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A hacker allegedly stole an entire MiniDisc archive and demanded a ransom. Radiohead called the bluff and put the archive of demos on sale for charity.
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By Victor Tangermann

Some 100,000 travelers had their images and license plate numbers stored by U.S. Customs stolen by hackers, The New York Times reports.
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By Victor Tangermann

Microsoft Quietly Deletes Massive Facial Recognition Database
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By Victor Tangermann

Firms designed to help victims of ransomware attacks often just paid the attackers off, according to a new ProPublica investigation.
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By Kristin Houser

Hactivists have found a database containing details on more than 80 million U.S. households, but they have no idea who owns it.
Data Privacy

By Kristin Houser

Senator Warren just introduced a bill that would jail executives of billion-dollar tech companies from which users' personal info gets stolen.
Data Privacy

By Dan Robitzski

In April, bank hackers stole the equivalent of $20 million from Mexico's central bank thanks to a network rife with security flaws.
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By Kristin Houser

2020 Presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke was reportedly part of the hacktivist group known as the Cult of the Dead Cow during his teenage years.
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By Dan Robitzski

Beware of Bots is a new marketing campaign that hacked printers to send out a warning about automation, urging people to switch careers.
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By Dan Robitzski

According to a damning new internal review, the U.S. Navy is getting hacked so much that it can't even tell how much intel has been stolen.
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By Dan Robitzski

A newly discovered Chinese database tracks which female citizens are "breedready," a term apparently used to signal if she is likely able to have children.
Data Privacy

By Kristin Houser

George Hotz told a crowd at SXSW that he suspects we live in a simulation, and he wants to find a way to break out of it.
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By Dan Robitzski

Chicago police claim data from Uber allowed them to crack their case against actor Jussie Smollett, whom they believe faked a hate crime against himself.
Data Privacy

By Kristin Houser

CA Governor Wants Tech Companies to Pay People for Personal Data
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By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have proven that we can use CRISPR to create gene drives for mice, opening up a wealth of new possibilities for the technology.
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By Kristin Houser

Oregon Senator Ron Ryden introduced a new cybersecurity bill that would let the FTC impose and enforce strict cybersecurity standards for tech companies.
Data Privacy

By Dan Robitzski

A team from UC Berkeley has discovered that CasX could be a better CRISPR protein for human gene-editing than the commonly researched Cas9.
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By Kristin Houser

Family Tree DNA, recently celebrated as the most privacy-minded consumer genetic testing company, is now granting database access to the FBI.
Data Privacy

By Dan Robitzski

U.S. Prisons Are Covertly Gathering Inmates’ Biometric Voice Data
Data Privacy

By Victor Tangermann

A new Reuters investigation reveals that the UAE used a sophisticated hacking tool to easily access iPhone messages, pictures, and passwords.
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By Dan Robitzski

TechCrunch reports Facebook is running a program that pays users ages 13 to 35 $20 in e-gift cards for access to all of their information.
Data Privacy

By Victor Tangermann

To beef up cybersecurity before the upcoming 2020 Toyko Olympics, the Japanese Government is about to systematically hack the country's IoT devices.
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By Dan Robitzski

Researchers are gene-hacking plants to make them gigantic. The idea is that it could vastly increase food yields for farmers.
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By Jon Christian

Someone hacked NASA servers, potentially stealing the personal info of employees in the process, according to an internal memo.
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By Kristin Houser

According to a new report, it could take 20 years for quantum-safe encryption to become mainstream. And that's bad news.
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By Victor Tangermann

According to a new report, cybersecurity is the area of technology healthcare executives believe will have the biggest industry impact in 2019.
Cybersecurity

By Kristin Houser

Russian hacker groups are using old tricks with a new twist to retrieve sensitive government data. But security firms are on to them.
Data Privacy

By Victor Tangermann

To Bolster Cybersecurity, France Gives Google the Guillotine
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By Dan Robitzski

