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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

(AP) As cars become more like PCs on wheels, what’s to stop a hacker from taking over yours? In recent demonstrations, hackers have shown they can slam a car’s brakes at freeway speeds, jerk the ...

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.

A hacker exploited Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence chatbot to carry out a series of attacks against Mexican government agencies, resulting in the theft of a huge trove of sensitive tax and ...

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 ...

A man the federal government once labeled "the most wanted computer criminal in U-S history" has won a long fight to renew his ham radio license. Next month, Kevin Mitnick can resume surfing the ...