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May 13, 2019

Sweden to reopen rape case against WikiLeaks' Assange

Swedish prosecutors said Monday they are reopening a rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and will seek his ...

May 13, 2019

Sweden to reopen rape case against WikiLeaks' Assange

Swedish prosecutors said Monday they are reopening a rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and will seek his ...

May 04, 2019

European, US investigators make major darknet bust

European and American investigators have broken up one of the world's largest online criminal marketplaces for drugs, hacking ...

May 02, 2019

British cyber expert pleads guilty to creating malware

A British cybersecurity researcher credited with stopping a worldwide computer virus in 2017 has pleaded guilty in Wisconsin ...

April 24, 2019

New Zealand and France to call for an end to online terror

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Wednesday that she and French President Emmanuel Macron will host a meeting ...

April 12, 2019

'I know nothing' - Trump changes his tune on WikiLeaks

It was a far cry from "I love WikiLeaks!" President Donald Trump declared that "I know nothing about WikiLeaks" after its ...

April 09, 2019

Czech court: rights of alleged Russian hacker violated

The Czech Republic's highest court says a former justice minister violated the rights of an alleged Russian hacker by ...

April 02, 2019

Report: FBI doesn't warn hacking victims of their rights

Americans caught up in international cyberespionage campaigns are routinely being left in the dark by the FBI, the U.S.

March 29, 2019

Mt. Gox bitcoin exchanges' Karpeles appeals conviction

Mark Karpeles, who headed Mt. Gox, a Japan-based bitcoin exchange that went bankrupt after a massive hacking, is appealing ...

March 20, 2019

Lithuanian man pleads guilty in $100M internet fraud case

A Lithuanian man who duped Google and Facebook into transferring over $100 million into accounts he controlled pleaded guilty ...

March 15, 2019

Mt Gox Bitcoin exchange's Karpeles avoids jail time in Japan

Mark Karpeles, who headed Mt. Gox, a Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange that went bankrupt after a massive hacking, was found ...

March 12, 2019

WWWorries? Inventor of Web laments coming-of-age woes

The inventor of the World Wide Web knows his revolutionary innovation is coming of age, and doesn't always like what he sees: ...

February 21, 2019

Estonians kick off online voting for March election

Balloting has started for next month's general election in Estonia, an online voting pioneer, amid tight protective measures ...

February 14, 2019

Swiss allege woman sweet talked her way to $2M bank scam

Swiss authorities said Thursday they have indicted a woman who allegedly persuaded dozens of people to provide their online ...

February 13, 2019

Indictment: Hackers charged with making threats to schools

Two computer hackers were charged with sending false shooting and bomb threats to hundreds of schools and other institutions ...

January 26, 2019

Trump ally Stone charged with lying about hacked emails

President Donald Trump's confidant Roger Stone has been charged with lying about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails ...

January 26, 2019

The Latest: Roger Stone set to be arraigned Tuesday in DC

The Latest on ex-Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone's arrest in the special counsel's Russia probe (all times local): 5:20 p.

January 26, 2019

Trump confidant Stone charged with lying about hacked emails

President Donald Trump's confidant Roger Stone was charged with lying about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to ...

January 15, 2019

2 charged with hacking SEC computers in trading scheme

Two Ukrainian men hacked into the Securities and Exchange Commission's computers to steal thousands of quarterly and annual ...