iOS 17.3’s Stolen Device Protection will make life harder for iPhone thievesIt’s currently only available in the developer beta.By W. Shanklin, 12.12.2023
Tile thinks a $1 million fine will deter stalkers from using its trackersIts new theft-prevention feature has heavy penalties for anyone caught using them criminally.By W. Shanklin, 02.16.2023
Crypto scammer faces 18 months in prison over $22 million SIM attackNicholas Truglia allegedly helped a plot to swipe cryptocurrency.By J. Fingas, 12.02.2022
OpenSea faces $1 million lawsuit over stolen Bored Ape NFTsAn owner claims it knew about a bug that allowed ape purchases far below market value.By S. Dent, 02.22.2022
Over 80 percent of NFTs minted for free on OpenSea are fake, plagiarized or spamThe company disclosed the stat after reversing an unpopular feature change.By I. Bonifacic, 01.28.2022
Canadian police arrest teen for stealing $36.5 million in cryptocurrencyIt's one of the biggest crypto thefts involving a single person. By I. Bonifacic, 11.18.2021
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
Hackers steal $97 million from Japan's Liquid crypto exchangeIt's working with specialist tracking firms to locate and freeze the stolen funds.By S. Shah, 08.20.2021
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
Tesla accuses engineer of stealing crucial company softwareThe worker allegedly stole software within days of taking the job.By J. Fingas, 01.23.2021
Amazon UK is investigating reports of stolen PS5 ordersSome people have had their PS5 orders replaced with cat food and other products.By I. Bonifacic, 11.20.2020
AppleCare+ now covers two incidents of accidental damage per yearReplacing an iPhone under theft or loss coverage could be cheaper too.By K. Holt, 09.16.2020
Security firm details how hackers stole $1.3 million in wire transfersThe group created lookalike domains and manipulated email messages. By S. Dent, 04.23.2020
COVID-19 scammers may have stolen millions from the German governmentFraudsters took advantage of a western region's lack of identity verification. By S. Dent, 04.20.2020
A hacker stole and leaked the Xbox Series X graphics source codeThe thief also took code for AMD's upcoming computer GPUs.By J. Fingas, 03.25.2020
Justice Department charges Huawei with stealing trade secrets, againPlus conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.By C. Fisher, 02.13.2020
Former NASA engineer thwarts porch pirates again with 'Glitter Bomb 2.0'It packs a more powerful stench, as Macaulay Culkin himself can attest.By S. Dent, 12.16.2019
A thief took Facebook hard drives with payroll data from a worker's carThey contained payment info for around 29,000 current and former workers.By K. Holt, 12.13.2019
DOJ charges two Russians with using malware to steal millionsOfficials are offering a $5 million reward for info leading to an arrest.By C. Fisher, 12.05.2019
Thieves took $49 million in Ethereum from a crypto exchangeTransfers won't resume for two weeks as a result of the heist.By J. Fingas, 11.29.2019