The recent breach of 23andMe user accounts shows a simple yet powerful truth about data security: Don’t reuse passwords, people. The DNA test-kit company on Monday reported a hacker accessed 14,000 ...

Can one little digit change your luck when it comes to being hacked? Yes, according to researchers at ProxyScrape. That team has determined that simply adding the number 7 to your password, the time ...

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WASHINGTON — Bleach maker Clorox said Tuesday that it has sued information technology provider Cognizant over a devastating 2023 cyberattack, alleging that the hackers pulled off the intrusion simply ...

More than 184 million passwords may have been exposed in a massive data breach that experts are calling a “cybercriminal’s dream.” According to a new report by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler ...

Disney employee Matthew Van Andel first discovered something was wrong when a stranger on Discord messaged him with details ...

Gawker Media said Monday that a hacking group broke into its servers over the weekend, stealing an estimated 1.3 million user names and passwords for more than 200,000 registered users in a brute ...

LastPass is warning of a malicious campaign targeting its users with the CryptoChameleon phishing kit that is associated with cryptocurrency theft. CryptoChameleon is an advanced phishing kit that was ...

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The sheer scale of China's latest attempt to infiltrate U.S. infrastructure has surprised the entire cybersecurity industry, an expert has said. Daniel Cuthbert, who sat on the UK Government Cyber ...

In jailhouse visit, alleged hacker reveals password to SF mayor Gavin Newsom. July 23, 2008— -- After a weeklong standoff with a city employee accused of hacking into San Francisco's government ...