In the wake of four young people being arrested over suspected involvement in the recent Marks & Spencer, Co-op and Harrods ransomware attacks, it is easy to rush to censure those responsible for the ...

In June 2010, Andrew Auernheimer, a well-known Internet-security expert, discovered a gaping hole in AT&T’s website that exposed 114,000 e-mail addresses belonging to the wireless giant’s Apple iPad ...

NEW YORK - A top computer hacker who helped investigators disrupt at least 300 cyberattacks on targets ranging from the U.S. armed forces and Congress to a TV network and a video game maker was spared ...

Earlier this year, two hackers broke into one machine and discovered something wild. It wasn’t just some random server. It belonged to a cyber-operative linked to North Korea’s espionage apparatus.

German "ethical hacker" Lilith Wittman has taken responsibility for a data breach at the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA).

The Ukrainian police arrested a 35-year-old hacker who breached 5,000 accounts at an international hosting company and used them to mine cryptocurrency, resulting in $4.5 million in damages. "The ...

In the computer security context, a hacker is someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system or computer network. Hackers may be motivated by a multitude of reasons, such as profit, ...

Two hackers claimed to have found evidence that North Korean hackers targeted South Korean government networks and companies by breaching a computer used by a member of Pyongyang's Kimsuky ...