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is tasked with defending U.S. infrastructure from both cyber and physical attacks.
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By Kristin Houser

How Data Transparency Is Helping Us Build Future Cities
Data Privacy

By Futurism Creative

Artists rendering of an Alibaba peppercorn Snickers bar produced from big data.
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By Jon Christian

Here’s What Experts Think of Stephen Hawking’s Posthumous Predictions About AI, Gene Hacking, and Religion
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By Jon Christian

When a cybersecurity disaster strikes, IBM's cyberpunk new vehicle can roll up like a SWAT team of hackers, screech to a halt and deal with the intrusion.
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By Jon Christian

Investigators have charged California resident Anthony Aiello with the murder of his stepdaughter — based on her Fitbit data.
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By Jon Christian

Breaking: Hackers Accessed 50 Million Facebook Accounts
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By Jon Christian

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By Kristin Houser

Diabetes Patients Are Hacking Together the Tech They Need. Doctors Are Just Tuning In.
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By Kristin Houser

The Santa Clara County Fire Department claims Verizon's throttling of its data impeded its ability to provide essential emergency services.
Data Privacy

By Kristin Houser

Pricey NYC Housing Now Has an Added Cost: Your Personal Data
Data Privacy

By Dan Robitzski

Pre-Teen Hackers Prove It: The U.S. Election System Simply Isn’t Secure Enough
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By Kristin Houser

Researcher presents ways hackers could manipulate today's SATCOM to affect the aviation, maritime, and military industries.
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By Kristin Houser

Open-source tool Social Mapper can help white hat hackers keep up with the black hats, but also has the potential to create more of the latter.
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By Kristin Houser

The FCC hack from May 2017 wasn't really a hack, says FCC chairman Ajit Pai, who now blames the misunderstanding on an Obama-era hire.
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By Kristin Houser

Facebook Is Asking Banks to Share Data on Customers’ Spending Habits
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By Kristin Houser

The Department of Homeland Security revealed in a briefing that Russians hacked U.S. utility companies
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By Kristin Houser

We Knew Russian Hackers Infiltrated Americans’ Inboxes. Now We Know How.
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By Kristin Houser

The Digest: The UK Is Creating a Database of Citizens’ DNA and Other Biometrics
Data Privacy

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: California Cracks Down on the Companies Harvesting Your Data
Data Privacy

By Kristin Houser

Hackers Target Yet Another South Korean Crypto Exchange, Steal $32 Million
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By Kristin Houser

It’s Now Scary to Be A White Hat Hacker Thanks to the US Government
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By Dan Robitzski

Hackers Commandeered 3 Cryptocurrency Networks, Stole Millions
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By Dan Robitzski

Two States Are Trying To Give People Control Over Their Online Data
Data Privacy

By Dan Robitzski

These NIH Experts Don’t Think Info From Genetic Databases Should Be Used in Court
Data Privacy

By Leslie Nemo

Internal, Speculative Google Video Shows How To Globally Model Human Behavior From User Data
Data Privacy

By Dan Robitzski

Apps Are Illegally Stealing Children’s Privacy Data
Data Privacy

By Dan Robitzski

Data From British Porn Viewers Might Be In The Hands of One Company
Data Privacy

By Kristin Houser

Hackers Are Holding The City of Atlanta Hostage
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By Claudia Geib

Hacking a Cow’s Gut Bacteria Could Make More Meat, Less Pollution
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By Chelsea Gohd

Geek Squad Has Been Passing User Data to the FBI
Data Privacy

By Brad Jones

The Battle for Your Data: The United States vs. Microsoft
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By Kristin Houser

suing Uber
Data Privacy

By Chelsea Gohd

hacking russia olympics cyberattack
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By Chelsea Gohd

A New Law Could Force Tech Companies to Turn Over Personal Data Across Borders
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By Kristin Houser

As Drones Become Tools of War, Companies Turn to Hacking Them
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By Dom Galeon