद।

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पुरुषोत्तम बस्नेत
अध्यक्ष, ललितपुर मोबाइल कम्प्लेक्स
कर्मचारी संचय कोष भवन, लगनखेल, ललितपुर,
सम्पर्कः ९८५१०६९७६५

A young hacker from Kollam, India has received Rs. 17 lakhs bounty after finding a vulnerability in Facebook code. And the hacker is Arun S. Kumar, a 20-year-old computer engineering student at the MES Institute of Technology and Management in Chathannoor. He exposed a critical vulnerability in Facebook Business Manager which would allow a hacker to take control over the Facebook page in less than 10 seconds.

After finding the vulnerability, he said- “Since the hacker would be able to manipulate the page of any Facebook user, the damage it would bring is beyond imagination.”

Facebook began the bug bounty program in 2011, under which people who notify flaws on its website are given a reward. He detected the bug on August 29 and reported it to the Facebook security team. One of them wrote back to him the very next day saying how his discovery helped them to prevent a massive security breach. The team fixed the bug by September 6 and after three days Arun got a mail from them informing him of their decision to reward him.

Facebook had invited him along with three other hackers from different countries for a meeting with its security members at Las Vegas. He was also awarded the tenth place in the Facebook’s hall of fame of the white hat hackers. He is the only Indian to be honored in the website’s hall of fame.

The young hacker has a history of bug hunting. Before this, he had spotted many bugs in Google and Facebook itself in the past. The young techie has received about Rs. 50 lakhs in payouts for hunting down bugs in the past three years.