I keep hearing this from people I respect: It’s hard to overstate how serious the SolarWinds hack is. So, yes, it seems to be the Big One. I suspect we’ll… Read More
A Florida teenager faces 30 felony charges related to a July 15 scam in which he hacked into the Twitter accounts of prominent users such as Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos,… Read More
Hackers gained access to the Twitter accounts of Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and many others Wednesday afternoon in an apparent cryptocurrency giveaway scam. Other accounts including Barack Obama,… Read More
Did the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia really hack into Jeff Bezos’ phone? It sure looks that way, based on a forensic analysis of what happened after a video was… Read More
Jeff Bezos’ smartphone is back in the news. After days of second-hand reports that the Amazon founder and Washington Post owner’s phone was hacked by none other than Saudi Crown… Read More
Amazon is in the crosshairs of consumer groups — led by the digital rights organization Fight for the Future — this week following a series of hacks into Ring security… Read More
After a series of high-profile hacks involving in-home Ring security cameras, some people are finding that devices they bought to increase their sense of security at home are doing just… Read More
Updated with Vodafone statement. A federal grand jury indicted Paige Thompson, a former Amazon engineer, on multiple counts of wire fraud and computer fraud on allegations that she not only… Read More
A federal judge in Seattle ordered Paige Thompson, a former Amazon employee accused of hacking Capital One and dozens of other companies, to remain in federal custody as her trial… Read More
The massive data breach that led to the stolen information of more than 100 million Capital One customers was just one of many related hacks. That’s what prosecutors now allege… Read More
A U.S. senator from Oregon wants Amazon to explain the role it played in a hack that exposed sensitive data from more than 100 million Capital One credit card applicants.… Read More
Seattle-based engineer Paige Thompson was arrested Monday for allegedly hacking into Capital One’s databases and gaining access to approximately 140,000 Social Security numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers. Capital One… Read More
The idea of a hackathon at any company is to harness the energy and creativity of employees to find new solutions to problems and potentially new products for consumers. As… Read More
Travel site Orbitz, which is owned by Expedia, said a “legacy travel booking platform” was likely hacked last year, exposing close to two years of customer data. The company disclosed… Read More
Seattle writer — and viral baking sensation — Geraldine DeRuiter is back on Twitter after having her account taken over, wiped clean and locked by a hacker. DeRuiter is the voice… Read More
I can tell from the email I’m getting — and, honestly, from friends calling me and even stopping me at church— that you still have many questions about the Equifax… Read More
Yahoo has disclosed what it believes to be a second big hack, this one affecting more than 1 billion user accounts in 2013. In a blog post Wednesday, Yahoo said… Read More
A computer criminal called the New York Post this week to say he’d hacked into CIA Director John Brennan’s personal AOL email account. Once you get over the shock that… Read More
Costco is telling customers they can start ordering photos online again, seven weeks after a security breach at a third-party hosting company forced it and several other photo ordering sites to go down… Read More
Your typical “hack” story doesn’t typically involve two Major League Baseball teams, but that’s exactly what the FBI and Justice Department are investigating. The New York Times reported Tuesday that… Read More
If you use LastPass to store all your passwords, you may want to change your master password. Users’ vaults containing their passwords for myriad accounts across the web are safe,… Read More
View image | gettyimages.com Another day, another massive computer hack that sets millions of people in a tizzy about something they can’t control. The Anthem health data leak isn’t the… Read More
PayPal went on the offensive today after a German-based security company demonstrated how a hacker could unlock the Samsung Galaxy S5 and put a PayPal user’s account at risk. In… Read More
MTV and BET just fooled us all, and I’m not sure if it was funny, stupid or scary. Yesterday, Burger King’s Twitter account was hacked and the same hackers did… Read More