Hacking

Hacking
Meet the guy who single-handedly took down North Korea’s internet
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Illustration by Megan J. Goff
Hacking
Inside the i-Soon papers and China’s secret world of hackers-for-hire
Illustration by Megan J. Goff
Cybersecurity
Threat-hunter says Iran is stepping up the sophistication of its cyberattacks
Blue, gray and white illustration of flys in cage
Global Security
China’s dominant role in producing hacking bugs
A person wearing a gray shirt holds two paper ballots and places them in a box.
Elections
Relying on electronic voting machines puts us at risk, security expert says
A large office building is shown with pine trees out front and a person walking down the stairs.
Ukraine asks FBI to help probe suspected Russian hack of Burisma
Man holds laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in an illustration picture.
Science & Technology
A cyberattack could wreak destruction comparable to a nuclear weapon
Politics with Amy Walter: Digital Ads and the Wild West of Political Campaigning
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President Donald Trump is shown with his mouth closed looking off to his left.
Conflict & Justice
Mueller’s Russia report outlines episodes of possible Trump obstruction
Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev and US Secretary of Defense James Mattis are shown walking past military officials in dress uniforms during a welcoming ceremony in Skopje.
US Defense Secretary warns of Russian meddling in Macedonia referendum
Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaking in Moscow, Russia, July 2018.
Russian hackers targeted US conservative think-tanks, says Microsoft
Mueller, Trump & Russia: The Counter-Intelligence Probe Defining The Presidency
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Rows of students at Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, a prestigious academy in Pyongyang, sit at computers.
Technology
How North Korean hackers became the world’s greatest bank robbers
Recent released information about Russians hacking into American power systems has raised several concerns about the overall security of the U.S. energy grid as a whole.
Conflict
Can the US protect its power grid from hackers?
FBI Director Christopher Wray, CIA Director Mike Pompeo and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on "World Wide Threats" in Washington, Feb. 13, 2018.
Conflict
2018 elections ‘under attack’ by Russia says US intelligence chief
A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration.
Global Politics
Will Russia get involved in the 2018 elections?
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the media in Moscow, Dec. 2017.
Global Politics
Tech firms let Russia probe software widely used by US government
The Intel logo is displayed on computer screens.
Technology
Security flaws put virtually all phones, computers at risk
An internet user browses through the Vietnamese government's Facebook page in Hanoi.
Conflict
Vietnam unveils 10,000-strong cyber unit to combat ‘wrong views’
Migrating starlings fly at dusk past electricity pylons silhouetted by the sunset of a clear autumn evening in the Kent countryside, in Graveney, Britain, October 26, 2015.
Technology
Hackers infiltrated power grid controls in the US and abroad
Diebold Elections System AccuVote-TSx DRE
Global Politics
How secure are America’s voting machines?
Russian President Vladimir Putin uses a pair of binoculars as he watches a display during the MAKS 2017 air show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow.
Books
How Putin learned to stop worrying and love internet espionage
Can we ever stop leaks?
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Phone
Technology
How criminals could ‘eavesdrop’ on your phone’s motion sensors, and steal your PIN
Comey testifies Russia
Justice
Watch live: FBI director testifies on Russian hacking, ties to Trump
Israeli tenth-graders are learning cyber security skills. The military won't allow photos that show their faces because many of them may later be recruited to Israel's version of the NSA.
Education
Israel teaches cybersecurity skills to its high schoolers
Putin Frenzy, Blowback in Baltimore, Class Warfare
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Senate hearing cybersecurity hack
Conflict
Watch: Full Senate hearing on Russian hacking and US cybersecurity
Computer screen
Culture
What the ‘hack’?
Fake news is easy to create. Social bots are simple software applications that help boost the impact of false news on social media sites.
Global Politics
Germany finds itself in the center of the cyberstorm
Devastation in Syria, Cybersecurity, The Evolution of Glam
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Mr. Robot
Arts
How realistic are the hacks in ‘Mr. Robot’?
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen during an interview in Damascus in January.
Technology
How pro-Assad hackers pretending to be women tricked Syrian rebels
The Bitcoin ATM where Alina Simone had to deposit money to pay off the hackers who ransomed her mother's data.
Technology
What I’ve learned after my Mom got hacked (and her data held for ransom)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Korean April 26 Cartoon Film Studio in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
Technology
When the Internet goes down in North Korea, there aren’t many to notice
A security guard stands at the entrance of United Artists theater during the premiere of the film "The Interview" in Los Angeles, California December 11, 2014.
Technology
The North Koreans have been honing their hacking skills for years
The sign outside the headquarters of the US Army's new Cyber School at Fort Gordon, Georgia. The school is part of the Army's creation of a new cyberwarfare branch.
Conflict
The Army is getting serious about cyberwarfare
A cyber security analyst works in a watch and warning center at a Department of Homeland Security cyber security defense lab at the Idaho National Laboratory.
Books
A huge intelligence screw-up turned the government and private companies into cyberwarfare partners
The Cyber Warrior
Conflict
Meet the hacking prodigy you definitely want on your side
Dreadnoughtus schrani dinosaur illustration
Global Scan
Scientists have unearthed a massive new dinosaur — bigger than a jetliner
Cyberwarfare is increasingly prevalent in modern conflicts, and is getting "more complex and more dangerous," says NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Conflict
NATO takes aim at Russia’s attacks — online
A researcher at Hauri
Technology
Even your medical records aren’t safe. Chinese group hacks into hospital’s patient records
A magnifying glass is held in front of a computer screen in this picture illustration. A Russian gang has stolen private information from 1.2 billion internet users around the globe in a new story published by The New York Times on August, 5, 2014.
Technology
A record Internet data heist can’t be fixed with a password change
A magnifying glass is held in front of a computer screen in this picture illustration. A Russian gang has stolen private information from 1.2 billion internet users around the globe in a new story published by The New York Times on August, 5, 2014.
Technology
A record Internet data heist can’t be fixed with a password change
Computer
Environment
Even as cyberwar rages, we can’t really decide what cyberwar is
Nir Gaist, 25-year-old owner of the Israeli firm Nyotron.
Environment
Israeli techie says it takes a cyber hacker to catch a cyber hacker
Darth Vader and his storm troopers terrorize the galaxy as hackers.
Conflict & Justice
Cyber war, what is it good for? A lot more than you might think
Experts see North’s hands in reported computer attack on South Korea
Environment
U.S. computer security firm unveils report linking cyber hacking group to China’s military
Israeli businesses the target of spate of cyber attack
Environment
Cyber warfare developing into larger threat for U.S., it’s allies
Arts, Culture & Media
VIDEO: Hugh Grant leads parade of outraged U.K. phone hacking victims
Environment
Internet freedom or real-world hypocrisy
Environment
Former Harvard fellow arrested for hacking
Environment
Chinese hackers steal government information, says Google
Environment
If Google left China
Global Politics
Cyber Warfare and US-China Diplomacy
Conflict & Justice
China’s Careful Reaction to Hacking Report
The Coming Cyber War
The Future of International Cyber Attacks