Kevin Mitnick was once labeled the world’s most wanted hacker. Back in 1992, he tangled with a mystery hacker named Eric, setting off a duel that led to a chain of events that spun out of control.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hackers are a busy bunch, with more than 300 million computers hacked every year — and there's a dizzying range of ways in which a ...

A man in a black hoodie wearing a Guy Fawkes mask sits in a dark room, face lit up forebodingly by his laptop screen. He types furiously, laying down dozens of lines of code. After a few moments go by ...

Computer hacker and former college student Matthew Lane — who was a teenager when he carried out a massive cyberattack on education technology company PowerSchool — was sentenced in federal court on ...

Once known as the world’s most wanted computer hacker, Kevin Mitnick has since changed his ways and now helps companies and government agencies protect themselves from the types of antics he pulled ...

The computer hacker behind the theft of more than 40 million credit card numbers from retailers such as The TJX Cos. Inc. pleaded guilty on Friday in one of the largest U.S. identify theft cases.

Crunchyroll is investigating a potential breach after a hacker claims to have stolen nearly 7 million users' data. Credit: Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Crunchyroll, the ...

Gregory Falco, PhD ’18, does very cool things, but unfortunately, he can’t talk about a lot of them. An assistant professor in Cornell University’s Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace ...

The computer file is said to contain testimony from the woman who said she had sex with Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general, when she was 17. By Robert Draper ...

(Reuters) - A computer hacker was sentenced on Monday to three years and five months in prison for stealing the personal data of about 120,000 Apple Inc iPad users, including big-city mayors, a TV ...