Articles about Hacker

Former AWS engineer avoids prison, gets 5 years probation in massive Capital One hack

A former Amazon Web Services engineer found guilty of hacking Capital One and several other companies, was sentenced to time… Read More

Capital One hacking suspect Paige Thompson appears in court, ordered to remain in custody

A federal judge in Seattle ordered Paige Thompson, a former Amazon employee accused of hacking Capital One and dozens of… Read More

Facebook reveals new details of account breaches, revises login token theft down to 30M people

Facebook is releasing new details of an attack that gave hackers access to tens of millions of individuals’ Facebook accounts.… Read More

Feds apprehend three international hacking suspects for stealing millions of credit card records

Three top members of an international cybercrime ring have been arrested, U.S. District Attorney Annette Hayes said Wednesday from her… Read More

Seattle writer who wrote viral cinnamon roll post is ‘tired and paranoid’ after being hacked on Twitter

Seattle writer — and viral baking sensation — Geraldine DeRuiter is back on Twitter after having her account taken over, wiped… Read More

What if the Guardians of the Galaxy were hackers? Star-Lord the script kiddie and more possibilities

The Guardians of the Galaxy are a ragtag group of superheroes, each with their own specialized set of skills. In… Read More

‘Mr. Robot’ Rewind: An exciting Episode 10 features social engineering and a Pringles ‘cantenna’

[Spoiler Alert] This article discusses technical plot points and hidden secrets of eps2.8_h1dden-pr0cess.axx. If you haven’t watched it yet, check… Read More

Hacker embarrasses US by releasing contact info for 20,000 FBI personnel

A hacker has extracted contact information belonging to 20,000 FBI employees and published via the Internet on Monday, according to… Read More

How to be a tech security Jedi: 5 lessons from the original ‘Star Wars’ movies

A short time ago, in a city not far from Seattle, I began frantically encouraging (forcing) my pre-teen daughter to… Read More

This 16-year-old is spearheading Seattle’s first biotech hackerspace

Katriona Guthrie-Honea had a great idea. Last year, as a freshman at Ingraham High School in Seattle, she taught herself enough… Read More

Russian ‘cyber bandit’ arrested for attacks on Amazon.com

A 25-year-old Russian man has been arrested for masterminding two denial-of-service attacks on Amazon.com, attacks that occurred in the summer… Read More