Local governments are facing a growing threat of cyberattacks and escalating ransom demands, as an attack Baltimore has crippled thousands of computers for a month,…
Baltimore has been struggling with a cyberattack by extortionists that has frozen thousands of computers, shut down email and disrupted real estate sales, water bills,…
Before going on a shooting spree at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in Southern California, the alleged perpetrator posted a letter on the website 8chan.…
The astronomical profits that can be earned by exploiting “big data” threaten to create an “online mafia” that can be as disruptive a criminal force…
Clutching a copy of a book by the late U.S. media critic Gore Vidal, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was forcibly bundled out of the Ecuadorian…
The digital revolution has given law enforcement a valuable new tool in crime fighting. But it may also be slowing down their work. A survey…
Has the 35-day shutdown of the federal government left the U.S. dangerously vulnerable to cybersabotage from its overseas rivals? Robert Knake, a senior research scientist…