Ransomware hackers leak second batch of city data from Oakland attackThe Play group dumped sensitive data for city employees.By J. Fingas, 04.05.2023
The Guardian says ransomware attack compromised staff's personal dataThe attackers may have just wanted money.By J. Fingas, 01.11.2023
An engineer just made the world’s first Android phone with a working Lightning portThe tongue-in-cheek project is the follow-up to last year’s USB-C iPhone.By S. Rutherford, 04.01.2022
Apple TV+ and HBO Max earn their first best comedy Emmy nominations'Ted Lasso,' 'Hacks' and 'The Flight Attendant' are all up for one of TV's two biggest awards.By K. Holt, 07.13.2021
Hackers conduct one of the largest supply chain cyberattacks to dateA breach at Kaseya has affected over 200 companies.By J. Fingas, 07.03.2021
Europol takes down hackers who allegedly stole over $100 million in crypto from celebsThe group used SIM-swaps to target sports stars, influencers, and musicians.By S. Shah, 02.10.2021
Florida city attacked by a hacker trying to poison its drinking waterA city employee caught the hack before it did any damage. By I. Bonifacic, 02.08.2021
Instagram bans hundreds of accounts in OGUsers takedownThe forum was previously linked to Bitcoin scammers who hacked a number of Twitter accounts.By K. Bell, 02.04.2021
Instagram adds ‘recently deleted’ to protect your posts from hackersThe feature adds an extra step if you want to permanently delete a post.By K. Bell, 02.02.2021
SolarWinds hackers accessed some of the DOJ’s email accountsAbout three percent of the agency's Office 365 accounts were affected.By I. Bonifacic, 01.06.2021
SolarWinds hack may have been much wider than first thoughtEarly warning systems appear to have failed.By J. Fingas, 01.02.2021
Secretary of State says Russia is 'clearly' behind federal agency hacks (updated)Pompeo is the first in the administration to blame Russia.By J. Fingas, 12.19.2020
State-sponsored hackers have breached the US' nuclear weapons agencyAt least three states may have been hit in the same attack. By I. Bonifacic, 12.17.2020
Foreign state hackers reportedly breached the US Treasury (updated)The internet-focused NTIA was also a target.By J. Fingas, 12.13.2020
iPhone exploit gave hackers control over WiFi without your inputApple has since patched the flaw.By J. Fingas, 12.02.2020
Hacker sells access to hundreds of corporate executives' email accountsThe breaches could lead to extortion or fraud.By J. Fingas, 11.29.2020
FBI, Homeland Security detail how Iranian hackers stole US voter dataPoorly configured sites were partly to blame.By J. Fingas, 10.31.2020
Chinese hackers impersonated McAfee to attack election campaign staffersGoogle also warned of a sharp spike in denial of service attacks.By J. Fingas, 10.17.2020
Ransomware attack on a healthcare firm slowed clinical trialsSome of the companies are involved in COVID-19 studies.By J. Fingas, 10.04.2020
Russian state hackers appear to have breached a federal agencyOfficials haven't confirmed the perpetrators.By J. Fingas, 10.03.2020