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Latest news on hacks, cyberattacks, security vulnerabilities, and more.

The biggest ever data dump just hit a colossal 2.2 billion accounts

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The biggest ever data dump just hit a colossal 2.2 billion accounts

By Matt Burgess

Is China really using Huawei to hack the world's communications?

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Is China really using Huawei to hack the world's communications?

By Matt Burgess

Collection #1 is the world's biggest data dump. Check your passwords

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Collection #1 is the world's biggest data dump. Check your passwords

By Matt Burgess

Fortnite has another security flaw and Epic's response wasn't great

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Fortnite has another security flaw and Epic's response wasn't great

By Nicole Kobie

Inside the printer-hacking army spreading PewDiePie propaganda

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Inside the printer-hacking army spreading PewDiePie propaganda

By Chris Stokel-Walker

This UK pub chain left 17,000 customer details exposed online

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This UK pub chain left 17,000 customer details exposed online

By Nicole Kobie

Why can't Twitter stop Elon Musk bitcoin scams? It's complicated

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Why can't Twitter stop Elon Musk bitcoin scams? It's complicated

By Nicole Kobie

How Russia's top secret global hacking operation unravelled

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How Russia's top secret global hacking operation unravelled

By Matt Burgess

The UK just blamed Russia for four major cyberattacks. That's huge

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The UK just blamed Russia for four major cyberattacks. That's huge

By Matt Burgess

Here's what you need to do after the huge Facebook hack

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Here's what you need to do after the huge Facebook hack

By Matt Burgess

To cripple AI, hackers are turning data against itself

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To cripple AI, hackers are turning data against itself

By Nicole Kobie

The British Airways hack is impressively bad

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The British Airways hack is impressively bad

By Matt Burgess

The rise of SamSam, the hacker group shutting down entire cities

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The rise of SamSam, the hacker group shutting down entire cities

By Matt Burgess

The Dixons Carphone data breach is way worse than first thought

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The Dixons Carphone data breach is way worse than first thought

By Matt Burgess

A dumb security flaw let a hacker download US drone secrets

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A dumb security flaw let a hacker download US drone secrets

By Matt Burgess

The Ticketmaster hack is a perfect storm of bad IT and bad comms

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The Ticketmaster hack is a perfect storm of bad IT and bad comms

By Richard Priday

Wi-Fi is about to get one of its biggest ever security updates

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Wi-Fi is about to get one of its biggest ever security updates

By Richard Priday

Phishing scams are surging in the wake of the TSB banking meltdown

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Phishing scams are surging in the wake of the TSB banking meltdown

By Chris Stokel-Walker

We're calling it: PGP is dead

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We're calling it: PGP is dead

By Amit Katwala

A faked master key gives hackers access to millions of hotel rooms

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A faked master key gives hackers access to millions of hotel rooms

By Jenny Southan