A 25-year-old British national named as Kai West faces a lengthy prison term in the US after a series of charges against him were unsealed by the authorities, alleging his involvement in multiple ...

Interview with Douglas Day, member of the Hacker Advisory Board at HackerOne and a full-time professional hacker.

The quality of the discussion is what sets Hacker News apart. While some platforms devolve into shouting matches, HN often encourages thoughtful responses and a willingness to engage with differing ...

The Ukrainian police arrested a 35-year-old hacker who breached 5,000 accounts at an international hosting company and used them to mine cryptocurrency, resulting in $4.5 million in damages. "The ...

The Amsterdam Court of Appeal sentenced a 44-year-old Dutch national to seven years in prison for multiple crimes, including computer hacking and attempted extortion. The man was arrested in 2021 and ...

A couple of years ago, a curious, then-16-year-old hacker named Reynaldo Vasquez-Garcia was on his laptop at his Portland-area high school, seeing what computer systems he could connect to via the ...

The attacker, described as a “hacktivist,” shut down computer systems and stole student data last week. By Sharon Otterman The cyberattack that caused a widespread shutdown of Columbia University’s ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Phantom Hacker scam can target anyone. There are three parts to it and that's part of of why the National Cybersecurity Alliance (NCA) says it's so convincing. First you might ...