hackers

Busted: A Hacker Bank Mafia

Ryan Tate · 09/30/10 12:48PM

Law enforcement in the U.S. and Britain say they've nailed 80+ people for stealing millions of dollars from bank accounts using computer viruses. The group even had its own "money mules."

Your Porn Habits Could Go Public

Ryan Tate · 09/29/10 06:26PM

It happened in Britain, and now it looks like the porn privacy invasion might reach American shores: U.S. companies are tracking porn downloads from networks like BitTorrent, and experts say they are easy prey for hackers.

Google Warning Gmail Users: China Spied on Your Account

Adrian Chen · 09/23/10 06:58PM

For days, Gmail has been displaying scary red banners above certain users' inboxes, warning "Your account was recently accessed from China." So, now you at least know if Chinese hackers are spying on your Gmail.

How Twitter Hatched a Virus That Reached the White House

Ryan Tate · 09/21/10 01:58PM

It's safe to return to Twitter. The microblogging service has successfully blocked the virus that crippled Twitter.com earlier today. So how was Twitter brought to its knees? Through an amateur coding error reported to the company over a month ago.

GCreep: Google Engineer Stalked Teens, Spied on Chats (Updated)

Adrian Chen · 09/14/10 02:26PM

We entrust Google with our most private communications because we assume the company takes every precaution to safeguard our data. It doesn't. A Google engineer spied on four underage teens for months before the company was notified of the abuses.

Apple's Store Might Have Emptied Your Bank Account

Ryan Tate · 08/23/10 02:01PM

People are reporting their bank and PayPal accounts have been emptied by hackers via the iTunes Store. This has not been a good summer for Apple's self-made image of safety and security.

Twitter Fakers Caught in Hacker Scam

Ryan Tate · 08/03/10 02:46PM

People who tried to buy Twitter followers apparently had their accounts compromised in the process. So tweeters trying to fool the world were, themselves, made into fools. That's sweet, sweet social networking justice, right there.

Watch This Guy Hack an ATM to Spit Out Money

Max Read · 08/01/10 11:43PM

Your money: Maybe not as safe as you think. Security expert Barnaby Jack showed off three different ways to hack an ATM last week, including one particularly flashy method that left the machine playing music and spitting out twenties.

Did Facebook Just Get Hacked?

Max Read · 07/29/10 12:27AM

What's going on with Facebook? Users who have (Latin American) Spanish as their default language on Facebook are being greeted with foul language and mysterious messages like "inci minakor" and "inci siker." Did Facebook get hacked? (Update: Kind of!)

AT&T's iPad Cover Up

Ryan Tate · 07/26/10 04:23PM

AT&T is refusing to say how many iPad 3G customers had their private information compromised in a security breach last month. So much for the company's promise to "shed some more light" on the situation.

4chan Hackers Attack Gawker Again

Ryan Tate · 07/20/10 04:47PM

Anarchic internet hangout 4chan sent a little more hate Gawker's way today, launching a denial of service attack against our website, spamming our email accounts and even trying to bother one staffer's spouse. All so we'd stop talking about them.

Steve Jobs Bragged About Privacy—Days Ago

Ryan Tate · 06/10/10 01:19PM

Steve Jobs has cast Apple as the most pristine of tech giants, but his sanctimony sometimes backfires. Here, the CEO says Apple guards each use of private customer data—days before Apple partner AT&T exposed iPad customers' private information.