Articles about hack

Seattle’s data privacy chief falls victim to identity theft, and shares tips for how to recover

Ginger Armbruster found herself on the other side of a breach when she discovered a fraudster had used her leaked information to open a sham bank account. Read More

F5 discloses major security breach linked to nation-state hackers

The Seattle-based company disclosed the incident Wednesday in an SEC filing and a customer memo, saying the attacker maintained “long-term, persistent access” to some of its product development and engineering systems before the breach was contained. Read More

Seattle crosswalk buttons hacked to sound like Jeff Bezos; SDOT exploring ‘stronger security measures’

Editor’s note: This story was updated with comment from the Seattle Department of Transportation. Don’t cross Jeff Bezos on taxes,… Read More

SolarWinds hack: What we know, and don’t know, so far

I keep hearing this from people I respect: It’s hard to overstate how serious the SolarWinds hack is. So, yes,… Read More

Florida teen arrested as mastermind behind Twitter ‘Bit-Con’ that targeted Gates, Bezos and others

A Florida teenager faces 30 felony charges related to a July 15 scam in which he hacked into the Twitter… Read More

Hackers take over Twitter accounts of Gates, Musk, Biden, Obama, Apple and others in crypto scam

Hackers gained access to the Twitter accounts of Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and many others Wednesday afternoon in… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Bezos phone hack; Microsoft Surface innovations; Gottmans love Mystery

Did the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia really hack into Jeff Bezos’ phone? It sure looks that way, based on… Read More

Decoding the Jeff Bezos phone hack: What the rest of us can learn from the forensic report

Jeff Bezos’ smartphone is back in the news. After days of second-hand reports that the Amazon founder and Washington Post… Read More

Amazon’s Ring security cameras targeted by consumer groups following hacks

Amazon is in the crosshairs of consumer groups — led by the digital rights organization Fight for the Future —… Read More

Tech industry’s password problems come home to roost with Ring security camera hacks

After a series of high-profile hacks involving in-home Ring security cameras, some people are finding that devices they bought to… Read More

Indictment says accused Capital One hacker also used exploited cloud servers for cryptojacking

Updated with Vodafone statement. A federal grand jury indicted Paige Thompson, a former Amazon engineer, on multiple counts of wire… Read More

Capital One hacking suspect Paige Thompson appears in court, ordered to remain in custody

A federal judge in Seattle ordered Paige Thompson, a former Amazon employee accused of hacking Capital One and dozens of… Read More

Prosecutors allege Capital One hacker stole data from more than 30 companies

The massive data breach that led to the stolen information of more than 100 million Capital One customers was just… Read More

Senator Wyden wants answers from Amazon on Capital One hack

A U.S. senator from Oregon wants Amazon to explain the role it played in a hack that exposed sensitive data… Read More

Seattle engineer arrested in Capital One hack that affected 106M people

Seattle-based engineer Paige Thompson was arrested Monday for allegedly hacking into Capital One’s databases and gaining access to approximately 140,000… Read More

As thousands set out to hack for Microsoft, book chronicles two defining projects for accessibility

The idea of a hackathon at any company is to harness the energy and creativity of employees to find new… Read More

Expedia-owned Orbitz likely hacked, exposing 2 years of customer data

Travel site Orbitz, which is owned by Expedia, said a “legacy travel booking platform” was likely hacked last year, exposing… Read More

Seattle writer who wrote viral cinnamon roll post is ‘tired and paranoid’ after being hacked on Twitter

Seattle writer — and viral baking sensation — Geraldine DeRuiter is back on Twitter after having her account taken over, wiped… Read More

Equifax hack, one week later: What really happened, and what you should do to protect yourself

I can tell from the email I’m getting — and, honestly, from friends calling me and even stopping me at… Read More

Yahoo discloses second big hack affecting 1B user accounts

Yahoo has disclosed what it believes to be a second big hack, this one affecting more than 1 billion user… Read More

The CIA director’s email hack: 4 security lessons for the rest of us

A computer criminal called the New York Post this week to say he’d hacked into CIA Director John Brennan’s personal… Read More

Costco Photo Center finally back online after security breach forces seven-week outage

Costco is telling customers they can start ordering photos online again, seven weeks after a security breach at a third-party hosting company… Read More

FBI investigating Cardinals baseball team for hacking rival Astros database

Your typical “hack” story doesn’t typically involve two Major League Baseball teams, but that’s exactly what the FBI and Justice… Read More

LastPass hacked, password reset system bogged down by heavy traffic

If you use LastPass to store all your passwords, you may want to change your master password. Users’ vaults containing… Read More

Lessons from Anthem hack: Welcome to the post-Sony world — it’s going to get ugly

View image | gettyimages.com Another day, another massive computer hack that sets millions of people in a tizzy about something… Read More

PayPal downplays concern over the alleged Samsung Galaxy fingerprint hack

PayPal went on the offensive today after a German-based security company demonstrated how a hacker could unlock the Samsung Galaxy… Read More

MTV and BET’s fake Twitter hack PR stunt wasn’t funny and raises serious questions

MTV and BET just fooled us all, and I’m not sure if it was funny, stupid or scary. Yesterday, Burger… Read More