The term “computer hacker” refers to an individual or group of individuals skilled in manipulating computer systems, often breaking through layers of security to achieve their goals.

A 25-year-old Alabama man has been arrested on charges that he helped orchestrate the hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account in January, a breach that briefly sent the price ...

Update, Oct. 18, 2024: This story, originally published Oct. 17, includes new comments and mitigations from security experts. Hackers are becoming more crafty and sophisticated to avoid getting ...

It is currently under siege. Hackers struck the Internet Archive last week, leaking the information of millions of users and defacing it with a message taunting the nonprofit’s website for ...

In January, a hacker posted false news on the SEC's @SECGov X social media account announcing the agency had approved bitcoin exchange-traded funds, causing the price of the cryptocurrency to spike.

Investigators also found Council made some questionable searches from his personal computer: He later conducted internet searches for “SECGOV hack,” “telegram sim swap,” “how can I know ...

“Baier showed, again, he’s not a ‘straight news’ anchor. He’s a hack,” an ex-Fox News producer told media reporter Justin Baragona, likening him to the network’s openly partisan ...

Taiwanese officials had warned that such actions could take place after a major speech by its new president last week in which he dismissed China’s claims to represent the island. Photo: Taiwan ...

In 2020, Fox News personality Bret Baier privately worried that his network was losing viewers to other outlets even more willing to air Donald Trump’s lies about an election that he’d lost ...

Iranian hackers are breaching critical infrastructure organizations to collect credentials and network data that can be sold on cybercriminal forums to enable cyberattacks from other threat actors.