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WASHINGTON - The US Department of Energy on Monday confirmed it was the target of a cyber attack in January, which stole employee and...

BEIJING  - The official mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist Party on Monday roundly rejected claims of hacking attacks from China by American media outlets,...

SAN FRANCISCO - A Dutch man was sentenced to 12 years in a US prison on Friday for being an online "broker" for credit...

WASHINGTON - The Washington Post disclosed Saturday that it had suffered a cyberattack and suspects Chinese hackers were behind it, joining Twitter and major...

BAGHDAD - Hackers attacked the official website of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday, posting a message critical of the leader who has...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that in his coming book, Google chairman Eric Schmidt brands China an Internet menace that...

SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter said Friday it was hammered by a "sophisticated" cyber attack similar to those that recently hit major Western news outlets,...

WASHINGTON - The Wall Street Journal said Thursday its computers were hit by Chinese hackers, the latest US media organization citing an effort to...

BEIJING - China on Thursday dismissed accusations that it had hacked into the system of the New York Times, in a cyberattack the paper...

WASHINGTON - The New York Times said it had fallen victim to hackers possibly connected to China's military, linking the sophisticated attacks to its...

NEW YORK - BlackBerry launched its comeback effort Wednesday with a revamped platform and a pair of sleek new handsets, along with a company...

NEW YORK - Internet companies will soon have to find a way to protect user privacy to avert a "clash" which could lead to...

SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter said Monday that worldwide requests from governments about its users rose nearly 20 percent in second half of 2012 as...

WASHINGTON, Jan 28, 2013 (AFP) - The US Department of Defense has approved a fivefold expansion of its cybersecurity force over the coming years...

WASHINGTON - Hacker group Anonymous said it disabled the US Sentencing Commission's website Saturday in revenge for the death of Internet freedom advocate Aaron...

DAVOS, Switzerland - The inventor of the World Wide Web warned Friday that government control is limiting the possibilities of the Internet, as dozens...

LONDON - Two computer hackers were jailed by a London court on Thursday for a series of cyber-attacks by Anonymous that cost the US...

PARIS - A French court ruled Thursday that Twitter, which has steadfastly refused calls to police its millions of users, must hand over data...

LONDON - Electronics giant Sony has been fined by Britain's data watchdog for a breach that that compromised the personal information of millions of...

SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Wednesday reported a "steady increase" in government requests to hand over data from Internet users in the second half...