Dutch hacker arrested for trying to sell the personal information of nearly every Austrian citizenThe personal data includes full names, addresses and dates of birth.By W. Shanklin, 01.26.2023
UK police arrest alleged ‘GTA VI’ hackerReports suggest the 17-year-old may also have been responsible for an Uber cybersecurity incident.By K. Holt, 09.23.2022
Hackers reportedly deepfaked a Binance exec to carry out listing scamsThe scammers seemingly used Patrick Hillmann's media appearances to ape the chief comms officer's image.By K. Holt, 08.23.2022
Hacker claims they stole police data on a billion Chinese citizensA sample of the data included crime reports going back to 1995.By K. Holt, 07.04.2022
A hacker named Bowser agrees to pay Nintendo $10 million to settle a civil piracy suitSo long, Gary Bowser!By K. Holt, 12.07.2021
Poly Network says it has recovered all $610 million it lost in cryptocurrency heistThe hacker behind the incident gave the company access to a final cache of funds.By I. Bonifacic, 08.23.2021
Poly Network offers $500,000 reward to crypto hacker who returned stolen assetsThe hacker, known as 'White Hat', still has over $250 million to return.By S. Shah, 08.13.2021
Hacker faces three years in prison for child porn, Nintendo data breachesHe also has to pay Nintendo more than $200,000 in restitution.By C. Velazco, 12.02.2020
Alleged Twitter hacker was previously caught stealing a fortune in BitcoinHe reportedly started working on the Twitter heist weeks after he was busted for the theft.By C. Fisher, 08.03.2020
Twitter says attackers targeted 130 accounts in Wednesday's breachThe investigation continues.By R. Lawler, 07.17.2020
Ukraine catches hacker who tried to sell 773 million stolen email addressesLaw enforcement confiscated equipment with two terabytes of stolen info.By C. Fisher, 05.19.2020
Russia busts card fraud ring that included an infamous hackerAlexey Stroganov helped breach major retailers in the West.By J. Fingas, 03.28.2020
Hacker pleads guilty to stealing Nintendo secretsHe even leaked details of the Switch before its launch.By J. Fingas, 02.01.2020
UK police auction TalkTalk hacker's cryptocurrencyIt’s the first such auction in the UK.By C. Fisher, 09.30.2019
Florida city gives in to $600,000 bitcoin ransomware demandBut there's no guarantee hackers will actually restore Riviera Beach's systems.By K. Holt, 06.20.2019
Radiohead bypasses hackers to publish its 'OK Computer' demos'MINIDISCS[HACKED]' contains 18 hours of almost entirely unreleased material. By D. Cooper, 06.11.2019
Google Photos flaw let attackers grab users' location dataThe now-patched flaw is another example of browser-based side-channel attacks.By R. England, 03.20.2019
Police arrest alleged Russian hacker behind huge Android ad scamHe's now facing extradition to the US.By S. Shah, 11.20.2018
ATM 'jackpotter' sentenced to year in US prisonHe helped swipe over $63,000 from one machine.By J. Fingas, 09.28.2018
Teen Apple hacker avoids prison in AustraliaBut his accomplice has yet to be sentenced. By M. Moon, 09.27.2018