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Google announced Monday it is shutting down the consumer version of its online social network after fixing a bug exposing private data in as...

During the Soviet era, the country's top computer scientists and programmers largely worked for the secret services.That practice appears to have resumed under President...

Canada said Thursday it too was targeted by Russian cyber attacks, citing breaches at its center for ethics in sports and at the Montreal-based...

Tiny chips inserted in US computer equipment manufactured in China were used as part of a vast effort by Beijing to steal US technology...

The United States is expected to make its offensive cyber warfare capabilities available to NATO, officials said Wednesday, as the alliance seeks to strengthen...

The US Justice Department's lawsuit to block a California law aimed at ensuring all online data to be treated equally sets up a legal...

Britain's Tesco Bank has been fined £16.4 million ($21.4 million, 18.4 million euros) for failing to protect customers during a 2016 cyber attack, regulators...

Apple chief executive Tim Cook on Tuesday said the company is devoted to protecting people's privacy, with data encrypted and locked away on servers...

Facebook is at the centre of controversy yet again after admitting that up to 50 million accounts were breached by hackers.Facebook chief executive Mark...

Facebook on Thursday confirmed that advertisers were privy to phone numbers given by members of the social network for enhanced security.

The US administration called Tuesday for public comments on a "new approach to consumer data privacy" that could trigger fresh regulations of internet companies.

A former National Security Agency hacker whose leak of extremely top secret online spying materials led to the US government ban on Kaspersky software...

James and Candace Butcher were ready to finalize the purchase of their dream retirement home, and at closing time wired $272,000 from their bank...

Facebook on Wednesday said it will have a "war room" up and running on its Silicon Valley campus to quickly repel efforts to use...

The United States is taking off the gloves in the growing, shadowy cyber war waged with China, Russia and other rivals, a top White...

Shanghai police have arrested a man in connection with a data leak at NASDAQ-listed Chinese hotelier Huazhu Group after the suspect failed to sell...

Illicit cryptocurrency mining has been surging over the past year, in part due to a leaked software tool from the US National Security Agency,...

Global ransomware attacks are increasingly linked to nation states, with the lines between politics and crime often blurring, Europe's police agency said on Tuesday.

Switzerland's foreign minister said Monday that he will meet his Russian counterpart next week after details emerged of alleged attempts by two Russian spies...

Amazon is investigating allegations that some of its staff sold confidential customer data to third party companies particularly in China, the online giant confirmed...