hackers

Alleged Xbox and PlayStation Hacker Shows His Face in Interview

Sam Biddle · 12/27/14 02:00PM

Two days after a small group of hackers going by the name "Lizard Squad" claimed responsibility for a worldwide Xbox and PlayStation outage, one purported member feels bold enough to give a live interview. "I'd be rather worried if those people didn't have anything better to do than play games on their consoles on Christmas Eve," he says.

Gabrielle Bluestone · 12/17/14 09:09PM

"Someone killed 12 people and shot another 70 people at the opening night of Batman: The Dark Knight. They kept that movie in the theaters. You issue an anonymous cyber threat that you did not have the capability to carry out? We pulled a movie from 18,000 theaters," cybersecurity expert Peter W. Singer says of Sony's spineless response in an interview with Vice.

Hackers Win: The Interview Is Canceled Across America

Sam Biddle · 12/17/14 02:56PM

Yesterday morning, anonymous hackers posted an extremely vague threat of violence against cinemas that choose to run The Interview, a Sony Pictures film that might be the cause of their recent hacker troubles. Today, reports indicate the $44 million movie is pretty much called off. (UPDATED)

Sony Was Hacked in February and Chose to Stay Silent

Sam Biddle · 12/11/14 05:50PM

Sony says the recent breach of its servers and weeklong cyber humiliation is an "unprecedented" strike and an "unparalleled crime." If they're shocked by these events, they've been shocked for almost a year: leaked emails obtained by Gawker show security troubles dating back to February.

The Saddest Email: Paul Reiser Wants More Mad About You on DVD

Sam Biddle · 12/09/14 11:55AM

Almost everything about this ever-expanding Sony security meltdown is humiliating for Sony. But buried in the latest hacker release is one of the most depressing emails you'll ever read, from a man wondering why more people can't buy his 90s sitcom.

A Very Confused CNN Wonders: "Who is 4chan?"

Sam Biddle · 09/02/14 10:42AM

After this weekend's stolen nudity spree, clueless reporters across the world are wondering: where is Reddit? When is iCloud? And who is 4chan.org? Some sort of "hacker"? CNN technology analyst Brett Larson is here to identify a website.

Russian Hacker Accused of Stealing Thousands of Credit Card Numbers

Aleksander Chan · 07/08/14 08:47PM

Russian hacker Roman Valerevich Seleznev, known as "Track2," is accused of hacking into numerous American retailers and restaurants' computers and installing software that allowed him to steal customer credit card numbers that he later sold. Seleznev was arrested by U.S. Secret Service over the weekend in Guam.