UK court jails 4 Lulzsec hackers for cyberattacks
Four young computer hackers who masterminded cyberattacks on targets from the CIA to Sony Pictures and Rupert Murdoch's News International were ...

Spies caught in website scandal embarrass SKorea
The scandal shaking up South Korea's main spy agency is not cloak-and-dagger stuff, but the kind of low-grade trickery anyone with an Internet ...

World grapples with rise in cyber crime
International law enforcement agencies say the recent $45 million dollar ATM heist is just one of many scams they're fighting in an unprecedented wave ...
Brooks's ex-bodyguard charged in UK hacking probe
A man who provided protection for the former chief executive of News International has been charged in relation to Britain's wide-ranging ...
Dutch ponder giving police the right to hack
The Dutch government has unveiled the draft of a law that would give police investigating online crimes the right to hack into computers in the ...
Cyberattack suspect to be sent home to Netherlands
A Dutch citizen arrested in Spain on suspicion of launching what authorities have called the biggest cyberattack in Internet history is expected to ...
Dutch cyberattack suspect arrested in Spain
A Dutch citizen has been arrested in Spain in connection with what experts described as the biggest cyberattack in the history of the Internet, one ...

Police arrest suspect in school shooting threat
Dutch police say they have arrested a suspect in an online threat to shoot a teacher and students that prompted authorities to close all the high ...
US intelligence chief: Cyberterror leading threat
The top U.S. intelligence official says cyberterrorism is the leading worldwide threat to U.S. security. James Clapper is director of national ...
LulzSec hacker pleads guilty to cyberattacks
A British computer hacker affiliated to the group Lulz Security pleaded guilty Tuesday to cyberattacks on institutions including Sony, Britain's ...
Ex-tabloid editor quizzed in phone hacking probe
The former editor of Britain's Daily Mirror tabloid was questioned on Friday by police investigating phone hacking, British media reported. The Press ...

Social media editor charged in hacking conspiracy
A deputy social media editor for Reuters vowed that Friday would be "business as usual" despite charges of conspiring with the notorious hacking group ...
Reuters journalist charged with hacking conspiracy
A journalist has been charged by federal authorities with conspiring with the notorious hacking group "Anonymous" to deface a story on the Los Angeles ...
UK phone hacking arrests at new media: Mirror
British police made four arrests for suspected phone hacking Thursday, the first time that top editors and journalists at the Mirror group have been ...
Panel: change sentencing in child porn cases
The U.S. Sentencing Commission says the advent of the Internet has led to broad sentencing disparities in child pornography cases, and that the ...

For 1st time since 1999, music revenues inch up
More than a decade after online file swapping tipped the music industry into turmoil, record executives may finally be getting a sliver of good news.
UK journalist won't be charged in hacking scandal
British authorities say a journalist won't be charged in connection with the phone hacking scandal. Neil Wallis, former deputy editor of now-defunct ...
UK police arrest 6 people in phone hacking probe
British police investigating computer hacking and privacy offenses by the media on Wednesday arrested six people alleged to be involved in ...
Spain busts 'ransomware' cybercrime gang
Spanish authorities on Wednesday announced the breakup of a cybercrime gang that used a "ransomware" virus to lock computers throughout Europe, ...
Teenage hacker sentenced in UK for cyber-attacks
A British court has sentenced a teenage hacker to youth rehabilitation after he and other members of the Anonymous movement carried out cyber-attacks ...

British detective jailed in phone-hacking scandal
A senior British counterterrorism detective was sentenced Friday to 15 months in prison for trying to sell information to Rupert Murdoch's News of the ...
Feds: 3 nabbed for widespread Gozi computer virus
A computer virus that spread to more than a million computers worldwide, including some at NASA, and produced at least $50 million in illegal profits ...

Indicted Megaupload founder opens new sharing site
Indicted Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom launched a new file-sharing website that promises users greater privacy and defies the U.S. prosecutors who ...
Hackers sentenced for Michael Jackson music theft
A British court sentenced two hackers to 100 hours of community service on Friday for stealing a treasure trove of unreleased music — including ...

EU police agency opens unit to tackle cybercrime
The European Union's police coordination agency opened a new cybercrime unit Friday to combat online offenses from banking fraud to peddling images ...